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Additions to Albert Goldbarth's "Library," April 22, 2001

Alfred J Bruey - Jackson, MI (USA):

This book is ready for circulation. If no one checks it out
    within 24 hours, terrible things will happen. Pass this message on to
    at least 10 more people and send a copy back to the
    person who sent it to you.
This book was taken to lunch every day for three weeks and
    it never once offered to pay for the meal.
This book needs emergency care. It was knocked to the floor by
    the bully-book next to it and its pages are torn and its
    spine is cracked.
This book is very large because it tells you how to do
    all your home repairs using only a pencil, a hammer, a sextant,
    three safety pins, and two screwdrivers.
This book contains instructions on how to get anywhere you want to
    go no matter where you are starting from as long as you
    start from downtown Lisbon, Portugal, and want to go to the Merchandise
    Mart in Chicago.

Peg Duthie - Nashville, TN (USA):

This book was used as an ad-hoc seating pad in the bleachers
    of Comiskey Park.
This book was used as a coaster for three shots of Jamesons.
This book had several post-its stuck in it to mark key definitions,
    but my puppy chewed them off.
This book was dropped into a mailbox without any wrapping or postage
    on it whatsoever.
I fell asleep with this book on my chest, and the cat
    nestled against it like a pillow.

Sarolina Shen Chang - Canton, Michigan (USA):

This book is about bridges from all over the world, including the
    one over the West Lake where Lady White, who actually was a
    snake, met her future husband. The author is now involved in
    a copy right law suit because he didn't have the permission to
    use Lady White's name in his book. Dr. Dolittle from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh
    is the court-appointed interpreter.
This book is about the monk, who revealed Lady White's real identity
    to her husband, and the wars between the monk and Lady White,
    the snake. The monk's temple, Gold Mountain, as well as the
    village, was submerged by the waters this 1000-year-old snake commanded. In
    the end, the snake lost and had been imprisoned under the Lei
    Feng pagoda.
The author of previous book is now in hiding since the CNN's
    live report of the collapse of Lei Feng pagoda. There was
    no evidence proved the snake was ever imprisoned there. CNN will
    run a special edition of Burden of Proof with Greta Van Susteren
    live from where Lei Feng pagoda fell.
This book is about the boy who knew how to weigh an
    elephant in the Third Century China. The elephant was lead into
    a boat, the water level was marked, the elephant was then replaced
    by rocks until the same water level was reached. The weight
    of all the rocks = that of the elephant. The elephant and
    the rocks lived equally happy ever after.
This is the book about Mencius' widowed mother who moved three times
    before she found the good school district where Mencius learned to be
    one of the great philosophers, second only to Confucius.

Sandeep Gautam - Gurgaon, Haryana (India):

This book can blush without season. It was launched to collide with
    the festival of Holi, which marks the beginning of spring. "Wow,
    what a marketing strategy" said my mom " it will be a
    box-office hit."
This book(tm) is often refreerd by Bill, Ph.D. in sci.psychology.psychotherapy.moderated.
This book is your gateway to eternal life. The 10 easy steps
    to become immortal. Its author has been dead for quite some time
    now. His forthcoming title will be on reincarnation.
This book must be seen to be believed! For rights of picturisation
    contact the publishers.
This book can predict doom. The steadfast man will cross a river.
    It is auspiscious to see a seagull.

George Costo - Toronto, (Canada):

This book should be buried
This book is ordained,touched,soulful,reads like a song,melodic.
This books words spew forth language best kept entombed
This book makes one wash ones hands
This books a downer,a upper,a drunk,drugged enduced bender,cant take this book anylonger.

DAVID BATES - LEAWOOD, KS (USA):

THIS BOOK IS THICK AND HEAVY,
I HAVE YET TO FIND WHERE IT OPENS,
TO THE LEFT, RIGHT OR IN MY MIND,
I HAVE NO ANSWERS, BUT I DO HAVE MY BOOK,
AAHH, A NICE PAPER WEIGHT.

Lauren - Shawnee Mission, KS (USA):

From this book, I only read snippits.
This book made me crave mint chocolate chip icecream.
This book was the perfect remedy for a rainy and especially gloomy
    day.
This book taught me how to say mixed vegetables in Italian- Misto
    di verdure.
This book gave me a whole new appreciation for indoor plumbing.

Katherine Borghardt - Ottawa, KS (USA):

We ascended to the pinnacle
and now in our decline
this book can end like fiery hell
or wag the dog behind!

Bennett Rader - Plymouth, Ohio (USA):

No one knew how this book had come to be on the
    floor, damaged, until a biography of Teddy Roosevelt yelled, "Bully."
For punishment, this bully-book was placed on the Reserve shelf under the
    circulation desk where it only received ambient fluorescent light and could only
    see the librarians from the knees on down.
This book that was knocked to the floor had always been a
    sad book. It was filled with 3,000 poems about angst, and
    grief, and lost loves and spouses, and pretty yellow flowers on a
    green hill under blue sky with white clouds and other adjective-adverb overload
    poems that caused illness among its readers.
This damaged book cost the poet fifty bucks to be included because
    she didn't win and that's without a bio or photo.
This book was donated to the library by the poet because she
    wanted someone else to read her poem.

Maggie Bash - Mission Hills, KS (USA):

This book taught me how fortunate I am
This book taught me to appreciate photography
My mom read this book to me every night -- a ritual
    I cherish
This book is passed around my family for support
This book is the last thing I read before I fall asleep

Jennifer Bosveld - Johnstown/Columbus, Ohio (USA):

this book is full of shit and rubies

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