Litsy

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer

I‘d been leaving bookmarks just lying loose in my community LFL and then my dad sent me a couple of bookmark holders as a belated Xmas gift… so I put one in the LFL and now all is organized and cute in the world. 😄
#littlefreelibrary #LFL

AmyG How nice! 3d

Susanita Great idea! 3d

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Traci1

The Regulators | Stephen King, Richard Bachman

One of the many benefits of having a Little Free Library is occasionally going out to add a few books and finding a new to you book on the shelf. I love Stephen King, but I've never read any of his Bachman books, so I brought this one inside with me to check out.
#lfl

TheBookgeekFrau This is meant to be read in conjunction with Desperation (the two book covers even go together to make one big picture). I remember when these books came out, it was all the AOL chatrooms could talk about 😂 1mo

BarkingMadRead This is so good, you will love it. It connects to a bunch of books going forward as well 1mo

Traci1 @TheBookgeekFrau lol, AOL chat rooms takes me back. What a time to be alive that was. Thanks for the info. I'll see if I can snag Desperation off libby. 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Traci1 Right?! It was hard not to laugh while typing that 😂 1mo

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SomedayAlmost

The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas

Added banned books to my LFL today. Bottom line: book banning is a threat to democracy. #bannedbooksweek #readbannedbooks #lfl

The_Book_Ninja 💯 4mo

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Eyelit

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer

My HOA finally came around to the idea of a Little Free Library for our community! An excited board member expedited the process and got things set up. Spent a good few hours yesterday with her painting our LFL and hopefully we‘ll eventually have a mural on the back wall and plant a fairy garden around the stump it‘s set upon. I couldn‘t resist adding some books today even tho the official unveiling is later this week! 📚💕 #LFL #littlefreelibrary

Suet624 That‘s wonderful! 4mo

Kitta How lovely! 4mo

Sarahreadstoomuch Congrats! It looks so happy! 4mo

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Ruthiella Looks great! 🤩 4mo

AvidReader25 I love this! I have one as well and I‘m constantly refreshing it and emptying out unnecessary junk. 4mo

janeycanuck So cute! Congrats! ❤️ 4mo

Meshell1313 That‘s a win!! 4mo

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candc320

The House that Horror Built | Christina Henry

Recent book hauls! I found the top book in a #LFL near me and went and got the bottom books while out celebrating Mother‘s Day. They all seem like perfect Summer reads 😍. Happy Mother‘s Day to all that are celebrating 🎉 🥂 📚

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TheBookgeekFrau

Books! Books! Books!: Explore the Amazing Collection of the British Library | Mick Manning

And here are the keepers from the boxes in my previous post 📚😁

There are similar sized stacks of books that I already own, so lots of sharing for the Little Free Libraries around town!!!

KadaGul What an amazing 🤩 surprise from your husband! You must be 😁 about the fantastic book 📚 haul you received.#Bookhaul #littlefreelibrary #LFL 8mo

kspenmoll You have some beauties there! (edited) 8mo

TheBookgeekFrau @KadaGul So happy; and just a smidge worried about having enough room for all of them 😁😅 8mo

Ruthiella Wow! What a windfall! 8mo

TieDyeDude 💪 8mo

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shantireads11

The Little Engine That Could | Watty Piper

This week‘s lineup in the #LFL featuring some for the kiddos in the neighbourhood and this week‘s homemade bookmarks. Are we missing anything? #haidagwaii #littlefreelibrary #mixedbag

LeahBergen It looks perfect to me! But you‘ll need more bookmarks, of course. 😄 10mo

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shantireads11

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer

Added a little free library to our book desert neighbourhood here in Haida Gwaii. It has been up for about a three weeks, and we have had 14 books taken, 12 added… pretty good for a town of 150! Many thanks to my expert advisor @LeahBergen #lfl #littlefreelibrary

LeahBergen It‘s a beauty! 😍 10mo

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Amiable

Untitled | Untitled

It‘s about time. SOMEBODY needed to catch that guy. 😬😖 😄

dabbe 😂😂😂 12mo

Aimeesue OMG, I pulled a bunch of ancient, yellowed, foxed mass market PBs out of my LFL today. Not sure who thinks anyone is still reading Sidney Sheldon‘s pulp, but they need to stop! 😂 12mo

CSeydel Around here, these days, they just clean out the boxes - drive around, take everything and leave them all empty. I think they sell them at the flea market? but who knows. Annoying 12mo

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AmyG Hahahahaha! 12mo

KadaGul My friend and I regularly fill LFLs and move books around. It blows our mind what people think LFL is. Like we found trash 🚮, books in poor shape(If someone doesn't have courage to pitch their books in dumpster that doesn't mean they live the world to help them do it ) heavy books 📚 (if there is no weight limit doesn't mean you can dump 19th Century encyclopedia) C'Mon People 😔😖😫😵‍💫🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 12mo

Gissy Wow! Many things happening in those LFL😳 12mo

LeahBergen 😂😂 12mo

Amiable @Aimeesue Totally agree! 😄 11mo

Amiable @CSeydel That‘s so obnoxious and rude! I know the libraries are “free,” but that‘s basically stealing. 11mo

Amiable @KadaGul Right? It sucks when people think of the LFLs as trash receptacles. 😖 11mo

Aimeesue @CSeydel @Aimiable LFL raiders are everywhere. Some of them use barcode scanners to determine if a book‘s worth reselling or not. Stewards really have to develop strategies to deter them, like spacing out when you add recent titles and not adding whole series at one time. Not much you can do about the religious tracts and racist political pamphlets, but that last one was solved when that neighbor moved. 😂 11mo

KadaGul @Aimeesue My friend's LFL is being used as Pop-Up Used bookstore. I told her & sent her ARCs, bc majority of bookstore won't take it. It's just a shame what's stewards have to do. My friend & I have a box of books 📚 in our car 🚘.I have few LFLs that I visit regular few by the libraries, office, City Hall, grocery 🏬. I have seen few LFLs that found traction bc LFLs was being replenished. It's not just stewards job to replenish but communities. 11mo

Aimeesue @KadaGul Community involvement is key! Someone in my neighborhood puts a lot of ARCs in mine as well - definitely appreciated! People seem to have a very hard time disposing of books, no matter how outdated or dilapidated they are. I‘m perfectly comfortable tossing them for those folks! 11mo

KadaGul @Aimeesue I do the same w/ tossing people trash 🚮 out. I see LFL and I start organizing it. Books 📚 give us so much love ❤️ and joy 🥹, they should be respected🫡. #Booklover #LFL 11mo

Amiable @KadaGul @Aimeesue You guys are awesome! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 What areas do you live in/patrol for LFL? 11mo

KadaGul @Amiable i lived in Pittsburgh for 3 years so around North Hills, Cranberry, Evan City. My friend's nephew LFL is in North Hills. Then we went to Columbus, OH and went around. Then I live and moved back recently Barrington, IL. So NW Suburbs of Chicago. 11mo

Amiable @KadaGul Nice! My husband grew up in Arlington Heights —is that kind of near you? 11mo

KadaGul @Amiable Yes , Arlington Heights is near us. Do you visit Chicagoland? 11mo

Aimeesue @Amiable I‘m right outside of DC, in Alexandria VA. We‘re a block away from an elementary school, so I focus on kids‘ books 11mo

Amiable @KadaGul My in-laws live in Chicago now—we visit every few years. 11mo

Amiable @Aimeesue My youngest son went to College Park —I love the DC area! He lives in Baltimore now, though. 11mo

Aimeesue @Amiable We love going to Baltimore! I even made the whole family visit the Poe residence/apartment there! 11mo

Amiable @Aimeesue We love Baltimore, too! So many people cringe and say, “But … ‘The Wire‘…” when we tell them our son lives there. It‘s so much more than that TV show from 20 years ago. 🙄 11mo

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TheBookgeekFrau

Little Free Library: A Tor.com Original | Naomi Kritzer