Did you know it was National Book Lovers Day?
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August 9 is National Book Lovers Day.
I am a bibliophile and have been one since childhood. In fact, Biblio is my avatar name. Books were my favorite birthday gifts. A week before I got married I took the GRE test so I could go to Library School the following year. (I knew that I wanted to be a Librarian. But no, we did not get to sit around and read books all day.) Unlike some of my fellow librarians, I never had the urge to catalog my Golden Books.
With so many books and so little time, I’ve turned more into a tsudonko. (Tsundoku is acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term originated in the Meiji era (1868–1912) as Japanese slang. It combines elements of tsunde-oku, (to pile things up ready for later and leave) and dokusho…
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D.C. Gilbert 
Huge thanks for sharing this, Darry. Pat
You’re welcome!
I mean Darryl. Danged typos.
Lol! That’s closer. It’s actually Darren! But I’ve been called much worse. 😉
Oh dear, I’ve found old books here that have a little slip of paper glued in the front that says “Neal Library” at the top. I guess my sister and I were to sign the slip if we “checked out” the book?
Great post dc! I love to read but took my reading solitude to the public libraries!🤔
I understand. I used to haunt the old North Adams public library.
I really dislike the modernization of libraries, the books there don’t smell the same.🤔
Not at all!