30 Days of Bookish Gratitude: library love

Open book atop stacked books with text reading “30 Days of Bookish Gratitude” and “Reading, Writing, Books and Other Literary Things.”

How much do I love my local library system? This much.

Back in the day, I’d head on over to our local branch, which has a terrific children’s section, and spend hours there with the kids. Free meeting rooms, which saved me a bunch of time, hassle, and money when scheduling Girl Scout meetings.

Book clubs? I’ve restricted myself to the one, but you could fill your reading year with the number of book clubs the library system sponsors.

Then, they go and do this:

Prince library card

Y’all, a limited-edition Prince library card?

Don’t mind if I do. I wasn’t planning on turning in my old card anytime soon, but I couldn’t resist this upgrade. How do you make checking out books from the library even more fun? Add in a Prince library card, that’s how.

This week in Dear Reader

Guess which book is featured this week over at Dear Reader! Come on, guess! Okay maybe it’s obviously, since I’m blogging about it.

But … The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading is the featured book in the Teen Book club. Do any of you subscribe to Dear Reader? They have a club for just about everything from fiction, to nonfiction to even a pre-published club. It’s a great way to discover books you might not otherwise know about.