tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post5768079900521364429..comments2023-10-14T05:16:12.776-07:00Comments on THE THRILLER GUY: Writers, Libraries, SexAllen Appelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577225721733421143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-19863499719270548702009-08-13T11:05:44.096-07:002009-08-13T11:05:44.096-07:00Nearly everyone mentions how they loved the smell ...Nearly everyone mentions how they loved the smell of their library, but this is the first for the bookmobile. Yet one more thing that will be lost in an all-digital world.Allen Appelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577225721733421143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-63026689521104563702009-08-13T07:36:52.217-07:002009-08-13T07:36:52.217-07:00Living on an Army post, we didn't go to the li...Living on an Army post, we didn't go to the library, it came to us -- in the form of the book mobile. I couldn't wait for it to come every other week and hated it when they took the summer off. All the books had small colored markers attached to them indicating age-appropriateness. I was a big reader -- I ran through all my colors quickly, through brown and green and then finally, to purple -- the color for sixth-grade readers. I was very proud of myself when I reached that pinnacle in third grade. The book mobile also had a great smell, but it might have been the talcum powder used by the kindly-but-stern driver/librarian, who was the first person I ever saw who had little cords attached to the sides of her glasses....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-61517460111979792602009-08-12T18:40:03.612-07:002009-08-12T18:40:03.612-07:00The All of a Kind Family was a series much beloved...The All of a Kind Family was a series much beloved by young Jewish girls about an immigrant family with five daughters who lived and thrived in New York City. An interesting discussion of this book can be found at the following URL:<br /><br />http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/companion.pdfAllen Appelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577225721733421143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2285015481837682105.post-17098364693347647852009-08-12T13:39:39.825-07:002009-08-12T13:39:39.825-07:00We had lots of books in our house, and no restrict...We had lots of books in our house, and no restrictions on what I could read (I remember getting in big trouble in junior high school for doing a book report on Tobacco Road)so the library didn't have the same allure for me that it may have for others. I mostly just used the library when I had to do research papers for school. My fondest library memory isn't really mine. It comes from All of a Kind Family, where the poor immigrant kids get their library cards and how exciting it was to go to the library.Sparkynoreply@blogger.com