Comments on: I ♥ the Library

By: Darice

Darice — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 02:48:21 +0000

Oh, we have such deep library love. (On top of a houseful of books.) I was always a library kid, all the way through school and into college (I even worked shelving books in the FSU library). I fell away from the library when Amazon began delivering books right to my door — ooooo, seductive. But now, with voracious-reader toddler and a massive cut in take-home pay, we’re back in the stacks.

I think it helps, too, that now I take Meg to the library every week — so I’ve gotten into a rhythm of checking things out and returning them. My overdue fines have gone way down because of this.

Our local library is getting a massive overhaul; they’re building a new building, with an expanded children’s area and so forth. I’m so excited!

By: Vince Tuss

Vince Tuss — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 05:06:51 +0000

You got to love the main Boise library. When I lived there, the sign on the exterior called it the Library! Yes, with the exclamation point.

By: Girl Detective

Girl Detective — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:05:14 +0000

It was Kramerbooks/Afterwords! You guys are awesome! I’d been going to add that I thought it began with a K, but I so often say something like “I think it starts with an N,” then it ends up being an R, so I didn’t want to confuse the matter. But you came through, and three of you even know the one I’m talking about. Yay!

Elle, I’d give some feedback to the library. I have two good friends who are librarians, who say it’s tough to find jobs in library land. If somebody’s there who’s neither nice nor competent, let somebody know, because there’s likely another candidate out there.

By: Elle

Elle — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 15:46:03 +0000

We just got a brand new library….which seems so nice until the realization hits that it appears physically impossible for the city of Boise to hire a librarian who is either nice or compitent. I’d actually settle for mean and compitent at this point. There’s so much added to the library experience, especially for kids, when there’s a good librarian available.

By: Vince Tuss

Vince Tuss — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:13:25 +0000

I was going to cast my vote for Kramerbooks as well.

One other word for the Mpls. library system. As a previous heavy user of libraries for 25 years, only to fall out of the habit the last seven, the move to Minneapolis has got me back in the stacks. I credit the ease in which you can reserve books via the Internet and the phone.

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 03:00:48 +0000

Was it Kramerbooks/Afterwords Cafe?

By: carolyn

carolyn — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:46:52 +0000

i know exactly what book store you are talking about in dupont circle. when i went to DC, i stayed in a hotel right across from it and i could see it out my window. but i can’t remember the name either!!!