Writing in a Library Book is Wrong, don't you agree?

Library books aren't yours they are on loan. Defacing them is just plain old wrong! You can have your opinion but writing in a book that doesn't belong to you is just idiotic. Any valid points are lost because you wrote in the book. You don't like the points made in the book, great, go write your own book. A public library is now a municipal standard. It wasn't always so...
Once upon a time in America a long long time ago there were no libraries and most people had rudimentary reading skills. Libraries were a luxury. One paid to belong to a library, if there was one in your area. Boston, Providence, Newport, Philadelphia and Charleston were the only cities with a subscription library. 
The Providence Athenaeum opened in 1753. On the corner of College and Benefit streets in Providence Rhode Island, The Providence Athenaeum was constructed in a Greek style and isn't that how a library should be designed. Poe wooed a woman unsuccessfully at a table in the reading room. He lived next door in the garret of one of the row of Georgian town houses. One can check out book titles ranging from "Fifty Shades of Grey" to Audubon Portfolios.
Now people disrespect books and libraries without even a thought. The first (so they claim) public library was in Franklin, Massachusetts. This is town of New England ass kissers. They named their town after Benjamin Franklin hoping he would give them some money for a bell. Instead Benjamin Franklin sent them a selection from his library. Thus started the Franklin Public library with 113 volumes from Ben Franklin donor and town namesake.
Today sad people write in library books. You would have to be a damaged sole to write in a book right? It is a sad cry for attention. You have to feel bad for someone who has only one outlet, writing in library books. First you are mad and then repulsed and slowly you start feeling bad for the annoying scribbler.  How sad for the defacer. Unhappy people with no power other than the pen in a loaned book. No matter how pathetic may be they are a library book defacer and that is wrong.

"Running in Bed" by Jeffrey Sharlach

Weho Bistro in West Hollywood hosted a book signing for the new novel by Jeffery Sharlach. "Running in Bed", the first novel by Mr. Sharlach, is the story of a gay man living in New York in the 70's and 80's. Josh Silver's story is told in first person bringing the reader into his new found world and worries about living life as a gay man. I got a copy of the book, that was released this week, and I am about half way through. "Running in Bed" is a quick and so far enjoyable read with a sense of truth to it. Jeffrey Sharlach a charming and personable guy greeted the attendees of his book signing personally with a warm smile and handshake. The event at Weho Bistro was his second stop on his tour of bookstores to promote his new book. The cover photo of Pablo Hernandez is a draw in itself. Pablo Hernandez was also in attendance at Weho Bistro and charmed the crowd of book buyers posing for photos. If the cover doesn't make a splash the contents will engage you as a reader. I look forward to sitting down and finishing the book. In Los Angeles "Running in Bed" is available at Sky Light Books on Vermont in Los Feliz; also in attendance at the Weho Bistor event. "Running in Bed" is an excellent summer read.

lost and found by Jacki

I was sent an link to a site called blurb.com. The link is for a book titled "lost and found" by a New York photographer and archivist named Jacki. "lost and found" is a book of photos that are a collection of found and lost family photos. The photos are black and white and of a time that is lost. Jacki's photo collection harks back to a time that was in America. Urban and rural mix with the quaint and charming.
These are photos that were once a staple of American households and often lost to time. It is a piece of Americana.

Gimme Something Better

First off I have to say I can not properly review this book as I am an old friend of Silke Tudor and I have always loved her and writing style. Silke and Jack Boulware did extensive interviews with members of "The Scene" that was San Francisco punk rock. "Gimme Something Better" is an oral history detailing the story of punk rock in the San Francisco Bay Area. They interviewed many, not all but many of the scene makers and musicians of the area. I totally enjoyed reading the memories and reminiscences of the Bay Area Punk Rock A-list. Sometimes very funny sometimes incredibly gossipy the interviews get inside the heads of members of Flipper, Dead Kennedys, The Dicks, and other legendary and not so legendary bands. This is a very enjoyable read and if you weren't there you may a little something about what it was really like at the Mab or other infamous clubs. "Gimme Something Better" is a fun read, something nice to have on the nightstand.