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Dear Reader,
Every day this week in honor of hard working librarians everywhere, and to celebrate National Library Week, librarians (or retired folks from library service) can enter to win fun giveaways. Today's drawing is a "What Happens At Book Club Stays at Book Club" Stainless Water Bottle.
To enter the giveaway click here.
Please send an email to the hard working librarians at your to your local library. Or drop by with a card, a box of donuts, muffins or homemade chocolate chip cookies, shake someone's hand and say a simple, "Thanks for all you do." It will make their day!
Never-Forget Moments From the Library...
"Working in a library that provides the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped... One day I took a book order for a patron. She mentioned that she loved the books and that they had 'saved her life.' I replied with my normal response. There was a long pause, then she said, 'No, you don't understand. I was seriously considering suicide but then the books started coming.' I receive daily validation that the work I do is very important to readers who use their ears or finders to read. What a great job!" -- Sharon R., Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service
"I was a Navy kid and we moved many times. One of the first places I would go in any new town was the library. I would check out the maximum number of books allowed and be back for more before the week was through. When I was eight, my father had been home from Vietnam for a short time. I didn't know it then but he had been doused in Agent Orange and had already begun to die. It took two more years and hundreds more books--books that comforted me in the midst of confusion and anguish--before he passed. To this day, books remain one of the things that sustain me through difficult times, providing escape, of course, but also safe ways to help process emotions that are too big or overwhelming in the moment. A library is a refuge. It has certainly been mine." -- Ray C.
"Reading your mail today got me thinking about some of the wonderful things that happened over the years to me. I work at Robeson County Public Library in Lumberton NC, as the Audiovisual Specialist. I remember this encounter happened on a Friday near closing time. It had been a busy week and my coworkers and I were looking forward to the weekend. Around 5:50 p.m. I was locking up while my coworkers checked out the last patrons. A mother was getting her son ready to leave. He started crying because he didn't want to leave. His mother explained to him that the library was closing and she would bring him back another day. As only a three year old can, he put on a serious face and said I'm staying here. His mom asked what would he do in the library all night. He grabbed my hand, and said I'm staying with her, we can read before we go to sleep. He thought my coworkers and I lived in the library. Suzanne, that is one memory I will never forget! Thank You," -- Lolita M.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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AUTHORBUZZ: With so many new books out every week, we promise these titles deserve your attention:
(Fiction)
DAWN OF SURRENDER by Liliana Hart
(Fiction)
MY DEAR HAMILTON by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
(Fiction)
NOT THAT I COULD TELL by Jessica Strawser
(Fiction)
ECSTASY by Mary Sharratt
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