Saturday, April 18, 2009

Read-a-thon: Mini-Challenge by the Curious Reader

This mini-challenge is brought to us by the Curious Reader:

1. What is the name of your local library? What city is it located i

A: The North Fort Myers Library in North Fort Myers, FL.

2. How often do you go to the library? If you're a regular, do the staff know you

A: I've only gone a few times in the last 10 years, but plan on going more now. With this economy, the library is going to become a favorite family past time. I can check out books, and then only buy them if I wish to add them to my permanent collection.

3. Do you browse while you're there or just pick up items you have placed on reserve?

A: Yes, I browse. Sometimes I may already know what I want before I get there, and other times just want to browse what's available.

4. What is your favorite thing about your local library?

A: What a great way to get free books. And if I had kids I'd be there all the time. I think it's great for parents to take their kids to the library. I didn't have that as a kid.

3 comments:

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) said...

My mom took us to the library every week when I was little -- I'd come home with a huge stack of books. It's something I really want to do with my kids, I agree with you that it's great.

Good luck with the Read-a-Thon!
Kim

Jessica said...

Free books are definitely better than books you have to buy without knowing if you'll enjoy them. That may be one of my favorite things about libraries in general. I pretty much never buy books for myself anymore, unless I read it first as a library book.
Thanks for sharing!

Eva said...

I always think it's so insane that we can feed our reading habit for free thanks to libraries. :D