@samantha

I miss going to the library. Growing up my parents would bring me to the library every week, something I was always looking forward to. This was before smartphones existed. They’d just drop me off in the kids section (and teen section later on) and read their magazines or newspapers from a distance. What I found most thrilling about the library was the abundance of genres I could discover. I remember one of my favourite books as a kid was a book on handwriting analysis, and the relevant maladies associated with styles of handwriting. My parents always gave me a long time to browse the library - maybe 1.5 hours - and it would go by in a flash. I always felt rushed trying to collect all the books I wanted to read each week. I usually brought home 5-7 books a week, that I devoured late into the night. I remember reading twilight and thinking it was the best book in all of history 🤣 At that time my library had a limit on the number of books you could take out. So I used to hide the books I wanted to continue reading inside a nearby shelf behind a stack of books. (Yes I know that was wrong as a kid I didn’t know any better). The next week I’d return to that spot and take out the books I’d saved for myself. Eventually one of the librarians caught on and they used masking tape to cover that section so I could no longer save books for myself. By that point I learned to put books on “hold” by asking the librarian at the end of each trip. Reading opened my world. https://x.com/sketchesbyboze/status/2000239329390833990?s=46

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