See you at the spring 2023 book sale!

  Who says the days of summer are lazy ones? That is when the Friends of the Library are sorting and shelving books for the upcoming fall book sale! We had two very successful Drive Up/Drop Off Book Collections that netted hundreds of boxes of books, but please remember that books may be donated anytime at all branches. I’ve been impressed with the number of sports-related titles we have received, as well as the usual large collection of cookbooks and history books. There are many, many LARGE PRINT books, so come shop for a friend who might benefit from these. The travel section is filling up, and now is the time to plan the trips you postponed during higher COVID restrictions.

Another busy entity has been the Mobile Library which went back on the road at the end of June. Some of the stops it makes are at the Mebane Farmers’ Market, Cedarock Park, Maplebrook Apartments, Snow Camp Dollar General, Lake Mackintosh and the Gate City Dream Center. At some stops, story time and other programs are offered. At each, patrons can pick up books they have requested or browse the shelves for new titles. Some “keep forever” books are offered to children from the Friend’s Book Sale.

The Book Sale area has a newly designated section for 2022 Titles. Our volunteers may borrow honor books to read and return before the sale (Come for volunteer orientation!). I have had the chance to pick up John Grisham’s Sparring Partners and Lucy Foley’s The Paris Apartment. Both enjoyable summer reads. I’ll have them back on the shelf for you when you come to the Fall Sale! Bill O’Reilly’s Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorism, has also shown up on the shelf. Not my idea of a summer read, but I bet it will sell quickly on September 9.

Thanks for supporting the Friends of the Library.

See you at the Fall Sale! 

Barbara Roberts - FOL President