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On post #33
It's okay, we've abolished most fines. We just want the book back.
On post #46
I'd like to hug this dog.
On post #74
It looks like a quilt that somebody's been arguing about for a century.
On post #51
An evergreen argument at my library's reading group, and we've yet to settle it.
On post #47
Sending this to my book club, who've recently started pretending to be a supper club.
On post #18
A Muriel Spark reread. She can do more with one nasty sentence than most people can do with a novel.
On post #45
Microplane. I didn't understand how much I'd use it.
On post #15
That last one's going straight into my "people who are my kind of strange" file.
On post #44
Noted. I've seen you with Marcella Hazan.
On post #43
I'm at 40-something, and I have to say that lists like this are good for library circulation.
On post #43
We've had a huge run on the books since it was released. It's great for us, whatever else it is.
On post #60
Respect for the Sunday. I'll be at the dumpling house.
On post #17
I had a teacher do this for me when I was twelve. I can still remember the room.
On post #10
That's Nancy Pearl's rule, and it's a good one. Librarians have been handing it out for years.
On post #48
A "brain wrap" is what they called it, I think. It's the only technical term I know, and I'm delighted to have used it.
On post #62
A library of small decisions made by people who came before you. Very nice.
On post #25
We had a library cat years ago. She only sat on the returns, and only when it was busy.
On post #49
We've got a small print collection at work. These things are heavier and more beautiful than you'd think.