Do You Have a Favorite Library?

Part 3 of 3

Sarah Beth Durst INTO THE WILD (Razorbill/Penguin, June 2007)

I have loved nearly every library that I've ever been to because they all have free books.  For some reason, that always makes me giddy, and I come home with about twenty per visit.  I have zero self-restraint in libraries.

I do need to give a shout-out to my hometown library, the Northboro Public Library, because it kindled my love of libraries and because it appears in my book (INTO THE WILD).  Also my current local library, the Emma Clark Library, because it's children's room is gorgeous and because they have a drool-worthy collection of MG/YA books.

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Carrie Jones, TIPS ON HAVING A GAY (ex) BOYFRIEND (Llewellyn/Flux, Spring 2007) PREGGERS (Flux, March 2008) TRUE GRIT (2008)

Yep. I too am a library slut.
Give me a library and I'll show it love.

What makes me love them?

Is it the free books aspect that Sarah Beth loves? Yep.

Is it the cool librarians who don't get mad at me when I take out 30 books at a time? Yep.

Is it the way some libraries are tiny and cramped and book shelves reach the ceiling. Yep.

Is the way some libraries are huge and gothic and full of secrets? Yep.

Is it the way they hold stories on their shelves, protecting them, holding them safely until a hand reaches out and opens up a spine.

God, yes.

I love them all. Call me a Library Slut. I don't care. I don't care. It's true.


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S.A. Harazin BLOOD BROTHERS Delacorte, Summer 2007

I  love all libraries, but I have an extra place in my heart for the library that allowed me to pay my late fees in installments.


Laura Bowers BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT Harcourt, Inc., May 1, 2007

'm a root-for-the-home-team kind of gal, so my favorite will always be the library in my home town.  It's right off of our historic Main Street, and has a beautiful court yard in the front.  There's plenty of cozy sofas, plenty of tables, plenty of books--what more could you want!

I also love the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, which is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States.  So gorgeous!  I went there once with my husband to do book research, and at first--I was in too much awe to concentrate! http://www.prattlibrary.org

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S.A. Harazin's great new debut book BLOOD BROTHERS  (Delacorte, Summer 2007) was reviewed right here:

http://professornana.livejournal.com/93492.html


Yay! We are all so proud of you. Thanks to professornana for the spotlight on a fantastic member of the Class of 2k7.