National Library Week Celebration
Something really special is happening this week! It’s National Library Week here in the US and to me it is something truly worthy of celebration.
I grew up going to the library. My mom would take us when we went “into town”, which is country talk for driving to the nearest actual city (for us—that was 30 minutes away).
We were homeschooled, so this was our primary source for stories of any and all kinds. My sister and I would come home with the maximum number of checkouts every two weeks. When the librarians asked my Mom if we actually read the books, she said, “Yes, then they read each other’s.”
I would never have been able to afford to buy all the books that we read. We quickly graduated from the children’s section to the adult fiction. Romance has always been a favorite.
That small-town library introduced me to my favorite gothic romance author Mary Stewart and Phyllis A Whitney. I also remember a line of hard back gothics that I would randomly find among the other books, like a treat I had to hunt for…
The librarians were always helpful and friendly and I wanted to grow up to be one. It was a place my true self loved and felt at home in.
I hope you have a place that’s the same for you. Now, working at a university, I still try to go over to the library to write sometimes and it brings back those warm memories. Do you have any memories of going to the library? I’d love to hear them!
Go by your local library to support their services and events. While you’re there, ask them to stock your favorite books! That’s a great way to support an author too!
Take care,
Dani
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