Did some library events earlier this week, and I love seeing the signs they put up with the name of the book in that piecemeal lettering. I love local libraries. That is how I grew up learning to read.

The signs remind me of traveling through Iowa and Ohio and places like that. (though these were both in New Jersey).

In searching the NYPL LEO  (and their research catalogue is CATNYP, adorable no?) I discovered there were 166 holds on 19 copies of the Fortune Cookie Chronicles at the NYPL as of May 1 (none seem to be in stock, oddly, they are all on order…didn’t this book come out two months ago?).

This made me curious about other libraries.

• San Francisco Public Library has 71 holds on 40 copies (what’s with the 3-star rating?)
• Seattle Public Library had 185 holds (156 active, 29 inactive) on 33 copies (wow)
• Los Angeles Public Library had all 10 copies checked out.
• Chicago Public Library had 12 copies, all out or on hold.
• Boston Public Library had 11 of 12 copies out or on hold.
• Brooklyn Public Library had 10 copies out or on hold.
• Queens Public Library’s catalogue is down for computer maintenance, but they should have a bunch.

Yay.