#library addict

[cherrynekow]

That pre-finals season where everyone suddenly remembers they have a semester to get and all the students flood the library and you -a regular-, come in, thinking you can have your usual table, and study your brains out in all tranquility, but there isn't any chair available and it's only 3pm???

Yeah, I hate that season.

[studybreaksandlibrarydates-blog]

Send help.

I'm stuck on a ScotRail train which is stopping me get to the library. I am unsure what section of that sentence is making me more anxious. Issues.

[ladysfirstsong]

How to Join Your Library's Shhh List

But I do have a point: If you request upwards of 20 books in, say, 30 minutes, all of which are marked 'check shelf', you may end up on your local library's bad side. Or, you can consider it, as I do, giving the lovely library staff something to do as more aspects of their jobs become automated and computerized.

For instance, I requested the following knitting books from my library. (And then froze half of them as I am already near my loan limit!)

Pretty Little Things to Make: 20 Heirloom Projects for Babies and Toddlers, Judith More

Sock Knitting Master Class: Innovative Techniques & Patterns from Top Designers, Ann Budd

Knitting Vintage: 30 Knitting Projects Inspired by Period Fashions, Claire Montgomerie

Knitting Scarves from Around the World, ed. Kari Cornell

Mastering Color Knitting: Simple Instructions for Stranded, Intarsia and Double Knitting, Melissa Leapman

Simple Knitting: A Complete How-to-Knit Workshop with 20 Projects, Erika Knight

Knitting a Kiss in Every Stitch: Creating Gifts for the People You Love Nicky Epstein

Knitting with Beads: 30 Beautiful Sweaters, Scarves, Hats & Gloves, Jane Davis

Nordic Knitting: Thirty-one Patterns In the Scandanavian Tradition, Susanne Pagoldh

Stashbuster Knits: Tips, Tricks and 21 Beautiful Projects for Using Your Favorite Leftover Yarn, Melissa Leapman

Viking Patterns for Knitting: Inspiration and Projects for Today's Knitter, Elsebeth Lavold (trans. Robin Orm H)

Custom Knit Accessories: Unleash Your Inner Designer with Improvisational Techniques for Hats, Scarves, Gloves, Socks and More, Wendy Bernard

November Knits: Inspired Designs for Changing Seasons, Kate Gagnon Osborne & Courtney Kelley

Perfectly Plus: Featuring the Knit-to-Fit Workbook for the Full-Figured Woman, Mary Arnold, Colleen East & Kristen Hansen

ETA: Turns out 'freezing' my holds didn't work. Lovely. >_<

[ladysfirstsong]

I was bad this week: I checked out another four books from the library, which were added to the stack I already have from the library. But two are books of short stories and they are all YA, so they likely won't take long to read. In the meantime, I'm contemplating British Literature - but mostly modern and not in anyway part of The Cannon.