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Update: I hit 9 little free libraries in one Saturday and only 2 had anything good
Last Saturday I mapped out every little free library within biking distance of my place in Grand Rapids and hit 9 of them in about 5 hours. I figured I would come home with a bag full of stuff, but 4 of them were mostly old Danielle Steel paperbacks and diet cookbooks from the 90s. The two good ones were the box outside a church on Wealthy St and one in a front yard near Houseman Field, where I grabbed a beat up copy of The Long Goodbye and a Vonnegut I did not own yet. Do the little libraries near you ever actually have anything worth taking, or am I just hitting the wrong side of town?
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jordan1841mo ago
Four out of nine having junk is not even a bad ratio if you ask me. The whole point of those boxes is that people drop off whatever they are done with, so of course you get a pile of Danielle Steel and old cookbooks, that is just the nature of the thing. You still came home with Chandler and a Vonnegut you did not have, which sounds like a win for a free Saturday on a bike. If every box was stacked with gold people would treat them like a store and the whole vibe would be gone. The hunt is the fun part, not the haul.
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faithj101mo ago
Nine libraries and you came home with diet cookbooks from the 90s, that is a real low point for civilization. Sounds like the good stuff is all on the Wealthy St side, so maybe just stick to that area next time.
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