The library is cool

The National Library is a cool establishment. In illustration of their coolness, you can now borrow up to eight books, up from the usual four, all the way to 31 Jan 2006. If you are a family of four, this means that you can borrow up to 32 books altogether! (How you would finish reading 32 books in three weeks is another matter, the fact remains that you could borrow 32 books, if you really wanted to.)

In celebration of this announcement, I went to the library and checked out these books:

1. Porturgese Irregular Verbs, Alexander McCall Smith
2. The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow
3. The Elements of Style, Strunk and White
4. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
5. Girl, Interupted, Susanna Kaysen
6. Indian in 6, Monisha Bharadwaj

Other reasons why the Library is cool:

1. It has an online catalogue.
2. It has its own book blog.
3. It allows you to make recommendations for new purchases.
4. They email you 3 days before your book is due.
5. They don't make you settle your fines before you borrow.
6. It is free to be a member, if you are Singaporean.