I know that lots of my readers are dedicated library users. Some of you even work or volunteer in a library, too. Whether or not you blog about books yourself, you’re welcome to join in this simple meme designed to celebrate libraries. Use ’em or lose ’em, after all.

This challenge is entirely open-ended, but here are some things you might consider posting on your blog or to social media:

• Photos or a list of your latest library book haul
• An account of a visit to a new-to-you library
• Full-length or mini reviews of some recent library reads
• A description of a particular feature of your local library
• A screenshot of the state of play of your online account
• An opinion piece about library policies (e.g. Covid procedures or fines amnesties)
• A write-up of a library event you attended, such as an author reading or book club.

(Image by StockSnap from Pixabay)

If it’s related to libraries, I want to hear about it. I’ll post on the last Monday of each month (unless a holiday interferes), but feel free to post whenever you wish. Do share a link to your own post in the comments of my latest one, and use the above image, too. I’m co-opting a hashtag that is already popular on Twitter and Instagram: #LoveYourLibrary.

(Launched in October 2021.)

Love Your Library has grown out of the monthly “Library Checkout” meme – created by Shannon of River City Reading and previously hosted by Charleen of It’s a Portable Magic, I then hosted it for four years, from October 2017 through September 2021. (Here’s an archive of my past posts.)

If you want to continue using this framework to keep track of your library borrowing, the categories are Library Books Read; Currently Reading; Checked Out, To Be Read; On Hold; and Returned Unread. I sometimes added Skimmed Only and Returned Unfinished. You might want to give star ratings and links to your reviews, too.