Phew! Dinner cooked by hubby and eaten by me then watched a couple of episodes of Malcom in the Middle with Mr B as a break so am ready to get back to it! I've decided it might be best to avoid twitter in the near future as it's far, far too distracting and I've not even finished Book 1 yet!It's also time for another mini-challenge, this time from The Curious Reader on the topic of libraries.
- What is the name of your local library? What city is it located in? I live in Norwich and pass my library on my walk to work. Our city library burnt down when I was at University and The Forum was built on its former site. A substantial part of the building is now the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and (amongst other things) the building also contains a heritage centre and the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library which houses a collection of unique materials about American culture and the Second World War. Here's a picture of The Forum building:
- How often do you go to the library? If you're a regular, do the staff know you? It's the busiest lending library in the United Kingdom (for the last two years in a row!) so sadly you don't get personal relationships with the staff. It's also self-service loans/returns so not much chance to get to know them either!
- Do you browse while you're there or just pick up items you have placed on reserve? I think I've only ever reserved one item and that was the audio version of The Graveyard Book. This could be because I am cheap and don't like paying the reserving fee though! It's got a fairly large collection of books so I can treat it like a bookshop and browse for something new or consult the catalogue to see if any of my wishlist are on the shelves.
- What is your favourite thing about your local library? It's filled with (free) books!
10 comments:
That looks gorgeous, can't believe they charge a reserve fee, they don't in Essex - what a scandal lol
A fee? I've seen that here in the US.
Good luck with the rest of the read-a-thon and have fun!
Sorry, I meant to say I have *not* seen a reserve fee in the US. brain is becoming mush...
A reserving fee? Yikes, I would be paying so much if my library had that! I love big libraries though - I can never decide which I like better - the really big ones or the really small ones.
Thanks for sharing!
I would get distracted by Twitter too. My husband laughs at me as the only one who probably has to pay to return my books (they are always late because I check too many out)!
Seriously? That's the building you see when you get your books?! That's amazing.
Happy reading.
I am in love with your library!! Glad you are having fun - keep it up!
Twitter is very addictive! Happy reading!
Wow that is a beautiful library! I would be ticked about the reservation fee. Someone else who lives in Australia mentioned that. I would be annoyed, as I reserve a lot of books.
Best of luck with the reading :-)
hey there - how's it going? Hope you're having an awesome R-A-T! CHEERS!
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