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[mamculuna]

See zoethe's recent post on her daughter's feelings about reading books from libraries for lots of extreme views on either side. Her daughter thinks "reading library books is like...touching a stranger's underwear." (Hope she doesn't mind the quote) I, on the other hand, couldn't live without library books. Call me non-fastidious...or possibly stingy. Or just generally poor.

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[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I love big libraries, but I'm not a big fan of checking out books. I don't even have a library card for my local town library. It's too small and has almost nothing I'm interested in.

I like browsing. Browsing in big libraries with open stacks is great. The bookstores these days are so much better than what I had access to when I was a kid. I enjoy never having to bring books that I like, back. ;o)

Yes, I do have a room in my house I call the library.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

I'm extremely fortunate that my city has (surprise) an excellent, nationally-recognized public library, better than what I can get to in Chicago. 90% of what I want to read in the way of novels at least is available there--and there's a reasonably good research-level university library within walking distance (one reason I keep being an adjunct, though my husband still has full faculty privilege). The library situation is one of the best things about living here.