The DU Lounge

Most likely because it wasn't in walking distance.


My mom was in the position where she purchased me books and so I became a book reader with my own personal at home library.


I remember having First Time Books, Scholastic and Please Read To Me that were large and paperback for early readers. Some of them included Berenstain Bears, Barbar and Richard Scarry BusyTown type of books.


I remember a book fair in the 5th grade at school and my mom purchased me the set of Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" yellow 9 book boxed set that was printed sometime in the 1970's. My mom helped me order and buy books from the Scholastic order forms as well.

Of course I used the library at all the schools that I attended.

The last time I was in a public library a few years ago I was returning an almost due book. The book was "The Other Mrs. Kennedy" by Jerry Oppenheimer. I placed the book in the return bin and I was walking towards the shelves. I walked past this guy who was speaking to another guy and he said, "No one wants to work anymore."

Let me say, I wasn't at all quiet about mocking this guy and his idiotic comment. I've never returned to the public library after this incident, it's roughly been about 3 years or so now.

I honestly didn't know that these people visited public libraries truth be told.