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So it looks like all the old farts down in Florida read topical trash and the people around you are educated and read "good" books.
Interesting....
My husband and I are the oldest people on our block. Most of the people on my block these days are young professionals dealing with their work and their kids. Doubt they have time to blow their noses much less read a book. Robyn
I'd rather have libraries cater to the young inquisitive minds of today - however few of them there are - than to older people who want to take yoga classes. Robyn
Happily, you don't need to make a choice, since there's no reason you can't do both. All you need for a yoga class is a meeting room. Yoga is held while the kids are in school, so it doesn't compete with the kids programs.
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BTW - I can see all the waiting list stuff for my library system on line. I assume you can too. So that's probably a more accurate indicator than what you're seeing on those racks IMO. Robyn
Interesting how different library systems do things. We don't have a way to see the waiting list online--AFAIK, the only way to see what other people have ordered is to look at the holding area at the library. Could you post the link so we can all see this list? It would be fun to see all those Ponte Vedrans signed up for the Shades of Grey book. And might be interesting to see what else has been requested.
Happily, you don't need to make a choice, since there's no reason you can't do both. All you need for a yoga class is a meeting room. Yoga is held while the kids are in school, so it doesn't compete with the kids programs...
I'm not talking about programs. I'm talking about books. Look at your library system - and see what the situation is with the OED. Perhaps your county is more affluent than those here - and you're swimming in multiple copies of this 20 volume research basic. Robyn
When published, Pickwick Papers was considered by many to be low-brow, or 'trash'.
Even today, I'm hard-pressed to find any "literary value" in it other than the joy it seems to give Dickens fans. That's good enough.
"The Pickwick Papers" contributed to medical science. Just a couple of decades ago a doctor extrapolated from one of the characters - Joe the fat boy - had a medical condition that was causing him to get drowsy during the day and falling asleep at inappropriate times. Although Dickens did not draw conclusions about Joe's obesity and his sleep disorder, it gave rise to a newly identified disease: Pickwickian Syndrome. Now it is called Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
I'm not talking about programs. I'm talking about books. Look at your library system - and see what the situation is with the OED. Perhaps your county is more affluent than those here - and you're swimming in multiple copies of this 20 volume research basic. Robyn
I thought we covered this one already. Having a yoga class does not compete with the funds reserved for buying books. As a reminder of what we've already discussed, the teacher isn't paid by the library, and the library doesn't supply materials. What happened is a yoga teacher approached the library and volunteered to teach a free class. She chose a time when the room wasn't scheduled. Whether the room is used for this class or stays empty during that time, the cost to the library of having a meeting room is the same. Participants have to sign a release form, so I doubt it even affects the insurance policy, which the library pays whether the meeting room is being used or not.
Listen Miss Caladium - no more assignments, hear! Just got back from the library and there were close to 3000 books/DVDs/CDs in the reserved section. Almost passed out it was so hot - dressed for outdoor winter temps and this took a bit of time. glad I stopped at the front desk and explained the odd behavior they could expect to see - she just laughed but I did a few odd looks. I didn't see any of the Fifty Shades of Grey, so they must be checked out or at other libraries - I went online and got some stats:
Fifty Shades of Grey - book= 263 books w/ 3 requests waiting
audio on CD = 40 copies w/209 requests
Fifty Shades Darker - 82 books w/ 299 requests
audio on CD 16 copies w/85 requests
Fifty Shades Freed -book= 85 copies w/85 copies w/229 requests
audio in CD - 16 copies w/66 requests waiting
Just stopped in the library to pick up my books. Didn't have much time to make a note of anything since the snow was approaching fast and we still had grocery to do (16" expected today, and more every day after).
What I saw at a glance: 23 children books, 7 craft/DIY/interior designing books, 5 Colleen McCullough books, 3 Marshall Cavendish's Cultures of the World, 1 Living with Cancer Cookbook, 1 Umberto Ecco (didn't look at the title, but the cover belonged to one that I have read), A Raisin in the Sun, and Catherine the Great.
Those were the 37 books on the top two shelves, for A to N last names, with lots of spaces in between. I didn't look at the shelves below, so perhaps there were some topical trash but I couldn't be sure. If there were any, it must have been requested by the people whose last names belong to the second half of the alphabets.
From that short and non-scientific survey, I concluded that our local children read more than the adults, and since Fifty Shades has no waiting list, our adults do not care much about either topical or trash.
The two books I picked up today are The New Best Recipes and C.C. Benison's Death at Buckingham Palace.
I wonder how many sheeple are checking out "Fifity Shades of Grey" just because it has gotten so much hype in the media and what-not so they can say they read it.
You know, just to be "trendy."
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. Robyn
