I could not live without books
So whenever I go to the library I feel like I barely escape with my life.
No.
Really.
And yes there is a story here. Actually there's a whole host of stories here. The most recent one, however, involved me going to the library tonight. My purpose in going was to return several books and check out one, maybe two others. What actually happened? I left with 11 books, none of which were the books I'd decided to look for in the first place, they didn't HAVE the one I was looking for. And the only reason that I managed to tear myself away with only 11 books is that I already have like 20 at home and I was like 'OKAY NO YOU AREN'T GOING TO HAVE ROOM ON YOUR CARD IF YOU KEEP THIS UP' (there's a 35 book limit with the normal library; how I miss the school library where the limit was, and I quote, "as many as you can carry") so I literally had to pull myself away from the shelves. Because if I look at the shelves I will go 'Oh hey well THAT looks interesting' and add it to the pile and then the next thing you know I have to wedge the stack under my chin and lean back while walking or books spray everywhere.
I have had stacks of books that I was unable to see over in the past.
I tried talking to the librarian about how I have this thing where I feel that I barely escape while she was checking out my books (I am on first-name basis with a surprising number of my librarians; guess why) and she apparently misheard me. She was like 'Oh yes, books are a wonderful escape, you open them up and-' and I was like 'NO. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.'
I laughed about it later, anyway.
Then again my whole family is that way. I'm pretty sure that the family record for the most library books checked out on one trip was 83 (we just about maxed out all 3 library cards :') ) so um. yeah.
You know I saw this article a few years back that said something like the average number of library books that the average citizen of the USA checks out per year was like 1.5? I was stunned. I was crushed. Unless I have at least 10 library books at home at any one time I don't feel right with the world! I couldn't imagine keeping so few and so rarely going and not READING - I could not survive if I was not constantly reading about 8 books. Or at least one book. I mean really. Come on. And yet somehow....
Really though I swear with the way my family goes through books we probably raise the national average or something, if it's that pathetic.
No.
Really.
And yes there is a story here. Actually there's a whole host of stories here. The most recent one, however, involved me going to the library tonight. My purpose in going was to return several books and check out one, maybe two others. What actually happened? I left with 11 books, none of which were the books I'd decided to look for in the first place, they didn't HAVE the one I was looking for. And the only reason that I managed to tear myself away with only 11 books is that I already have like 20 at home and I was like 'OKAY NO YOU AREN'T GOING TO HAVE ROOM ON YOUR CARD IF YOU KEEP THIS UP' (there's a 35 book limit with the normal library; how I miss the school library where the limit was, and I quote, "as many as you can carry") so I literally had to pull myself away from the shelves. Because if I look at the shelves I will go 'Oh hey well THAT looks interesting' and add it to the pile and then the next thing you know I have to wedge the stack under my chin and lean back while walking or books spray everywhere.
I have had stacks of books that I was unable to see over in the past.
I tried talking to the librarian about how I have this thing where I feel that I barely escape while she was checking out my books (I am on first-name basis with a surprising number of my librarians; guess why) and she apparently misheard me. She was like 'Oh yes, books are a wonderful escape, you open them up and-' and I was like 'NO. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.'
I laughed about it later, anyway.
Then again my whole family is that way. I'm pretty sure that the family record for the most library books checked out on one trip was 83 (we just about maxed out all 3 library cards :') ) so um. yeah.
You know I saw this article a few years back that said something like the average number of library books that the average citizen of the USA checks out per year was like 1.5? I was stunned. I was crushed. Unless I have at least 10 library books at home at any one time I don't feel right with the world! I couldn't imagine keeping so few and so rarely going and not READING - I could not survive if I was not constantly reading about 8 books. Or at least one book. I mean really. Come on. And yet somehow....
Really though I swear with the way my family goes through books we probably raise the national average or something, if it's that pathetic.