Why I Love My Library

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

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Exactement! 👌

Note: I don‘t know the source, just saw this being shared on Fb. If anyone knows, do tell.

Deblovestoread Perfection! 4y

katy4peas Well.. some completed books are okay! 😉 4y

Cathythoughts I love this ❤️ 4y

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MaureenMc Excellent! 🤩 4y

cozypunk Standing ovation 👏 4y

Reggie This made me smile. 4y

mrp27 Truth! I get so annoyed and irritated when people say that to me when they see my book collection. I want to say to them, "What's it matter to you?". 4y

BiblioLitten Best answer ever! 4y

LeahBergen Hello! I do believe my gift from you has arrived! It‘s not the size of the only other order I‘m waiting for from Book Depository. 😆😆 Thank you, thank you ... I‘ll save it to open on Christmas Eve. 😘❤️😘❤️ I hope yours arrives soon! 4y

erzascarletbookgasm @LeahBergen YAY! 😘 4y

batsy Hi Jessie, tracking shows that the Little Christmas Swap package arrived... So just to confirm that you do indeed have it? :) I'm a little worried about Pos Malaysia these days. 4y

erzascarletbookgasm @batsy I‘ll check. Sometimes they drop parcels at the guardhouse and never inform. Thanks! 4y

erzascarletbookgasm @batsy Yes! Received, thank you!! 💃🏻 #LittleChristmasSwap @bookish_wookish 👍 4y

batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Yay!! 4y

bookish_wookish 🎁🎄 4y

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MrBook

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

We had a wee little visitor in the library! Maintained social distancing, but the public isn‘t allowed in, so he had to be escorted outside. He originally came to see me, and then I followed him all through the downstairs. He stopped by a few offices to say hi to colleagues 😂. I eventually cornered him in an employee bathroom, and three of us managed to get him back outside. Always fun here at the library 😁! #LitsyLovesLibraries 🐿

Hazel2019 I had one of these jump into my pool recently and I had to do a speedy rescue. And the little beast bit me as a thank you 😬 I‘m thankful for antibiotics right now. 5y

TheRiehlDeal Sounds like you had an interesting day today! 😂 5y

pilardib So cute 😍 5y

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TheLibrarian This happened at the old library I worked in except it was a baby groundhog! 5y

ElizaMarie Ha such an excited day! The other day one of those little ones came and banged on my window twice and woke me up then just looked at m from the porch. it was odd. They are weird little things! 5y

Rachel.Rencher What did you guys name him? 🐿 5y

hannah-leeloo Haha everyone loves the library 🐿️ that's so cute, nice little cheer up 5y

allureofbeauty But I love him 5y

Sleepswithbooks I want to pet him 🥰💛 5y

Sleepswithbooks @allureofbeauty - YESSSSSS!!!! 5y

Gissy I guess those persons at the office were soooo pleased to see this little fiend. 5y

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Tove_Reads

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

Yes, I was raised by my library! ❤️

JenlovesJT47 ❤️❤️❤️ 5y

HannaPolkadots Ditto!❤❤❤ 5y

readordierachel ❤ 5y

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ShananigansReads

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

I'll be participating in this challenge over on Booklikes, is anyone else doing it?

#2020LibraryLove #2020LibraryLoveChallenge #INeedToFindTheOfficialHashtag

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MrBook

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

The show has begun! Let the jazz flow through you! 😎🎶

#LitsyLovesLibraries

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MrBook

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

Since this water fountain‘s installation, patrons and staff have saved 7,000 bottles from getting used and thrown out! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Does yours have one like this?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries

Susanita Yes! The water is fresh and cold. 5y

TsundokuAleax I love these. One of the theatres I work with has this and I am hoping the other one has this after their remodel. 5y

TheLibrarian Yes! Except ours has had the filter needs changed light on for awhile so it makes me hesitant to use the fountain ☹️ 5y

Linear I love these because you don't have to worry about germs as much as you do from regular fountains. I mean, when you drink from one, the water doesnt all get in your mouth, it usually sloshes back into the fountain and sometimes on the spout. So I dont use fountains in public 5y

TEArificbooks Not the public library, but my kid‘s school does! 5y

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

#WorkInProgress #GettingThere #LibraryLoft #BookNerd 💙📚🤓

Stacy_31 😍😍 5y

Ddzmini Looks great 😍📖😋 5y

ValerieAndBooks 😍 love it!! 5y

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TheSpineView I'm in love! 💜 5y

Megabooks 😍😍😍 5y

Chrissyreadit 😍😍😍 5y

EH2018 This is such a beautiful space! 5y

laur89 Looks so cozy!! ❤️😍 5y

erzascarletbookgasm I wish I have space like this! 5y

BookwormAHN Great space 💜 5y

SW-T Lovely space! Have fun filling the shelves 😊📚 5y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It looks great! So many adventures to be had there. I am so jealous of your library space. 5y

staci.reads Wow! Lucky girl! 5y

PagesByTheWater Ooooohhh so excited to see the finished product!! 5y

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

First set of shelves are up! Now I just need to put together the shelves for the other wall and put all the books on the shelves 😬 #MyNewLibrary #LibraryLoft #BookNerd 💙📚🤓

Mitch Oohhh.... that‘s such a brilliant space 💕 5y

TheBookgeekFrau Ooooooo such fun (and frustration)!!!👏👏 Can't wait to see it when you're done 5y

Soubhiville Wow, it looks amazing! What kind of shelves are those? 5y

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JuliaTheBookNerd @Soubhiville They are the Ikea Billy bookcase 5y

wanderinglynn Wow! Those shelves look awesome! 👍🏻❤️😍 5y

Soubhiville Thanks @JuliaTheBookNerd ! I was looking at those this weekend 😊📚 5y

vkois88 😍😍😍 5y

AmyG Oh WOW! Amazing. Enjoy filling them up. 5y

Amandajoy Beautiful! 😍 5y

BookwormAHN 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Caroline2 Wowwww!!! 😯 5y

jlabombard10315 This is my life goal! 😍😍😍 5y

GypsyKat So exciting!!!! 😍😍😍 5y

janeycanuck Amazing! They look awesome. Can‘t wait to see once you get all your books on them. 5y

MartinaLove Omg it's going to look great. This must be so exciting. Have fun filling them up!!! 5y

erzascarletbookgasm What a great space! Can‘t wait to see the shelves all filled up! 💗 5y

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Cinfhen

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

In less than a week I‘ll be back in the States 🥳🥳🥳so Ive started requesting library books from my local branch 🙌🏻 💕📚3 holds have already come in🤓#LibrariesRock 🔹Top title that got cut off is House of Broken Angels🔹

Cathythoughts Ahhh ! That‘s very exciting 5y

Cinfhen It really is @Cathythoughts !!!!!!! Free books!!!!!!!!!! 5y

Suet624 I'm so excited for you. I really liked Say Nothing and Broken Angels. 5y

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Cinfhen Is it terrible to be more excited for the library than my family @suet624 ?!? 😜 (edited) 5y

Suet624 Not at all. (While I love my children they don‘t bring the same kind of comfort that a library does.) 5y

Cinfhen Ha😂😂I knew you‘d understand @Suet624 my fellow 🦀 5y

TrishB Well books and family - what more could you want! 5y

Kalalalatja I love your planning ahead 🙌 5y

Cinfhen Ha!!! @Kalalalatja and I have 8 more books on request 🤓 5y

Cinfhen I‘m giddy just thinking about it @TrishB 🥰🥰🥰 5y

KarenUK I‘m a total planner too.... love how organized you are! 😘💕 5y

MicheleinPhilly 😂😂😂 I love this. 5y

Cinfhen Early retirement has some benefits @KarenUK @MicheleinPhilly I put my free time to good use 😉🤓😂❣️❣️ 5y

Kalalalatja Will you even have time to read that many books? 😅 How long are you there for? 5y

Cinfhen 7 weeks @Kalalalatja Think about how much damage I can do!!!!! 5y

Kalalalatja Ah, that makes a lot more sense, then! 😄 I got you a very (very!!!) late birthday present, but I think I‘ll wait with sending it to you, so it won‘t spend the summer at the post office, or risk being send back to me again 👍 5y

Cinfhen You‘re so sweet @Kalalalatja I didn‘t know you had a package returned to you😱😱😱 5y

Kalalalatja Oh no, I didn‘t, but I know at Danish post offices, a package will be sent back if it isn‘t picked up within 14 days, so I just assumed POs had similar rules in different countries 😅 5y

Cinfhen They do have that rule here @Kalalalatja but I‘m glad it hasn‘t happened ( yet) 🤞🏼 5y

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arlenefinnigan

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

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arlenefinnigan 'suspicious device'. What kind of fucking savage bombs a library? 6y

julesG Hopefully no one. @arlenefinnigan 6y

arlenefinnigan @julesG hopefully! 6y

arlenefinnigan Confirmed it wasn't a viable device 😊 6y

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SassyBookworm

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

Wanna know why I LOVE my library....$1,020.15 worth of savings (only 3 are from NetGalley)! So this year I kept track of all the type of books I read and when I finished them I checked out their price on Amazon. This has been so interesting to see the true savings of having a library card! Obviously this doesn‘t even count the books I borrowed and didn‘t finish! I am still just amazed!

#SassyBookworm😏 #LibraryLove #Libby #Hoopla #NetGalley #Free

8little_paws Good idea! I rarely buy books any more outside of botm myself, because I also have a fantastic library system 6y

JoScho I can‘t imagine how much the library has saved me! 6y

SassyBookworm @8little_paws thank you! I also didn‘t include magazines that I borrowed from my library! It was such fun to keep up with! I kept it in my notes on my iPhone. It just shows what a library card is really worth! 6y

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CoffeeNBooks What a great idea! One of my goals this year is to buy fewer books and use my library more! 6y

8little_paws Our town sends a newsletter out and it gives the average amount each household paid to various municipal services. Average home here sent $1300 to the library alone 😶 this is why I rent. 6y

SassyBookworm @JoScho it‘s definitely eye opening! 6y

SassyBookworm @CoffeeNBooks I only bought a very few books bc it seemed I could always borrow them! Plus I wanted to really see what I would have spent if I would have bought exactly what I was reading (ebook, audiobook ect) 6y

SassyBookworm @8little_paws WOW!!! 6y

8little_paws @SassyBookworm average prop taxes here is over 10k a year easily. It's probably closer to 12-14k 6y

Linda906 What a great idea! I‘m going to do this in 2019. I love my library! 6y

SassyBookworm @8little_paws goodness! 😳 6y

SassyBookworm @Linda906 it was so much fun! I loved doing it and plan to continue!! 6y

Crazeedi Such a neat idea! I love my library too!! Wonder how much I saved? You have me thinking! 6y

TiredLibrarian @SassyBookworm What a great idea! I may try this myself for the coming year. ☺ 6y

Chelsea.Poole This is so awesome!! 6y

SassyBookworm @Chelsea.Poole thank you! I was shocked at the total! 6y

minkyb Great idea! 6y

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Hoopiefoot

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

The number of books on my hold list at the library is directly proportional to the amount of stress in my life. Reading is my refuge.

LauraBeth Same! 6y

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BeansPage

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

lahousewyfe 😂😂😂 6y

vivastory That's why he's the most interesting man in the world! 6y

ephemeralwaltz 😂😂👏 6y

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MrBook

Why I Love My Library: Essay Contest Entries, March 2012 | Morrill Memorial Library (Norwood, Mass.)

Two of my colleagues greeting customers at the entrance of #TexasRoadhouse for our #bookmobile fundraiser. They are awesome!!! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

#LitsyLovesLibraries

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