#writersbone

What. I wonder how often that sort of thing happens?

Students eventually get their fines reported to the business office and so have to return their books sooner or later, but those who are immune to fines often get into the habit of keeping books more or less forever. When I was a student worker at the library years ago, one of our professors abruptly left, and we printed out a list of everything he had never returned--dozens of items. We recovered a few in his office, but I don’t know if the library ever got the rest back.

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If I may, this sounds like a spin on “Whisper of the Heart” - two people become friends after one notices that all the books she checks out from the school library were previously checked out by the same person. And that’s just the surface.

Have you considered adding an email subscription to your blog? Your posts would make an awesome newsletter! :)

I hadn’t before, but thank you! Incidentally, I met up with a friend yesterday and wound up having a long conversation about newsletters.