Local Library

I have not been a card carrying Library member since I started college, who need a library card to your local town library when you spend most your free time in the University one doing homework and research? And since I have received my e-reader my family has been supplying me with gift cards for books and I get free books every Friday through my Nook. So needless to say I have not been wanting for book. However, now that I have had my Nook for a few years now the gift cards are not so plentiful and I am getting more selective about the free books that take up space on my digital bookshelves. 

 I am finding that I am getting a little cautions when purchasing books, because I seem to be picking books that I do not care to read again. And to me that feels like wasted money. I long for the books that I want to read over and over. I also have found that I want to instill in my toddler the same love of books that I have, so I am following in my Grandma's footsteps this summer and taking him to the Library for Toddler time, where they get to hear a few stories and sing and dance. And also he gets to pick out his own book and we read it as many times throughout the week as his little heart desires. While also inculcating a respect for the borrowed books, we have a special shelf that we keep them on and until he gets older he is not allowed to read them alone. 

I forgot the joys of walking into the Library and seeing the endless possibilities of books undiscovered. I also missed the smell of books, does that make me sound crazy? Walking into the Library made me feel so comfortable, and knowing I was there for reading pleasure not studying nightmares, made it even more enjoyable. It was hard for me to pick just one book to read, But I did. Well to be honest I brought home 2 books...but one is the next book club book The History of Love while the other is Stephen King's novel 11.22.63 which sounds amazing and I am looking forward to diving into it. 

Where do you typically get your books? Do you get them hardcover from the library? Do you borrow the e-books from the Library (an art I have yet to master) or do you just buy them?