Comments on: Loving the Library http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/ not as pretentious as the header image suggests, but just as awesome Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dust http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3963 dust Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:52:17 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3963 Library! I'm keeping track of books on Facebook, using visual bookshelf. ...except I'm not including rereads. That would be embarrassing; bad days = rereads. Also, sometimes I just get a bug up my bum about a series, and I'm mentally checked out until I can get it over with. God help me if I ever pick up the Wheel of Time, eh? I have a bookshelf with to-read books; the row is usually about a yard long. I try to read the library books first. Library!

I'm keeping track of books on Facebook, using visual bookshelf. …except I'm not including rereads. That would be embarrassing; bad days = rereads. Also, sometimes I just get a bug up my bum about a series, and I'm mentally checked out until I can get it over with. God help me if I ever pick up the Wheel of Time, eh?

I have a bookshelf with to-read books; the row is usually about a yard long. I try to read the library books first.

]]> By: Rebecca (Fie Eoin) http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Rebecca (Fie Eoin) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:32:28 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3960 Ever since I realized there was a library right down the street (seriously, I lived here almost five years and no one ever told me about this library!) I have gotten at least one book out a week. I just took one back that I really really really wanted to keep, and am taking a break to read some Ovid before I move on to the next two that I got out when I returned the other. My library is awesome because they have an "on hold" feature - so you can go online, tell them what books you want, and be put on the waiting list. They email you when the books come in and keep them on hold for you for ten days. It's awesome. I love the library. Ever since I realized there was a library right down the street (seriously, I lived here almost five years and no one ever told me about this library!) I have gotten at least one book out a week. I just took one back that I really really really wanted to keep, and am taking a break to read some Ovid before I move on to the next two that I got out when I returned the other. My library is awesome because they have an "on hold" feature – so you can go online, tell them what books you want, and be put on the waiting list. They email you when the books come in and keep them on hold for you for ten days. It's awesome. I love the library.

]]> By: Amy Lynn Sonnichsen http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3950 Amy Lynn Sonnichsen Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:57:24 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3950 We just got home from the library when I read this post. This was my first time to a public library in eight years because we lived in China where we only used our English-speaking school's library. It was so exciting to sign up for a library card and see the huge selection. We were a little overwhelmed, I have to say. The kids signed up for the summer reading program, and I checked out A Curse as Dark as Gold, which is on my list of books to read. Very fun experience, and I'm planning on making library visits a habit now that we've moved back to the States. We just got home from the library when I read this post. This was my first time to a public library in eight years because we lived in China where we only used our English-speaking school's library. It was so exciting to sign up for a library card and see the huge selection. We were a little overwhelmed, I have to say. The kids signed up for the summer reading program, and I checked out A Curse as Dark as Gold, which is on my list of books to read. Very fun experience, and I'm planning on making library visits a habit now that we've moved back to the States.

]]> By: Mandy http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3948 Mandy Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:11:35 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3948 I have not visited a library for the reason of checking out a book since high school. I have had a vendetta against the library since I was five. First they wouldn't let me keep the books, and second they got angry if I wrote in them. I started purchasing books instead of using the library when I was eleven. When I read a book, I like to mark especially excellent pages, underline phenomenal phrases, and make notes in the margins. As a college student, I generally hate the library. It reminds me of long all-nighters spent trying to derive impossible equations and even longer group meetings where everyone argues. I have spent more money on books than gas this summer. Do I spend too much money on books? Maybe, but I'm a single gal. I don't have a lot of expenses (other than, you know, college tuition, but that's what loans are for). I have not visited a library for the reason of checking out a book since high school. I have had a vendetta against the library since I was five. First they wouldn't let me keep the books, and second they got angry if I wrote in them. I started purchasing books instead of using the library when I was eleven. When I read a book, I like to mark especially excellent pages, underline phenomenal phrases, and make notes in the margins.

As a college student, I generally hate the library. It reminds me of long all-nighters spent trying to derive impossible equations and even longer group meetings where everyone argues.

I have spent more money on books than gas this summer. Do I spend too much money on books? Maybe, but I'm a single gal. I don't have a lot of expenses (other than, you know, college tuition, but that's what loans are for).

]]> By: Leslie Ann http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3947 Leslie Ann Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:25:43 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3947 oh yeah and I'm writing down every book I read this year and I'm a little over fifty. my goal is one hundred before the end of the year. oh yeah and I'm writing down every book I read this year and I'm a little over fifty. my goal is one hundred before the end of the year.

]]> By: Leslie Ann http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3946 Leslie Ann Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:24:33 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3946 I just whet to the library yesterday for the second time this summer. Sad I know. I ususally go to the one five minutes from my house, but they're rebuliding it and it won't open for another week. I used to go every Monday but it closed near the end of the school year so I had to go to the one a half hour away. :( When I go to the library I usually get between 10-20 books per visit. I read about 85% of them and returned them the day after they were due before the library opens. Or I renew them online if my fine wasn't too big. I have a very big fine. a two figure fine. I just whet to the library yesterday for the second time this summer. Sad I know. I ususally go to the one five minutes from my house, but they're rebuliding it and it won't open for another week. I used to go every Monday but it closed near the end of the school year so I had to go to the one a half hour away. :( When I go to the library I usually get between 10-20 books per visit. I read about 85% of them and returned them the day after they were due before the library opens. Or I renew them online if my fine wasn't too big. I have a very big fine. a two figure fine.

]]> By: Michelle http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3945 Michelle Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:09:36 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3945 Wow, 25,000 books! That's amazing. When I was in middle school, I'd bike to the library during summer break, check out 2 or 3, read them that night and bring 'em back the next day. Repeat. I really, really miss that. Wow, 25,000 books! That's amazing.

When I was in middle school, I'd bike to the library during summer break, check out 2 or 3, read them that night and bring 'em back the next day. Repeat. I really, really miss that.

]]> By: B.E. Sanderson http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3944 B.E. Sanderson Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3944 I take my daughter to the library every day, but I rarely check out books myself. She's checking out enough to make up for me, though. At the rate she's going, I think someday she'll rival Mrs. Brown's number. Add in the new and used books we both buy, and the girl's a reading machine. With all the habits a teen could have, I'm glad that's one she picked up. =o) I take my daughter to the library every day, but I rarely check out books myself. She's checking out enough to make up for me, though. At the rate she's going, I think someday she'll rival Mrs. Brown's number. Add in the new and used books we both buy, and the girl's a reading machine. With all the habits a teen could have, I'm glad that's one she picked up. =o)

]]> By: Susan http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3943 Susan Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:53:34 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3943 I love and depend on my library. In the future, I hope to be able to buy and buy books again (like I did in my carefree pre-kid days, sigh). But for now, the library is a lifesaver. Any fines I get (and they do happen), I consider a donation. If it's a large one ($2 a day late fees on the kids' DVDs!), I hope that at least they can buy a whole book because of me! I love and depend on my library. In the future, I hope to be able to buy and buy books again (like I did in my carefree pre-kid days, sigh). But for now, the library is a lifesaver. Any fines I get (and they do happen), I consider a donation. If it's a large one ($2 a day late fees on the kids' DVDs!), I hope that at least they can buy a whole book because of me!

]]> By: Trish http://ktliterary.com/2009/07/loving-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 Trish Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:39:28 +0000 http://ktliterary.com/?p=1998#comment-3942 I love libraries in theory, because I love walking out of there with a STACK of books to read. In reality, I end up spending more in fines than I do just buying the books. In fact, they could probably build a wing with the fines I paid to my library back home in Ohio. I love libraries in theory, because I love walking out of there with a STACK of books to read. In reality, I end up spending more in fines than I do just buying the books. In fact, they could probably build a wing with the fines I paid to my library back home in Ohio.

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