Thank you for tagging me! As you know, I love my library and I was, in fact, there yesterday, picking up a book that I had reserved for a buddy read. I’m so grateful to my mum who took me regularly to the library as a small kid. It’s such a wonderful service! 😊📚

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😀 I think going to the library as a kid is so exciting. All those books with adventures in them. Looking forward to watching your video in future.

Great to see a video supporting the invaluable contribution that libraries make to our communities. I don't use libraries much nowadays as I tend to buy any books that interest me. It's the collector instinct in me I guess - I also do postage stamps but that's enough of the embarrassing confessions from me. In my earlier years, though, I used our village library (Ainsdale, near Southport) on a weekly basis and always had two or three books on the go. It was a decent-sized library with a reading room, a reference room, a childrens room and the main adult room - all now gone, sadly, as a consequence of local council and national government cuts (Oh how I wish I had an 'angry raised fist' emoticon I could insert here!). I'm glad to hear that your own library is thriving, though, and that you're making exceptionally good use of it. I probably have enough books in my own personal library to see me through my remaining reading years but (whisper it quietly!) I do still sneak in the occasional additional volume (or two or ...) when the wife and the dog aren't looking! Thanks for another interesting and thought-provoking video; best wishes, Brian.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a shame that your old village library was closed down. I know the village libraries in my area all rely on the support of volunteers to keep running. A house full of books helps to make is a home in my eyes. My partners Dad collects antique stamps. I think it's wonderful to be passionate about something that you collect it. I have a collection of vintage ladybird books some mainly from the 60' & 70's. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks Brian. Take care

I have always loved libraries and wherever I live it’s one of the first things I join. Librarians knew me by name as I was there so often.where I live now in Australia it’s free and I can take out 100 items - I can also order take out and return to any library within the state. They also have great sales

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Wow 100 items. That's a huge amount. It sounds like you are a great library user too. My library sales are not very good but I always have a quick look. Libraries are such a great community resource. Thanks for commenting Victoria 😀

Oh wow - The Bodleian library looks amazing!! Loved listening to your answers! I’ve recently started using my library more, it is a fantastic resource. Thanks for the tag 👍🏻

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

I would definitely recommend visiting the Bodleian and doing the guided tour if you ever get chance. I'm so impressed with all the books my library has. The more we use them, the less chance we will loose them 😀

Fun tag- such a cool way to highlight all the amazing services libraries provide! I've heard great things about the reading list :)

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

If you use your library, feel free to do the tag too. The Reading List was a nice, easy read ideal for library lovers.

@DogEaredMusings

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra I work at a library so I'm at the library a lot :)

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@DogEaredMusings Oh working in a library sounds like it would be a really interesting job. I definitely think you should do this tag video. I am sure you have some interesting things to share about your experiences 😀

Thank you for tagging me! I've got so many tags to get to my channel might turn into a tag channel, LOL! I love libraries for sure, they have probably saved my life in some ways. I use them all the time. I read The Reading List a month or two ago, and it was so good! It's become one of my all time favorites I've read.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

No pressure or rush to do the tag. I also have a massive list of tag videos to do. If my memory is correct, I am sure you said in a video that you married a librarian and so I thought you would enjoy doing this tag. I am so glad you enjoyed The Reading List as well. It really is a celebration of local libraries and the role they can have in all of our lives.

@ArtBookshelfOdyssey

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra Yeah this tag inspired me to plan a whole video - or multiple ones - on libraries. Now I just got to sit in front of the camera and hit record, LOL

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtBookshelfOdysseythat sounds good. I'll look forward to seeing those videos

I used to work in the Bodleian so I have a very different experience from visitors 😂 Thanks for tagging me, I think I’m obliged to do this given I spend almost every day in the library.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes - I bet you have a very different perspective on the Bodleian. I really enjoyed the guided visit but I don't think it's somewhere I would feel comfortable to work! Yeh - you do have to do this tag - it's all in the name 😁

I love using my library!

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Libraries are just great. I didn't realise you were a library user as well. Feel free to do the tag if you want to. I'd be interested to hear your answers 😀

This is a beautiful tag! I might do it one of these days. Wouldn’t a mobile library job be amazing?! Loved hearing about the village in Scotland and getting some of your history. In Oklahoma, USA our professional basketball team has a book bus that goes wherever children are so they can pick out a book all of their own to keep.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes do this tag. It's a good one for sharing about your local library. Your local book bus sounds amazing. I imagine the children love it like I used to love the mobile library.

I am a library user. I go almost every saturday to return and pick up books. In fact I have a shelf on my bookshelf which is the library shelf. I have not been to any big or famous libraries.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are a great supporter of your library service. I would love to visit some more of the historical libraries we have in the UK at some point.

I love my library's I am lucky enough to be a member of an Independent library as well as a public library and visit both as often as possible.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Independent Library - that sounds interesting. Is that something that is privately run that you have to pay to be a member of?

@demeldapenkitty7937

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra yes you do pay a small fee for membership but it's well worth it.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@demeldapenkitty7937 I would be willing to pay a small fee to support my local libraries if needed. Although in the UK they are supported via the taxes we pay on all of our earnings so we do pay in a different sort of way.

Thanks for the tag! I am really looking forward to doing this one, you know I love my library 😍

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I thought you would like this tag. You were top of my list as a fellow fan of your local library.

@jenniferlovesbooks

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra I am heading there now for my weekly visit 😂📚

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferlovesbooks Enjoy. I've been this week too 😀

As someone from the Netherlands I sometimes can't tell the various UK accents apart. I had no idea you had a Yorkshire accent as I have no idea what a Yorkshire accent sounds like. I know what a Scottish accent sounds like since recently as I started watching a couple of other BookTubers who are Scottish and talk about it. How nice you can reserve any book from the county for a pound! It costs more here if you want a book from a library further away than the local area here. Oh yes I am always careful with my library loans too. In the Netherlands you have to pay for a library subscription (except for children under 18 I think), so that could be a reason here but I don't know. Some libraries make you pay a certain amount of € per book, gladly mine doesn't and it's just the yearly fee. How cool, I don't think they deliver to your house here at all, that is not a thing. I love my library though. Oh yes I love browsing at the library! The Stopping Places sounds interesting. I couldn't pick one best book either! The Reading List has a nice cover! It sounds like a nice concept for a book! Ah I was just about to put it on my wishlist, and realised it was already on there. I didn't recognise it because the cover on my wishlist looks different. Glad you enjoyed the book! I can't listen to audiobooks. I prefer reading paperbooks over ebooks too. My library does have ebooks, but I can't read them on my Kindle (it's not a supported format), so I'd have to read them on my phone (or perhaps website) which I find very uncomfortable reading. Wow 13 million printed items! Oh wow how cool there is a virtual tour! I will bookmark that so I can explore it some time. I have been to Oxford on holiday once but we didn't go into the library I think.. hmm. Yes I use my local library, but I only go every now and then. In 2015 and 2016 I went very often, but nowadays, especially with the pandemic, I like to also read some of my own books and not feel the time limit as much (I'm also a mood reader) so I go every now and then.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

There are so many very different accents in the UK for such a small island. It's such a shame you have to pay to use your libraries. Our libraries only delivery to people who are house-bound. It's a wonderful service. All supported by volunteers. The Reading List was a nice was read. Such a shame you went to Oxford but didn't make it to the Bodleian. It's a really interesting place with lots of history.

Libraries are neat, though I feel like they must not all be created equal. The library where I grew up drew strange district lines for folks who lived in the country, so my folks and I would have had to pay quite a lot for a library card. So my love of libraries is largely from afar.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

It definitely sounds like not all libraries are equal. Such a shame that libraries have to charge people quite a lot. Not sure how it all works where you are but we all pay taxes on our earnings in the UK that then pays for local services like libraries. So I suppose we pay in a different way.

This is a great tag, I loved your answers, made me remember my time working a student job in the library 😊 (tagged you today for a different subject but would love to hear your answers if you fancy it, no pressure obviously 💕) Alexandra 🌷

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the tag. I am very, very behind on watching all the videos in my subscription feed. I've just got back home after being away so had no watching time. I will definitely watch the video soon and then add the tag to my list of tag videos to make 😀

This is such a lovely fantasy dream!! I really hope you will make it true one day!!! 🥰✨💖 I tagged you on a similar kind of video tag..the book acquiring tag! But, I think with this video you covered a huge part of that other one 😅

@VadaniaSilverscribe

2 жыл бұрын

Also the virtual tour of the Bodleian Libraries is amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!! ✨✨

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a nice dream 😀 I don't think mobile libraries are really a thing much in the UK anymore - cuts to funding 😥 Thank you for tagging me. I am very behind on watching video in my subscription feed. I will still do it.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

The Bodleian Library is an amazing place. So full of history.

@VadaniaSilverscribe

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra no worries and no pressure for the tag 😊 when you will have time, it will be fine 🤩

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@VadaniaSilverscribe I've added the tag video to my list. I am hoping to get caught up with some of my video watching this weekend 🙂

This is a very cool tag.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Do you use your library? If so, fee free to do the tag. I would be interested to hear your answers 😀

@HasabeMizurukara

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra Yay! I do. About 80% of what I read comes from the library. It's also how I do my research.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@HasabeMizurukara So pleased to hear you are able to use your library so much. When you say research - are you studying? I know you are not making videos at the moment but I'd love to hear your answers to the Library Loves Tag questions if you decide to make any future videos 🙂

@HasabeMizurukara

2 жыл бұрын

@@bookinwithdebra Yes. I research at my local library for work. I read a ton of education journals to be better at my job. I'm also starting on research for my dissertation early. I want my PhD someday and I want to be ready. I work at a medical school so they don't have access to scholarly journals for education so I use the local library.

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

@@HasabeMizurukara That all sounds really interesting. Good luck with all your future studies.

"What is your favourite thing about your library? Free Books" Is anybody saying anything different to this? I don't often use my library, they're not very good with New Releases, especially with BookTube being so international my reading tastes don't match their selection very well, also I feel that they're targeting youths (which is great, but not so great for me).

@bookinwithdebra

2 жыл бұрын

Yep free books 😁 It doesn't sound like your library is very good for your reading tastes. My library at county level has quite a good selection of translated fiction and authors from around the world. I think mine has a good balance between children and YA but definitely has more books for adults.