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Well I've looked everywhere else.
Nov. 4th, 2008 05:54 pmWe're missing a library book - so no surprises there... The children often borrow right up to their full quota, and I often borrow a few, so out of the 20-40 books we might have out at a time, one or two often get mislaid for a few weeks. But usually they turn up after a while - with a child opening a drawer or a bag and making a comment along the lines of "Oh that's good, I'd wondered where that went". Of course, with two houses to keep their stuff in, there are quite a lot of places to mislay things.
The local library are very good - they see us coming and know the procedure, I hand over the pile of books we are returning this time, and they take all the cards and renew anything else on the cards.. (I know I can do this online, but they have a nice laser reader... I'd have to type all 4 sets of card numbers in myself). If anything has reached its renewal limit they tell us what it is, and give me an extra few days to locate and return the required book. All works fine...
Until we can't find the book. Last time this happened, they were really nice and put a hold on the charges because we still had more places to look.. The book eventually turned up in the junior school library - we don't know which of them accidentally handed it in at school, but A spotted it on the shelf during a library lesson, and brought it home!
However, R borrowed a book back in June, and we can't find it... We've checked both school libraries (and discovered that the secondary school has a sequel she can investigate when she gets there), but no sign of the right book. I have this horrible feeling I did spot it at some point in the summer, and since she was elsewhere at the time I moved it to "somewhere she was more likely to find it" since I thought she had finished reading it... but we can't find it anywhere... I know it is supposed to be her problem... (there is a house rule that library books are supposed to stay in the bag for library books unless you are actually reading it - but I haven't been very good at upholding that one) however, if we can't find it soon, I'll be paying for a new copy. :(
Its a paperback, slightly shorter than average, called something like Because I'm the Goddess... with Manga style drawings on the front and back, and I seem to recall it was mostly black, white and purple coloured. Any suggestions for where else I can look? ....
The local library are very good - they see us coming and know the procedure, I hand over the pile of books we are returning this time, and they take all the cards and renew anything else on the cards.. (I know I can do this online, but they have a nice laser reader... I'd have to type all 4 sets of card numbers in myself). If anything has reached its renewal limit they tell us what it is, and give me an extra few days to locate and return the required book. All works fine...
Until we can't find the book. Last time this happened, they were really nice and put a hold on the charges because we still had more places to look.. The book eventually turned up in the junior school library - we don't know which of them accidentally handed it in at school, but A spotted it on the shelf during a library lesson, and brought it home!
However, R borrowed a book back in June, and we can't find it... We've checked both school libraries (and discovered that the secondary school has a sequel she can investigate when she gets there), but no sign of the right book. I have this horrible feeling I did spot it at some point in the summer, and since she was elsewhere at the time I moved it to "somewhere she was more likely to find it" since I thought she had finished reading it... but we can't find it anywhere... I know it is supposed to be her problem... (there is a house rule that library books are supposed to stay in the bag for library books unless you are actually reading it - but I haven't been very good at upholding that one) however, if we can't find it soon, I'll be paying for a new copy. :(
Its a paperback, slightly shorter than average, called something like Because I'm the Goddess... with Manga style drawings on the front and back, and I seem to recall it was mostly black, white and purple coloured. Any suggestions for where else I can look? ....
