Of rainy days and libraries
Oct. 10th, 2002 10:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penmageSo I decided to go book hunting today. I checked at Book Crossing and it said that a bunch of books had been released recently into Bryant Park. So off I went. AS I stepped out, it started to drizzle, so I felt very much like a girl with a mission - rescue the books before they got rained on!
I made my way very quickly to Bryant Park. It wasn't really raining, only drizzling very very lightly by then. I looked all around - at all the statues, on all the tables - nothing. This seemed wrong, somehow. If so many books were released so recently, the odds ought to be very good that at least one is still there. So I went to the park maintenance guys and asked them about it. The manager thought he remembered somebody bringing in the book I was looking for - it turns out they collect everything at night! So he gave me his card and told me to call him - he'd see if he could find it. So that was that, a loose end, but promising.
Then, I decided to explore the Library, because it was right there. It's beautiful. It's this huge building for storing books - most of which are referece only, and most of it isn't really browsable - you have to ask for a specific book - but even so, it's cool. I spent a bunch of time in the library gift shop, lusting after beautiful book related things that cost more money than I have.
Then, I went across the street to the lending branch of the New York Public Library, and became a card carrying member! This is wonderful for a variety of reasons, most specifically because they have about ten bookshelves of SF/F books, if not more, and that's not counting the paperbacks. I found so many lovely books there, I felt like a kid in a candy store - and settled for taking out 7 - all I could carry home - including Diana Wynne Jones's Tough Guide to Fantasyland, which I've been looking for for ages.
And, it's thursday. I love thursdays because they're not wednesdays. Two classes, starting at 10:30 and ending at 1:15. What more could I ask for? Blessed, blessed thursdays!
I made my way very quickly to Bryant Park. It wasn't really raining, only drizzling very very lightly by then. I looked all around - at all the statues, on all the tables - nothing. This seemed wrong, somehow. If so many books were released so recently, the odds ought to be very good that at least one is still there. So I went to the park maintenance guys and asked them about it. The manager thought he remembered somebody bringing in the book I was looking for - it turns out they collect everything at night! So he gave me his card and told me to call him - he'd see if he could find it. So that was that, a loose end, but promising.
Then, I decided to explore the Library, because it was right there. It's beautiful. It's this huge building for storing books - most of which are referece only, and most of it isn't really browsable - you have to ask for a specific book - but even so, it's cool. I spent a bunch of time in the library gift shop, lusting after beautiful book related things that cost more money than I have.
Then, I went across the street to the lending branch of the New York Public Library, and became a card carrying member! This is wonderful for a variety of reasons, most specifically because they have about ten bookshelves of SF/F books, if not more, and that's not counting the paperbacks. I found so many lovely books there, I felt like a kid in a candy store - and settled for taking out 7 - all I could carry home - including Diana Wynne Jones's Tough Guide to Fantasyland, which I've been looking for for ages.
And, it's thursday. I love thursdays because they're not wednesdays. Two classes, starting at 10:30 and ending at 1:15. What more could I ask for? Blessed, blessed thursdays!
