The Book Nook in the Rancho Penasquitos Library

Library is nice. Staff is horrible. They don’t what to help you with any questions that you may have. The lady with the glasses/​short hair was rude. Every question that I had she seemed bother. This is your job you was just playing around on the computer it didn’t even look like work. The bold guy when I had a question about the printer her didn’t even leave where he was standing he just shouted it out to me! I will not be coming back to this one!

I love this little book store in the PQ Library. I am there every two weeks picking up 10 books and then back two weeks later to donate them back, and get new ones I have been using this Nook since it opened, and have supported the library since it was a trailer in front of the Twin Trails Park. I am now retired and love to read every day — however, I just read that the Nook is raising the price of their adult paperback from the FOL rate of 50 cents to $ 2.00 a book. WOW!!! That is a huge increase and since I have a limited budget will curtail my reading of paperbacks. I know we all want to support our library — but this is going to hurt it. There are lots of families out there that cannot afford that price to put a book in their or their child’s hands. I hope that the FOL will reconsider this huge increase.

Reading is one of my favorite activities and it can be an expensive hobby if you read instead of having a social life, or watching TV :).
When I am in need of some new reading material, I head to the PQ library When I need books for travel or the beach I go to the book store inside the PQ library called the Book Nook.
This is a utilitarian place with wire rack shelves and used books but the prices are great and they frequently have very current books. I have found some great classics and some books that cost me 25 cents that are on the NYT best seller list. They have some fun cook books and there is even a section with older (and more expensive) collectibles.
If you join the Friends of the library the prices range from 25 cents up to a dollar for most books and you are donating to a great cause because the proceeds of the sales and membership go to the library.
You can also donate books and get a great tax write off. If your books are really new and in good shape they might use them for the library, and if they already have the book in stock it goes to the Book Nook.
And the next day after you make your donation, I show up and buy the book. You see, while I have tried to sell you on the noble aspects of donating and buying and the great benefits of keeping your tax dollars, in the end, its all about me needing some fresh reading material.
Thanks in advance!