Library

Today I went to my local library and got a library card.  I also picked up my book club reading material The Children of Men.  I actually can't remember the last time I went to a library.  It must have been when I was in college because I didn't have a library card since moving to Los Angeles.  I really like libraries.  In fact, I used to volunteer at one when I was in middle school.  I was such a good library assistant I got a plaque for it.  I always thought working in a library would be a great job for me.  I love organization and reading.  It's actually a pity I hadn't been to the library until now.

I figured why bother buying a book I'm only going to read once and then donate when I can go to the library and borrow it for free.  Plus there's so many books there it'll be nice to browse the shelves and see what I'd be interested in reading next.  My husband and son came with me.  I thought it was pretty exciting taking my son on his first trip to the library.  I plan to take him at least every month when he starts reading.  When I was little I used to go pretty often and get different books to read.  At one point I even started reading a teen romance novel series called Sweet Dreams.  Anyone who knows me would probably think that's funny since I mainly read horror and classic literature.  I read a lot as a kid.  When I was eleven I used to read one book a day.  Usually R.L. Stine books from the Fear Street series.  Actually back then I had a pretty large collection of Fear Street books, I don't even know how many.  Probably between 50 and 100.  I do regret as a kid not branching out more to other authors.  Over time each Fear Street book read exactly the same just with a different character and scenario.  It would have been better if I'd read a bunch of different authors.  I did read a few other young adult horror authors but didn't really get into them as much, except for Richie Tankersley Cusick.  I remember really liking her books when I was younger.

We took our son to the children's section of the library and I found Frog and Toad are Friends.  I remembered having that book as a kid.  I sat down and read it to him which was really nice.  Libraries are just great!