The Library

I just got back from the Library. And I haven't been to one in years. My friend Kristen got me started on Diane Mott Davidson's books. She's a mystery writer whose main character is a caterer. And she's always finding someone murdered on her jobs. Ok, not all of her jobs, but you'd think that if you're a caterer, you'd see a dead body 1 out of 5 jobs you're doing! LOL

And while you're reading, you'll come across a recipe of something that she's cooking for dinner or for one of her catering jobs. I really want to try some of her recipes. :)

Anyway, I've been going through her books rather quickly, and realized that I'm running out of books. And instead of buying more books to have in the house, I figured that maybe I should go to the library to check them out instead. Then I don't have to buy the books, and then have them filling up my shelves. Cause really, I have so many books, I couldn't read them all again in my lifetime.

So it was an experience for me. Gone are the old card catalogs (See, told you it's been a long time). They've been replaced by computers. And now they have self-service scanners to check the books out for you. How cool is that?? I'm usually not big on the self-scanners because I figure that it's putting someone out of a job. But I have to admit, these are very cool. and with the amount of people in the library, you do need to have something like that, especially when there isn't the money in the budget to hire a whole lot of staff.

I love that there are CD's and DVD's there now, and I still have to explore the non-fiction section.

if you haven't gone to your public library, go check it out! You'll be pleasantly surprised. :)