#23: Rancho Penasquitos Branch

RANCHO PENASQUITOS BRANCH (You gotta have friends)

Visiting Time: 1:00-1:15

Did I get lost on my way? No.

Book Checked out: A Map of Home (Randa Jarrar)

Book Selection: 3 bookmarks
Seating: 3 bookmarks
Staff: 4 bookmarks
Architecture/Atmosphere: 3 bookmarks

Total: 13 bookmarks

So I started this library tour project because I had some extra time this summer. Now, with classes having resumed for me (as both a Spanish student and assistant ESL teacher), some libraries are getting short shrift. I stopped into the RB library between classes.

With my new semester starting, I was in the mood for something bright and shiny. So I went to the "New Releases" section and chose A Map of Home. Which, it turns out, is almost a year old. But according to Lakin's review of her local library, The Petaluma Library considers the seventies to be new. So the book I checked out is hot off the presses. With such a crazy day, I haven't read past the first page.

I do want to admit, though, that I read all of yesterday's book. And while the first-person omniscient (think about it for a minute...huh?) was a bit odd, the book had one of the best endings I've read in some time. Of course, I won't give it away here; you'll have to devote two hours of your own to this juvenile book (124 pages of large print), and see for yourself.

Pictures:

(A second exterior photo.)

(The world need more paisley, and the RP library is doing its part.)

(Palm tree atrium next to a study area.)