[Fedora]

> When I first went into that library I was appalled cause I had more books in my house than they had in that library!

That was my first reaction when I saw our new library, too!--LOL! But it turned out they had some decent stuff after all. I'm thankful for interlibrary loan and Amazon.com, though!--there's some stuff I just can't get around here. Had to travel 100 miles to get that "Tales Before Tolkien" book!

[RosieCotton]

Interlibrary loan is one of my bestest friends....

That and half.com.

And "That Bookstore"...that's the name of the local used bookstore, seriesly! I rarely pay anything there...have a running credit. ;-) I bring in books when I'm done and he takes some and gives me credit.

Also get quite a few from the Salvation Army store, surprisingly. They're a good source of light entertainment like mysteries and sci-fi paperbacks...for a quarter a piece. Big spender, I am.

[Wneighbor]

I was pretty disgusted with the whole library system in our area. We couldn't get books from the large library in Waco cause we didn't live in the county. And we couldn't get books from the library in the town where our mailing address was because we lived outside the city limits. AND I didn't find that out until AFTER I donated 2 large boxes of books to that library!!!

When my oldest daughter went into Jr. High they had just built a new Jr. High/ High school complex in our town. So, where we'd formerly had all grades in one school we then had 2 schools. But, though they built a new school.... they did not even buy one book for the library! It was not in the budget. (of course the football team had a lovely new practice field - this is Texas.)