tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post291068383230952373..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: The Locked-Up LibraryBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-42164479585850652382007-06-21T05:24:00.000-07:002007-06-21T05:24:00.000-07:00Oh Bybee, I get very grumpy without a well-stocked...Oh Bybee, I get very grumpy without a well-stocked library. When I lived in Dubai for a few years I suffered the same fate as you, not only did they not have adequately-stocked libraries, but the more frustrating part was the number of books that were banned...as a result, even the bookstores were not always fun to visit. Is there any way we can send you a bunch of books from here?Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-52529421076232251542007-06-20T15:25:00.000-07:002007-06-20T15:25:00.000-07:00No bathtub!!! Horrors!No bathtub!!! Horrors!Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-31607550604010869432007-06-19T07:47:00.000-07:002007-06-19T07:47:00.000-07:00I'll remember that and give it a try!I'll remember that and give it a try!Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-32414558618294363962007-06-14T20:17:00.000-07:002007-06-14T20:17:00.000-07:00Thanks for the perspective. I like to complain abo...Thanks for the perspective. I like to complain about my own local (Montreal) public libraries having crappy English sections, but it's not that bad, and I'm sure it could be made a lot better if I had the guts to approach the librarians with my less-than-perfect French.<BR/><BR/>Remember that Twilight Zone episode, when everyone's frozen, and the guy's looking forward to reading in peace and quiet and he breaks his reading glasses? Sometimes it feels like that. Surrounded by books you can't read.Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-20733545367383592702007-06-14T12:26:00.000-07:002007-06-14T12:26:00.000-07:00Wow, that is frustrating! No library books and no ...Wow, that is frustrating! No library books and no bathtub, to boot - two of my favourite things! You definitely have my sympathies.tinylittlelibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889130720769404460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-40534613719355216392007-06-12T17:46:00.000-07:002007-06-12T17:46:00.000-07:00Kookiejar,Sad to say, this is an engineering unive...Kookiejar,<BR/>Sad to say, this is an engineering university, and there are no lit majors.<BR/><BR/>a.book.in.the.life,<BR/>Yep, frustrating. Feel sorry for me! (whine, whine)<BR/><BR/>lesley,<BR/>I'll see Newfie sometime today and ask him.<BR/><BR/>LA,<BR/>Now I have to read Kafka On The Shore.<BR/><BR/>Tara,<BR/>I'll never give up hope!<BR/><BR/>Myutopia,<BR/>Why did your library close? My sympathies!<BR/><BR/>Dewey,<BR/>I find it odd that they think it's their fault. I hardly know any Korean, but I don't feel apologetic about it. If those parents talk at all, if you light up and act encouraging, they'll get progressively braver.<BR/><BR/>Maggie,<BR/>I really do want to browse the books, but the librarian seems terrified of me. I hate to stress her even more. Ummmm, ordering fiction. Yummy.<BR/><BR/>Bookfool,<BR/>No decent libraries, no bathtub -- this'll teach me to do research next time I move to a foreign country!<BR/><BR/>Lucca,<BR/>Oh, I have books -- I'm actually backlogged right now, but I crave the actual experience of browsing in libraries.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-37190326655628248482007-06-12T14:18:00.000-07:002007-06-12T14:18:00.000-07:00Quirk of fate :)Can you try getting some books shi...Quirk of fate :)<BR/><BR/>Can you try getting some books shipped over, if it's really that desperate?<BR/><BR/>And, hello - I came across your blog quite by accident.The Odd Duck,https://www.blogger.com/profile/07139174945375730470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-85776007238576666182007-06-12T09:34:00.000-07:002007-06-12T09:34:00.000-07:00Wow, how frustrating. And, yet, you told the stor...Wow, how frustrating. And, yet, you told the story so well that I had to smile. I do think I would lose it (what little "it" is left) if I didn't have a comfy place to browse through books when I'm stressed.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-66327205296533449372007-06-12T06:55:00.000-07:002007-06-12T06:55:00.000-07:00Have you thought about sign-language, other than t...Have you thought about sign-language, other than the finger? There has got to be a way to get to those books! :)<BR/><BR/>Oh, we are just coming around to ordering fiction for our college students. We have an extensive short story collection and tons of classics, but only a handful of the latest lit.maggie moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462439415973311990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-71668110800360281092007-06-11T12:38:00.000-07:002007-06-11T12:38:00.000-07:00That's interesting what you said about the cultura...That's interesting what you said about the cultural idea some Koreans have that it's their fault if they can't speak perfect English. I have some Korean parents (of my students) and they have been very quiet.Deweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395712971920800717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-71997935269803009542007-06-11T10:36:00.000-07:002007-06-11T10:36:00.000-07:00That sucks! My library has been closed for 8 month...That sucks! My library has been closed for 8 monthsKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149003661590866046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-75696962383384877762007-06-11T08:14:00.000-07:002007-06-11T08:14:00.000-07:00How very disappointed you must have been, I can ju...How very disappointed you must have been, I can just imagine. I hope you get access to those books soon.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208766776468157501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-34210644508840478072007-06-11T05:45:00.000-07:002007-06-11T05:45:00.000-07:00For some reason when I read this I thought of the ...For some reason when I read this I thought of the library in <EM> Kafka On the Shore </EM>. How annoying. Poor Bybee! It's awful to feel uncomfortable in a library too - maybe if you went in there with a fellow bibliophile who could speak to the librarian you could wander with more ease? No literature???? I didn't know there were books before the 800s? Well, there are a few exceptions ;-)MissMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01084598396848670412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-1263199228738397012007-06-10T08:07:00.000-07:002007-06-10T08:07:00.000-07:00Ooh, that was funny - bad for you, but funny to re...Ooh, that was funny - bad for you, but funny to read.<BR/><BR/>And you have a Newfie as a coworker? What part of NFLD is s/he from? (An expat Newfie here)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-2000611949023102292007-06-09T10:53:00.000-07:002007-06-09T10:53:00.000-07:00I agree it sounds very frustrating!I agree it sounds very frustrating!a.book.in.the.lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241438932592547538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-64128478273785773102007-06-09T08:03:00.000-07:002007-06-09T08:03:00.000-07:00No fiction in the university library? What do the...No fiction in the university library? What do the literature majors do? I've never heard such a thing.<BR/><BR/>And as for locking up the books....um...I'm really at quite a loss. I think I would lose my mind.kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994570192941993135noreply@blogger.com