Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

Real things that I heard/happened in the library this week: " Jesus loved to read," A Mom to her child in the Children's Department. Hmm...which Gospel was that mentioned in... The Book of Dewey Decimalicus...? We have a box out for patrons to throw their "gently used" books, DVD's, etc. in. In turn we sell these items at our tri-annual Friends Used Book Sales and the money comes back to the library, etc. Someone donated a book about health. Nice...Then the Circulation staff noticed that major portions of the book were highlighted... especially the parts of the book concerning bowel problems, with notes-to-self added with comments that should stay "notes-to-self." "Madame Librarian," a retired librarian-turned-senile-patron came through the library. I learned that she likes to take children's books and re-label them. While reading Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs tonight to my bedtime story group, one of the little boys whispered t...