• A Love Letter to Libraries Challenge

DURATION: 1st January 2017 - 31st December 2017

PROGRESS: 19/20 BOOKS

STATUS: COMPLETED!

Level 3- 15 books- I use it often

Level 4- 20 books- I use it constantly

Updated till I Stole His Car in Read in 2017 shelf

Categories:

• ✔ 1 The largest library in the world is The Library of Congress, with more than 158 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 36 million books and other print materials, 3.5 million recordings, 13.7 million photographs, 5.5 million maps, 6.7 million pieces of sheet music and 69 million manuscripts.

-Read a large book (over 350 pages) or a book with book(s)s or any other reading material on the cover: When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare [A book with more than 350 pages]

• ✔ 2 The smallest library in the world has appeared on the streets of New York City – and it has space for just one reader at a time.The bright yellow plastic structure houses 40 books and aims to help city-dwellers take a break from the pace of life in the metropolis by chilling out with a good story. The Little Free Library was designed by a pair of innovative architects using recycled materials to protect the books inside from the elements.

-Read a short book (under 150 pages) or a book with a yellow cover: Honeymoon from Hell I by R.L. Mathewson [Book with less than 150 pages]

• ✔ 3 The highest library according to Guinness World Records is the library on the 60th floor of the JW Marriott Hotel at Tomorrow Square in Shanghai, China, is situated at 230.9 m (757 ft 6 in) above street level. Membership is available to members of the public and the 103 shelves in the library contains an ever-expanding collection of Chinese and English books. The library measures 57 m² (614 ft²). To walk to the library from the lobby would entail climbing around 1,435 steps.

-Read a book set in Asia or a book with stairs or a building on the cover: Hajar's Hidden Legacy by Maisey Yates [Book with building on the cover]

• ✔ 4 The world´s largest fine for an overdue library book is $345.14 (£203.29), the amount owed at two cents a day for the poetry book Days and Deeds checked out of Kewanee Public Library, Illinois, USA in April 1955 by Emily Canellos-Simms. Although the book was due back 19 April 1955, Emily found it in her mother´s house 47 years later and presented the library with a check for overdue fines.

-Read a book with 'poetry' on its main page (under Genres on the right) or a book where poetry plays a part in the story or a book with the number 4 or 7 in the page count: Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare [Book with the number 7 in the page count - 370 pages]

• ✔ 5 The most stolen library book is probably the Bible, followed by the Guinness World Records book.

-Read a book where religion plays a part in the story or a book with a character that does something special or unique or a book with a thief or where a robbery plays a part in the story The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan [Book where a robbery plays a part in the story]

• ✔ 6 Academic librarians will answer 56.1 million reference questions each year- reaching almost 10 million more than attend college football games

-Read a book with a '?' in the title or a sports romance or a book with a librarian character The Baller: A Down and Dirty Football Novel by Vi Keeland [Sports romance]

7 There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U.S.- a total of 16,604 including branches -Read a book with a chef,or someone who works in the food industry or a book with food on the cover

• ✔ 8 Ben Franklin founded The Library Company of Philadelphia in 1731, the nation's first lending library

-Read a book you have borrowed (from a friend, library, Amazon Prime, etc.) or a book set in Pennsylvania I Stole His Car by Jessica Frances

• ✔ 9-1 in 3 public libraries across the U.S.A. have Facebook accounts

-Read a book with a face on the cover or a book that is #1 or #3 in a series The Battle Sylph by L.J. McDonald [Book with a face on the cover]

• ✔ 10 In ancient Egypt, all ships visiting the city were obliged to surrender their books to the library of Alexandria and be copied. The original would be kept in the library and the copy given back to the owner.

-Read a book set in Egypt, or a book set on a boat or a book with a boat on the cover The Shattered Sylph by L.J. McDonald [Characters race across the ocean in a ship to save someone]

• ✔ 11 A high-ranking FBI agent filed a sensitive internal manual detailing the bureau’s secret interrogation procedures with the Library of Congress, where anyone with a library card can read it.

-Read a Romantic Suspense book or a book with a character who has a secret or a book with 'secret' or 'spy' in the title Heart of Danger by Lisa Marie Rice [Romantic Suspense book]

• ✔ 12 There are libraries around the world where you can check-out humans as a living book and listen to their stories. There are 150 such libraries around the world.

-Listen to an audiobook or read a book with a lips or a mouth on the cover The Railway Children by E. Nesbit [Audiobook]

• ✔ 13 Some German cities have public “art libraries” where you pay up to five Euros to borrow paintings and sculptures from local artists to put into your own home for several months.

-Read a book with a character who is artistic, or read a book with a colorful cover or a book with a house on the cover A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee [Book with a house on the cover]

• ✔ 14 When you get a book published in Norway, the Norwegian Government will buy 1000 copies of your book and distributes them throughout the libraries of the country.

-Read a book set in Norway or a book set in the publishing world or a book that has more than 1000 reviews on Goodreads Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren [Book that has more than 1000 reviews on Goodreads]

• ✔ 15 Haskell Free Library is built on the US/Canadian border. Exiting the library through the opposite entrance requires one to report to the country’s customs thereafter.

-Read a book set in Canada, or a book where a character travels or a book with a door on the cover So I Married a Sorcerer by Kerrelyn Sparks [Characters travel throughout the book]

• ✔ 16 Some libraries allow you to check out seeds with the intention that you will replace the seeds when your crop is harvested.

-Read a book set on a farm or ranch, or a book with a farmer or rancher character, or a book with flowers on the cover Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas Book with flowers on the cover]

• ✔ 17 The Harvard University library houses a collection of books bound in human skin.

-Read a Paranormal romance,or sci-fi,or horror,or a creepy book or a book with the word 'bound' or 'skin' in the title Queen of the Sylphs by L.J. McDonald [Paranormal Romance]

• ✔ 18 A 124,500 square foot abandoned Walmart in McAllen, Texas, has been turned into the largest single-floor public library in the United States.

-Read a book set in Texas, or a book with a character from Texas, or a book with a character that is single, or a book that is a stand-alone The Bad Guy by Celia Aaron [Standalone book]

• ✔ 19 Authors get paid every time UK or Irish libraries lend their books.

-Read a book set in the UK or Ireland or a book written by an author from the UK or Ireland or a book with a wealthy character Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas [Book with a wealthy character]

• ✔ 20 The Oakland Library in California maintains a “tool lending library” of 3500 tools to lend out to the community.

-Read a book with a blue collar worker (i.e. construction worker, house painter, delivery guy) or a book with a character that is a real 'tool' (i.e. obnoxious, arrogant, a liar) Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo [Obnoxious character - Van Eck]