This morning’s errands: pay Comcast bill, pick up the decorations for Saturday’s holiday, raid the Plainville Library. Okay, so maybe not raid, but I did want to pick up a Christmas CD and a few books I just could not wait to have sent to me via inter library loan. Head still reeling from the prices at one of my favorite used bookstores ($5 for the Dover edition of my beloved Lovecraft’s Supernatural Horror in Literature? I think NOT!) I pulled into the Plainville Public Library with “Christmas CD! Meaning of Sunglasses! CHRISTMAS CD!” running through my head.
As I was checking out the new nonfiction, I noticed a librarian giving a tour to a group of adults detailing the who/whats/wheres of checking out books and your library card. And then something the librarian said triggering something in my brain. The librarian was telling the group how their library records of what books they’ve checked out is kept completely private. If I’m not mistaken, the Plainville Public Library was part of Library Connection v. Gonzales (http://www.aclu.org/national-security/librarians-nsl-challenge).
The library tour group went downstairs to explore the children’s department and I found a Christmas CD that hopefully will not make Blacklight and our guests roll their eyes too badly. And then my library bag, which just had a CD and a single book into began to scream for mercy…
The books:
- Echoes Maeve Binchy
- 101 Places NOT To See Catherine Price
- Mildred Pierce James M. Cain
- The Thoughtful Dresser Linda Grant
- Shelf Discovery Lizzie Skurnick
- At Large Anne Fadiman
- Snark David Denby
- Yeah, I Said It Wanda Sykes
- A Guide to Elegance Genevieve Antoine Dariaux
- Scroogenomics Joel Waldfogel
- The Big Book of Irony Jon Winkour
- A La Cart Hilary Carlip
- My Mother’s Wedding Dress Justine Picardie
- The Meaning of Sunglasses Hadley Freeman
- I Like You Amy Sedaris
- Wigfield Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello & Stephen Colbert
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