[bksvol-discuss] OT: libraries and books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:37:03 -0700 (PDT)
Hi, Kellie,
One summer between college semesters I worked at the
old Mpls. public library as a page and shelver. It was
fun. My fellow workers were nice and at lunch we
played bridge. It was a wonderful building. Did they
keep the building and modernize the inside or
completely redo it?
Last week I paid a visit to the newly re-constructed
main building of the Santa Monica Public Library.
Wow!! Very spacious, with a cafe and an inner
courtyard. I didn't get beyond the first floor and I
don't know where the books are, but I did get to their
used-book store. The largest one I've ever seen--an
outer foyer where the volunteer sits and there are
shelves and paperbacks on trucks and a spacious inner
room with lots of shelving and books. I thought the
one in our branch was nice and larger than others I've
seen, but the SMPL's is almost as large as some small
library branches.
Thanks for telling us about the books. I've added
Gillian Bradshaw to my list of authors to read, since
I love historical novels and had never heard of her.
Unfortunately, Weir's Six Wives was rejected before I
could validate it, so I borrowed the book and read it.
It is very readable, and I don't have much patience
for wading through books that aren't.
Cindy
--- Kellie Hartmann <hart0421@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of visiting
> the enormous and very up-to-date library in downtown
> Minneapolis. I grabbed the following to scan:
> Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw,
> (this is my all-time favorite historical fiction
> author, so the validator will be in for a treat.)
>
> Spring of the Ram, Niccolo Volume 2
> (Bookshare has the first in this series, and it's a
> great scan and a great read for those who like
> historical fiction. My goal is to make my scan at
> least as good as the first volume, and so far it's
> scanning beautifully and requiring virtually no
> effort on my part to achieve perfection.)
>
> And:
> The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
> This being a library copy, the binding isn't so
> tight that I'll have to do major damage to my arms
> to get a good scan. I know others here had an
> interest in this book, and since we had so much
> recent discussion about it, I thought I go ahead and
> grab it and give it a try. I've read and liked other
> books by this author; scholarly but very readable
> and neither flinching from unpleasant details nor
> wallowing in them.
> Thanks all, and hopefully I will become a regular at
> the library; they even have computers with JAWS and
> scanning software there, so it really wouldn't be a
> bad thing for me to explore it.
> Thanks, and happy reading!
> Kellie
>
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