New Fiction and Children’s Books

Many of the new book donations from our 2 month anniversary extravaganza are disappearing, but that doesn’t mean that readers aren’t leaving some interesting new books behind. Since yesterday, there have been a few interesting donations including:

We’ve also had some additional mysteries and thrillers donated (in addition to those from Denise recently) for our upcoming Little Free Library “take-over”.  For the week of Halloween from 10/25-11/1 we’ll replace all the books on the upper shelves with mystery and thriller novels.

This past weekend, we’ve received a bunch of new children’s easy reader chapter books including:

As always, our updated list of available books can be found on our GoodReads shelf.

A Massive Cache of Mystery & Thriller Books Courtesy of Denise Frost

Just after our two month anniversary, neighbor Denise Frost was kind enough to donate a huge pile of mystery and thrillers to our Little Free Library. Thanks Denise!!!

Because the library is full to the brim at the moment, we’re going to hold off on releasing them for a few days.  Perhaps we’ll wait a week or two and do a Mystery/Thriller Take-Over where we replace all of our current books for those of just this particular genre for a week?! Maybe in honor of the week of Halloween? If you’ve got a mystery/thriller to donate, feel free to drop it off for our planned take-over.

If anyone is a major fan of one of the titles in the mystery cache and just can’t wait, then repost this page (or retweet/re-share on Facebook) and let us know in the comments which book you have to have and we’ll hold on to it for you.

Thanks again Denise! This is awesome!

Two Month Anniversary Book Extravaganza

Friday, October 9th is the two month anniversary of Little Free Library #8424!

In honor of the day, we released 39 new books into the library covering a variety of genres. This makes it easily the largest one-time release of books including our grand opening two months ago.  There were literally so many new books they almost didn’t all fit in to our tiny space.

We’ve kept a large number of the children’s books while still adding a few more.  We’ve also kept a small handful of very popular books that have been in and out of the library several times since it opened. Otherwise, almost everything in the library is new as of this afternoon. We’ll try to keep our new listings up to date over the next couple of days (a few have already found new homes this afternoon.)

We hope you get the chance to stop by this weekend to see what’s new.  Be sure to drop a note or a review into our Guest Book when you visit.

 

 

Get ready for a whole new library selection!

Stockpiling

For the last week, we’ve been stockpiling a few donations along with a large cache of other acquisitions in anticipation of a major release of new books to the library.

Sometime in the coming week or so (our 2 month anniversary perhaps?), we’ll be removing some of the books that have been sitting stagnant and replace them with a whole new selection of books.  With over 30 new books, it will represent the largest one-time batch of new books since our grand opening on August 9th.

Now’s your chance to borrow that great piece of fiction you’ve been eyeing before it takes a vacation from our library to visit another nearby Little Free Library.

For those who’ve been plowing through borrowed books, now’s also the time to finish up your last read to swap it for something new. Feel free to write a quick review into our guestbook to let others know what a good book it was.

Do you have any books to add to the collection?

We welcome donations at any time. But if you want to be part of the upcoming major release, feel free to leave your donation in our mailbox (or if you have several and they won’t fit, leave them on our landing in one of the plastic bags to protect them from the weather.)

Mystery Books

Book Donations for a “Library on a Cart”?

Hello neighbors!

One of our former Adams Hill neighbors, who now lives in North Glendale, is a special education teacher at a school located in a “book desert.” She’s asked many of her friends for some help, and in addition to a few books of my own, I thought others here might have something for her as well.

Hey friends. Trying to build a “Library on a Cart” at the school where I teach and was wondering if anyone has any middle-school aged appropriate books they might care to donate? These kiddos are truly special and have VERY limited access to books. I brought a few of our old “Big Nate” books to share and it was like my students had won the lottery! Such a great thing to share literacy opportunities.

I asked her more about what specifically might help and she replied:

I’ve been able to supply 6th grade with some goofy, popular titles including ” Captain Underpants” and the ” I Funny” series but I don’t have much that targets young girls right now. The Rick Riodan series and Warrior Cats books have been specifically requested. Oh, some reading levels are pretty low so EL titles would be great too.

If you’ve got anything at these reading levels or genres that might go towards helping out others, we’re happy to collect them and pass them along on your behalf.  Just leave them in Little Free Library #8424 with a note that they’re for the “Library on a Cart”, and we’ll make sure they find their new home.

Today’s Books: September 19, 2015

We had a nice cache of books donated this week and a few of the most popular titles have been checked out again. (Thanks Arlene for the huge donation of fiction on Tuesday!)

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We’ve Cleared 100 Books in Our First Month!

Since our official (soft) opening on July 28th, we’ve had more than 100 books in or through our library!

Though we haven’t logged in every single book in the library — some of them come and go pretty fast — the ones we have tagged and shelved now come out to over 100.

Thanks again to all of our friends and neighbors for helping to make Little Free Library #8424 such a success!

My favorite read so far was Jared Diamond’s Collapse.  Which book has been your favorite from our library so far?

Some Great New Fiction

Since Sunday we’ve had some choice books show up in the library:

  • The Rosie Effect: A Novel by Graeme Simsion
      This is a great comedy follow up to his first novel The Rosie Project (though one needn’t have read the first to appreciate the second). It’s a romantic comedy of sorts, but one which men are as likely to enjoy as women.  Sony Pictures is currently developing the first book into a film, and this sequel is sure to follow. Bill Gates named its predecessor as one of his favorite pieces of fiction in 2014.
  • In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume
      This has been on bestseller lists since it came out earlier this summer. Why wait in line for a copy at the library when you can walk down the street and pick it up now? Thanks Lucy for donating your copy!
  • The Sweet Potato Queens’ Book of Love by Jill Connor Browne
  • Growing Strong Daughters: Encouraging Girls to Become All They’re Meant to Be by Lisa Graham McMinn

Big Day of Donations

Yesterday certainly has to be our biggest day of donations since our grand opening.

In the early morning we saw some children’s books including:

Which showed up along with a Michael Faber (who was the first author to appear in our Little Free Library):

Then in the afternoon, some comedy and philosophy (which includes our first textbook):

And late in the day, neighbor Rondi Werner stopped by with some more children’s books:

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made a donation today!

 

Today’s Books: August 20, 2015

Some new titles, including some more children’s books:

Here’s the updated list of what’s currently on our bookshelf: GoodReads LFL8424 Bookshelf

Today's Books: August 20, 2015

Today’s Books: August 20, 2015