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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

WW "Retired Books"

One thing that is cool about where I live now, is the library system. We have access to I think like 13 different libraries, in surrounding towns.

My daughter needed a book for her reading class at school, so we looked online and found the book. It was located in a library we hadn't been to yet. We went there last week and found the book. We looked around and it is a pretty cool library. They also have a good DVD selection.

Here's something interesting I found:



There was some shelves of books. If you can't read the sign above, it says "Retired Books, Looking for a Home, Please Help." 

I never heard of "retired books" before. These looked like perfectly good books to me. But hey what the heck so far I've taken like 6 books from this. And I get to keep them and not worry about returning them on time (which I'm kinda bad at.) Well next time I go there, I'll look for some more.



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7 comments:

  1. Vicki M. TaylorJanuary 30, 2013 at 2:03 PM

    What a great idea to give books a second home. I hope others find it as well. Followed you from SITS.

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  2. Masshole MommyJanuary 30, 2013 at 5:56 PM

    That is VERY cool. Our library will put out old issues of magazines for free, but I've never seen anything like this. How nice.

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  3. Mommy EvolutionJanuary 31, 2013 at 2:23 PM

    We see retired books all the time… there's just not enough shelf space!

    Visiting you from Wordless Wednesday Bloggers and The Jenny Evolution! Here's my post - http://thejennyevolution.com/2013/01/29/wordless-wednesday-local-baristas-missed-me/

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    books never retire. but if it makes them cheaper than okay

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    1. Susan CookFebruary 1, 2013 at 12:20 PM

      That's what I was thinking Alicia - books never retire?

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  5. Susan CookFebruary 1, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    Yes, I've been to book sales at libraries. Didn't think of that, thanks for stopping by

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  6. UnknownFebruary 2, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    Our library's retirement shelf holds book, music, movies, and games but usually for $1. The money goes back into the library so it is a win-win situation!
    Elle
    hey_wren@yahoo.com

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