tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post7475435313515008522..comments2023-05-26T14:52:02.504+01:00Comments on Book Angel Booktopia: Saturday Spotlight: Guest Post: Katherine Langrish and LibrariesYnysawdre Elderly Residents Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121225687563442558noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-50101082761947326822011-03-06T17:50:06.645+00:002011-03-06T17:50:06.645+00:00What a wonderful post! I love this series of posts...What a wonderful post! I love this series of posts reminiscing about libraries! My story was much the same - my dad couldn't keep up with the amount of books I'd read a week so we'd always end up at the library and because we moved so often, it felt like the only constant in my young life!Michelle Fluttering Butterflieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793681725475475156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-26596878286397594792011-03-06T10:45:58.063+00:002011-03-06T10:45:58.063+00:00Lovely to hear about other people's library ex...Lovely to hear about other people's library experiences, and even to meet someone who knows the same ones! Thankyou all for the comments!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-83540973731710420202011-03-06T10:02:07.480+00:002011-03-06T10:02:07.480+00:00Lovely post. So much I identify with here :0) I we...Lovely post. So much I identify with here :0) I went to school in Skipton and loved the school library where I discovered many treasures. My local library however was in Settle. it was staffed by one lady who seemed to me the epitome of accomplished adulthood. She too gently suggested many books I enjoyed. I particularly remember "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" which I kept out for almost a year lol.Snippety Gibletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930936252635422357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-64527460203657419222011-03-06T04:34:12.252+00:002011-03-06T04:34:12.252+00:00Wonderful post. I grew up in a neighborhood with a...Wonderful post. I grew up in a neighborhood with a library that was a fifteen minute walk away from my house. I still live in that neighborhood now, and as a child, I spent hours and hours at that library. I've spent hours there as an adult, as well, but not only as a customer. I'm a substitute librarian, and I had the pleasure of working at my childhood library for about five months before I was moved to a different library branch. In August, I'm going to Ohio to get my master's in library science, with my focus being in youth services. I love hearing how much people still value libraries. Libraries offer many great services other than just books, and it's a shame that so many of them are suffering from budget cuts and closures.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05951799381063340483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-53275890285923912232011-03-05T20:28:24.637+00:002011-03-05T20:28:24.637+00:00Oh, you did take me back, Kath. And it is so impor...Oh, you did take me back, Kath. And it is so important that we keep saying this - libraries make authors. But also, for other kids, they open horizons. I remember my brother, discovering the adult library, at the age of 14 bringing home Candide and Freud (to the annoyance of my parents, of course). He'd never have read those books at home.<br />Though the librarians in Kendal just said to me: 'We're giving you four tickets, then you won't come back so often.' I felt reproved - now, of course, I realise that they were being jocular...Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-78733404394329839202011-03-05T18:27:39.192+00:002011-03-05T18:27:39.192+00:00Oh this post has me longing to make a trip to the ...Oh this post has me longing to make a trip to the library right now. :) I can't imagine a world without libraries - My earliest and fondest memories are of me getting sucked into a book while at the library. Thankfully I come from a family of readers so going to the library has always been a joy as there was no one to rush us into hurrying up about choosing books. Lovely guest post :) Libraries for the win always!Tammy (The Book Fairy's Haven)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14199128133219847316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-56359786885332941462011-03-05T15:29:13.356+00:002011-03-05T15:29:13.356+00:00What a delightful post. I have images of Katherin...What a delightful post. I have images of Katherine reading to her uncle now after dragging her chair. I loved reading about all the authors she grew up reading.<br /><br />A gorgeous post.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571476033353364874.post-67029838514890505072011-03-05T11:40:07.606+00:002011-03-05T11:40:07.606+00:00I grew up in the same sort of bookish environment-...I grew up in the same sort of bookish environment- both parents were teachers, I could read anything (and did), but we went weekly to the library which was a huge building downtown with a downstairs for kid's lit and an upstairs for adult. It's taken on an almost mythic quality in my memory. And we had books at school and a book mobile which traveled around and smelled of books.<br />Now I live in a very small town with an active library and it is part of our routine. Can't imagine life without one, and isn't it a measure of civilization that you can go somewhere and borrow as many books as you'd like?Jo Treggiarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417288480274268189noreply@blogger.com