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Musing Mondays (Feb 23)

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about the library…

How often do you visit the library? Do you have a scheduled library day/time, or do you go whenever? Do you go alone, or take people with you?

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For the most part (bookish excitement and emergencies aside) Sunday is my library day. When I'm in a good reading run I go every week, when I'm in a bit of a slump (as now) I go fortnightly; but nine times out of then, it's Sunday that I go.

If I'm going on my own I head off at about nine/nine-thirty and spend about an hour in the library picking out new books for the week (usually borrowing far too many). Then I usually go and read while I have a coffee or, if it's later in the day, lunch. Lately, however, my sister has been coming with me on my library trips, which is good, not only because I like to see her read, but because browsing with her means I pick up different books.

I also try to incorporate my book errands (yes, I actually have book errands) into my Sundays - dropping of books that someone wanted to borrow, picking up something from someone else, or going for some 'out-of-the-house reading'. It's usually a very nice day.