The Library Canteena

Hi! I'm a paraprofessional working in a public library, and my professional goal is to work as a Teen Librarian. I blog about libraries, books (mostly YA books), movies, music, fandoms, space, nature, art, and anything else I find funny, interesting or informative!

[adambenhall]

Autumn colours at Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridge.

[literarydeor]

[kanawhalibrary-deactivated20221]

Staff Recommends: New Thrillers! The Missing Hour – Dahl https://libraryaware.com/2EJXV9 Nice Girls – Dang https://libraryaware.com/2EJXVA The Chaos Kind – Eisler https://libraryaware.com/2EJXVB Did I Say You Could Go – Gideon https://libraryaware.com/2EJXVC Left For Dead – Parnell https://libraryaware.com/2EJXVF

[whilereadingandwalking]

A vision of reading and walking in Hyde Park in autumn.

[lsleofskye]

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[cremedelacoeur]

going into second hand bookstores and seeing the worn out paperback you’ve been trying to find for months and finding an odd bookmark inside the musty pages feels like divine providence

[inprnt]

“Reading Bears” by Liz Nugent on INPRNT

[1041uuu]

https://www.patreon.com/1041uuu 

[santoschristos]

Last of the Summer Wine Fumihiro Kato

[hazy-october]

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[whilereadingandwalking]

Sometimes our relationship to objects can be tough. I often feel this way with scarves. I have a beautiful gold scarf from India that has faded over the years. I’ve used it as a blanket on planes, I’ve used it as my scarf through whole winters. It’s accompanied me on many adventures, and it makes me sad to see it faded. There’s a temptation to save these scarfs—the warmest scarf, the one with a rainbow stripe—and never wear them out. But the truth is, they are objects, and they’re meant to be seen, appreciated, and used. Gifts are meant to be appreciated. The person who gave you that scarf would love to see you wear it. 

I often think about books like this. We’re often tempted to keep books on the shelf, to keep them spotless, to keep any scuff off their cover. But the books were meant to be read. Dust jackets were meant to take some damage so your book doesn’t. So I urge you, if there’s a book you are guilting over because you took it off the shelf and its cover bent slightly; if there’s a beautiful book you want to read but you’re worried is too pretty; please read it. Wear that gorgeous scarf and favorite shirt or sweater, wear them to the extent of their lives. That is what these things were for. 

And if that’s not enough, think about sustainability. Think about the beauty of treasuring something from its beginning to its end, think about the beauty of gifting someone something that they wear into exhaustion, until it unravels. Love your books. Love the things you’re given.

[baelatargaryen]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) dir. David Yates

[vintagelibraries]

Jóvenes escolares en la Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros, eligiendo libremente las obras que quieren leer, ayudados por el personal de la institución (Young schoolchildren at the National Library of Teachers, freely choosing the works they want to read, helped by the institution’s staff), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1925.

[autumncozy]

By enchantedvancouver

[ohjessmarie]

one of many bookshops of my dreams 🌻

prints | instagram | don’t delete caption please! 💛

[funnytwittertweets]

[lisaminnci]

Song of the Sea 2014 | dir. Tomm Moore

[thelibrarycanteena]

Song of the Sea

Beautiful animation!