Comments on: Libraries Rock! Free Books, Movies, and Entertainement For All

By: Festival of Frugality #170 – Frugal Living is Timeless

Festival of Frugality #170 – Frugal Living is Timeless — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:13:34 +0000

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By: The Library Still Rocks! Yes, I Like The Free Movies And More :The Happy Rock

The Library Still Rocks! Yes, I Like The Free Movies And More :The Happy Rock — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:43:29 +0000

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By: Weekly Wrap Up March 30 - April 5 | Personal Finance Firewall

Weekly Wrap Up March 30 - April 5 | Personal Finance Firewall — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:14:17 +0000

[...] sit down and look at the books. Why am I talking about this? The Happy Rock has an article about his local Library and how awesome it is. I will have to take my daughter back again in the near future and see if we [...]

By: Debt Destroyer

Debt Destroyer — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:15:44 +0000

I sincerely feel sorry for those of you with lackluster libraries. I’d never have guessed that small town South Dakota would have it so good.

By: Gypsie

Gypsie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:53:09 +0000

My library is very small and rarely carries the authors that I like to read. I lived overseas for over 5 years and fell in love with some foreign authors. Now I have to wait additional time until the authors are even available in the states and they never show up in my local library. Every year the local library holds a book sale to raise money for itself, and every time I donate books for the sale, I find them on the shelves for others to borrow instead of in the sale. I guess I am helping in my own way even if I rarely check out any books. Plus the majority of their books are out dated. I tried to find a book about running and the ONLY book they had was from the 60s. Same with books about finance, etc.

By: bp

bp — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:24:50 +0000

I haven’t been to a library in ages – this comment makes me want to get back in there and check them out again. Thanks for the reminder!

By: Kristy @ Master Your Card

Kristy @ Master Your Card — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:43:16 +0000

I love the library – though I currently owe some fines – that was my own fault though. My only complaint about the local library here is that they don’t get new releases and I’ve read almost everything in my genre of choice. I can reread many of these books of course, but I generally have to wait about 6 months before I can get a new release. That’s hard, particularly when I’m waiting for a book in a series. So, I’ve just resolved myself to the fact that there are some books it is better for me to buy as opposed to checking out. Harry Potter and Twilight were among them…yes, I’m a big kid. So what? LOL.

I don’t have kids, so I don’t attend the story time sessions, but I’ve always thought that would be a fun volunteer program. I love to read and to share that with others would be cool. I might look into that, but I’m shocked there are libraries out there that don’t do this. Seems like it should be a given to me.

By: The Happy Rock

The Happy Rock — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:18:03 +0000

I wrote about the library elf site that reminds you when items are due to help save you fees.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:45:49 +0000

The library is great. Watch the fines, though.

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:01:01 +0000

Some libraries are like this, but some are still living in the old days. We’ve got libraries in my town that do both. Of course right now I prefer the old ones. I don’t use their computers and I don’t have kids. I just need a kiosk that lets me search for the book I want, and thankfully this is available online.

The funny thing is libraries are being asked to remove books printed before 1986 (or may 84) because there are potential unsafe levels of lead in the ink. Who is eating the books?