Book Marks

I keep threatening to write a blog about the top ten ways to annoy the librarian, but I'm trying to hide my true personality as much as possible. I'll let you in on one of them though - it's turning down the corners of the page to mark your place. To all of you who do that, I just have one question - don't you know that library books are sacred? And that the belong to everyone? (Okay, that's two questions.) So, please, get a book mark to mark your place. It makes the books last longer and it will keep me from having a stroke!

In an effort to help you break your page creasing habits, we've got help and it comes from one of the best kept secrets in Homer - The Homer Writers’ Group! This group of fun loving writers is always looking for ways to encourage ourselves to write. Writing is hard work and most of us really do want someone to read our stuff. That’s why the Homer Writers’ Group started “Book Mark Stories.” We’re writing short stories that will fit on a book mark. So far we have four to choose from. The Mark of the Book by Lynn Olcott, Book Marks by Shannon Maxson, and two different stories entitled It’s a Book, Mark, one by Jane Richardson and one by Priscilla Berggren-Thomas.

If you want your very own collectible book mark short story by a member of the Homer Writers’ Group, or you want to break your habit of creasing library book pages and contribute to the better health of the librarian, stop by the library and pick up a bookmark.