R&W: Your last library books

There's a quote from Shirley Jackson's 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle" that I've remembered since I first read it, some 25 years ago. -

"The last time I glanced at the library books on the kitchen shelf they were more than five months overdue, and I wondered whether I would have chosen differently if I had known that these were the last books, the ones which would stand forever on our kitchen shelf.” ― Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Since the world changed back in March, I've had some library books sitting on the shelf and frequently when I walk past them, I think of this line. I thought this might be something fun to share as a swap. So, if you have some library books still at home from months ago before stay at home orders started, please share with us! :)

I'm going to set this up as an email swap because I know everyone will be able to join that way. But if you would prefer a snail mail swap as well, please send me a PM and let me know you'd be interested. I don't mind doing both, but our post office reported that mail is moving very slowly still in and out of the country.

So, for this swap, you will have 1 partner, and you will send them an EMAIL with the titles and authors of the books - or the names of audio books, DVD's, etc .... - that you last checked out of the library, and have been keeping you company ever since! If you wish, you can snap a picture of the books/materials as well and attach it to the email, but that's not a requirement.

Then share with your partner - have you read/watched them? If not, why not?

And - do you know yet when your library will be re-opening to the public?

And - during this shut down, did you use an e-library service for books and materials? Here in the US, I think most public libraries are part of an e-service for borrowing ebooks, eaudios, and some do magazines, movies and music. We also have the Hoopla service that offers comic books.

Hope you're all doing well out there! I've heard some areas around the country are starting to open up more and more, and my husband said his office is planning to scale back the teleworking in the next few weeks. But overall, from what I've heard in the news, our area is still pretty much closed. Still many confirmed cases reported daily.

If you have any questions about the swap, or wish to see a snail mail version, please just send me a PM. :)