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Polly Hennessey

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1. As a kid, and in school, libraries were magical places to me.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:34 PM

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I don’t remember my first books but I remember coming home with a pile of books and feeling as though I had discovered treasures upon treasures. I loved my Nancy Drew mysteries. I am still a reader usually reading three at a time. Currently: Passages by Connie Willis; Henry V by Dan Jones; and, Murder At The Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah (my cozy mysteries just before lights out are my memories of Nancy Drew).

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Today is the first day of National Library Week . Can you remember a book/books that you read from the local library? [View all] debm55 Sunday OP

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;-{) Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales - 1950's Goonch Sunday #3

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The book that started my life-long love of reading. kairos12 Sunday #13

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