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bif

(23,973 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 02:28 PM May 2021

Yeah! Our library is open for browsing again!!!

I immediately went over and checked out five semi random books. I love working my way through the fiction shelves alphabetically. I was half way through the Bs when Covid hit. I pick books out by the title, cover, and dust jacket description. I give each book 50 pages to wow me. If it doesn't, I move on to the next one. I really missed doing this for over a year. Been doing it since I was about 10 years old!

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Yeah! Our library is open for browsing again!!! (Original Post) bif May 2021 OP
Yaaaaay! SheltieLover May 2021 #1
One of my favorite things is picking up some novels by writers I'm not familiar with. Midnight Writer May 2021 #2
I wish our libraries in Santa Fe would re-open for in-person browsing. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #3

Midnight Writer

(22,971 posts)
2. One of my favorite things is picking up some novels by writers I'm not familiar with.
Wed May 26, 2021, 04:10 PM
May 2021

I use the same 50 page method. Started in grade school.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
3. I wish our libraries in Santa Fe would re-open for in-person browsing.
Fri May 28, 2021, 10:30 AM
May 2021

I have no trouble finding books to ask them to give to me, but I miss browsing.

I've been a library user since I was six years old. In first grade I attended a school that was right next to the public library, and was taking a public bus to and from school. So I could just go there after school and take a later bus home. It was great.

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