We’ve just come across this lovely project 9 libraries 100 books being run by Natasha Pryce in association with Lambeth Libraries.
9 libraries and 100 books is an opportunity to fall back in love with libraries and their books. Natasha has taken up the challenge to read more and reconnect with libraries to make them an important part of her life once again.
Until August 2013, she’ll be reading the entire BBC’s Big Read 100 Top list. For every title on the list, she’ll visit one of the 9 libraries in her borough to borrow the books, blogging about her experiences along the way. As Natasha says ‘_9 Libraries, 100 books’ is less about reviews and instead focuses on rediscovering the wonder and magic that libraries and books hold for us_.
Natasha will also be reading selected books alongside special guests who are supporting the challenge. Read Ruth Gray’s guest blog post about her visit to the CLR James Library in Dalston and borrowing On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Ruth is the editor of "_The Library Book_ ":http://readinggroups.org/news/the-library-book-launched-at-pimlico-library.html (by Profile Books) which brings together some of our most outstanding writers who tell us all about how libraries are used, why they’re important and describe libraries real or imagined.
Get involved
Watch out for Natasha’s blog post on Reading Groups for Everyone in the New Year, where she’ll be telling us more about the project and how she’s getting on.
You can keep up to date with her blog posts here.
Take the challenge yourself or with your reading group and reconnect with your local library.
Join 9 libraries and 100 books on Twitter and Facebook.
Discover Lambeth Libraries.
Find a reading group to join in Lambeth.
