Nearly 25,000 books, and no late fees
How many books do you think you've borrowed from the library in your lifetime? I'm thinking it's somewhere in the low hundreds for me, while I'm admittedly not much of a book borrower anymore.
In any case, I've got nothing on Scotland's Louise Brown, who has borrowed nearly 25,000 books from her local library since 1946. The 91-year-old has borrowed at least 6 books a week since then, and lately has doubled her habit to 12 books a week.
The library staff has rightly come to love their star reader, and have since issued a challenge to all the libraries in the land -- can you beat this?
"We are fascinated to know if Mrs Brown's record can be beaten," Janice Goldie, a cultural services manager, told the BBC. "There may be other people out there who can beat them and we would love them to get in touch."
Looks like I've got some catching up to do.
Comments
I'm sure my number is in the high hundreds/low thousands if you start from when I was a little kid. We moved around a lot though, so I doubt I could prove any number, since it would involve multiple library systems and their pre-computer accounting.
Posted by: Sarah | July 29, 2009 11:28 AM
The "No Late Fees" aspect of this story impresses me even more than the 25,000 books!
Posted by: Gail Farrelly | July 29, 2009 1:18 PM
Wow!
Posted by: patrick k lackey | July 31, 2009 12:33 AM
Now there's someone who definitely takes advantage of her local library. I'm sure I haven't borrowed 25,000 books but I probably have 4-5 books and/or audiobooks out at any given time.
Posted by: Jen Forbus | July 31, 2009 10:52 AM