BAD MONKEY

December 13, 2022 | Spokane Public Library – Hillyard Branch | Spokane, WA

Where my love of books intersects with my daytime business, Spokane River Mobile Notary. A client scheduled their purchase loan signing at the Spokane Public Library. We reserved one of the study rooms. Absolutely LOVE the upgrades that have happened to our public libraries. It has been one of the most impressive and useful ways I’ve seen my tax dollars at work. Of course, knowing that I’d be at the library, I arrived ahead of our scheduled appointment which gave me just the right amount of time to browse the Friends of the Library bookshelves. There wasn’t anything for me, but I knew we owned Bad Monkey and David had given it 5 stars. It was a no brainer to pay a dollar for it to later donate to Little Free Library.

March 25, 2023 | Little Free Library | Spokane, WA

David and I were headed to our friends’ house (same best friend as mentioned above) and we just couldn’t help ourselves but stop at the Little Free Library that’s in their neighborhood. Normally, we would visit it while walking our dogs, but this was on a cold evening and we knew neither of us would be motivated to be out and about.

It was perfect timing because we got to meet the owner, Sue. Was great hearing her history about her library and her strategy on filling it up. Guess what? From 2nd Look Books! She has a good selection of books and I had scored a hardcover of Born to Run from her library when she first installed it. That book sits on my shelf at home as it was the 2nd book I read right after Wild that got me back into reading.

On this particular visit we checked out two books and we left two books. Basically, I now ride around town with used books to place in Little Free Libraries. =)

David checked out Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende and checked in Bad Monkey. I checked out The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins and checked in this Big Little Lies.

Where is it now?

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