On Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, I went to the Calgary Reads book sale and the Tuscany book swap. And yes, I know I told you all that I wouldn’t buy any more books…but I just had to! I got 20 books for $30 at the Calgary Reads book sale and got the other books for free at my community centre’s annual book swap. Here’s what I picked up:
So since I’m in university, I feel that it is most unjust that my own university’s library isn’t as beautiful as my 10 favourite ones below. Which ones are your favourites?
The University of Coimbra General Library, Coimbra, Portugal
The Trinity College Library, aka “The Long Room,” Dublin, Ireland
Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Queen’s College Library, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Lehigh University Library, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Andrew Dickson White Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Old Library, St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Duke Humfrey’s Library, Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK
