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       Library
   DIR By: Moira
       Date: July 10, 2026, 4:21 am
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       This afternoon I gathered my Library books and a couple of
       John's too and went to the library. IT was all Closed
       !!!!!!!!!!! Why did nobody tell me the Library IS closed for
       ..Matariki !
       Matariki 2026 is observed as a public holiday on Friday 26 June
       2026, creating a three-day long weekend. The date changes each
       year based on the Maori lunar calendar.
       From what I read the supermarkets etc were all opened ! SO I
       have no books to read tonight except for a couple of old ones
       that I never really read. Pass !
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       Re: Library
   DIR By: DarienJ
       Date: July 10, 2026, 4:24 pm
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       I just looked up what Matariki is and it's the Maori New Year
       celebration. Shame about the library not being opened, does your
       library open on a Saturday?
       #Post#: 57483--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: Moira
       Date: July 11, 2026, 4:54 am
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       Yes thank goodness the library was open this morning but it only
       opens for the morning on Saturday ! I went along at 10:30 ish
       and managed to get 3 decent looking books and lay on my soft bed
       this arvo after lunch and after Dan etc had left ......and the
       first smallish book I picked up......... yes I have read it
       before but it is an old one ..2021 so where did I read it before
       ???  SO I then snuggled down under the duvet and fell asleep for
       over an hour !!!!!!!!!!!
       The library lady did check the books and said I had not had them
       before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT Of course they have said that many
       times before and I HAVE read them !!!!!!!!!!!
       Going to bed shortly and will try one of the other books !!!!
       #Post#: 57486--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: DarienJ
       Date: July 11, 2026, 4:32 pm
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       You may have read it when living in Helensville and I know I am
       repeating myself here, but I just don't understand how you know
       you haven't read it before you borrowed it!!!!!!! I think the
       books are all blending into one for you.
       #Post#: 57489--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: Moira
       Date: July 12, 2026, 4:22 am
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       Well I think I have read sooooo many books over the years I
       cannot remember then all !!!!!!!!!!!! I do often THINK ' ah I
       may have read this book ' then I check it and think Hmmm maybe
       not... so I get it from the library ...... ! The library here is
       not very big and the selection is not fantastic....... but
       ...........I cannot keep buying books !
       I have been reading a couple of books John got from the library
       .........Murder, Mystery, War etc . and I don't like them BUT
       sometimes I flip through them !
       #Post#: 57494--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: DarienJ
       Date: July 13, 2026, 4:20 pm
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       I too have read many books and while I can't remember all of
       them I usually know what ones I have read and which ones I
       haven't. If I am unsure about a book I used to just read the
       first few pages and that usually lets me know. I would often go
       to second hand book stores, not that there are many of them
       anymore.
       #Post#: 57497--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: Moira
       Date: July 14, 2026, 3:55 am
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       I do that too but once or twice I think I have not read it or
       maybe I have flipped through it and will read it properly IF I
       am stuck for some thing TO read !!!!!!!!!!
       There are a few second hand Charity shops in Whanganui or Hawera
       and they often have books and one  or two of them have Lots of
       good books and clean books :) I have a few from there and lately
       I have been piling them up to take back to them so they can sell
       them again !!!!!
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       Re: Library
   DIR By: DarienJ
       Date: July 14, 2026, 4:30 pm
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       You seem to do it all the time, going by your posts!!!! I hope
       you do find something to read, even better yet a new author who
       has lots of books you haven't read. I would go insane if I
       didn't have my books to escape to.
       #Post#: 57503--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: Moira
       Date: July 15, 2026, 4:27 am
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       Haha you know me too well !!!!!!!!!!!! I Do need to find a new
       author ... any clues ??????
       I had a wee list .  Orphans of War Michael Reit. The write ups
       are not exactly good tho ! PASS.
       I might have to go to Whanganui tomorrow as they do have a
       couple of ... Book Shops !
       #Post#: 57506--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Library
   DIR By: DarienJ
       Date: July 15, 2026, 4:25 pm
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       Our tastes are too different these days, I am into fantasy and
       dark romance books and I know you wouldn't like them. There are
       the Outlander books, but again there is swearing in them, not
       much though, but I believe you tried them and didn't enjoy them.
       What about Nora Roberts? She has so many books not even I have
       read them all.
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