Books full of germs
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read
Last week, I borrowed a copy of “Burmese Lessons” by Karen Connelly at a local library.

I got home and noticed the book was very dirty. It also smelled like a basement full of dead cats.

I developed a fear of dirty library books when I worked as a page (shelver) at TPL, between high school and undergrad. I’ve heard (and witnessed) all sorts of disgusting stories including:
- Two books being stuck together because someone had returned them with a bloody maxipad,

2. …and a woman who returned books AND cockroaches in a plastic bag.

After reading a few pages, I decided this book shouldn’t, and won’t, come in contact with any of my furniture.

So the book went back to the library without being read.
