Book lovers

There are two kinds of book lovers:

1. The ones who love libraries.

2. The ones who don't.

Some of us love libraries because, well, you can get a cornucopia of free books... for free! You can read tons of books that you'd never be able to afford on your own. You can just go online and order whatever book you want to be delivered to your local branch, free of charge. If you like a book, then you can go out and buy your own. If not, hey, just take it back. You've lost nothing but some time.

Examples of library lovers: Me, Jan.

Other book lovers seem to have a phobia of libraries. They want to own their own books. Besides, librarians are sadists who are just looking for an excuse to slap you with hundreds of dollars in fines! Who can keep track of when books have to returned? Who can figure out all this online renewal and hold stuff? It's frightening. Not to mention all that Dewey craziness. And the library doesn't have Starbucks.

Examples of library haters: Anactoria, Ian.

What is the underlying reason for these divergent types? Maybe it has to do with how much their parents took them to the library? I know I fell in love (and fell hard) with the Centennial Library at a very young age, when my parents would bring me in from the country. Perhaps library haters got taken to the bookstore instead. Maybe they have a natural dislike of deadlines and due dates. Or maybe a librarian frightened their mother when she was pregnant. Who can say? Perhaps Nancy Pearl knows, but I don't.