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Fascinating read. I've always loved books ever since a school librarian introduced me to Volume 1 of The Belgariad Series [0] of books "Pawn of Prophecy" [1] by
by adjagu 9y ago
Fascinating read. I've always loved books ever since a school librarian introduced me to Volume 1 of The Belgariad Series [0] of books "Pawn of Prophecy" [1] by author David Eddings [2]. I read through that book over the weekend and at the end of the book was a promo for the next book of the series, Volume 2 of The Belgariad Series "Queen of Sorcery" [3].
Monday morning came and I rushed to the school library to get the next book. Imagine my disappointment after checking the card catalog and shelves and realizing that Volume 2 was not there. As I returned Volume 1 to the librarian that had introduced me to the book she asked me if I had liked it. I told her that I had very much enjoyed the book but, was sad because the library didn't have any others in the series. As I was leaving to head to class the librarian said that she would look into finding other books I might like. Being a moody teenager I replied with something along the line of "Yeah whatever" and walked out sure I'd never return.
Friday comes and as am I waiting for the bell to ring to release me from school who shall appear in my last class of the day? That's right, my school librarian. Not only was she able to find Volume 2, she had also found and had delivered Volumes 3, 4, and 5 as well. I spent the weekend reading Volume 2 and on Monday I returned to the library to thank my librarian and to pick up Volume 3, "Magician's Gambit" [4].
All told that sweet librarian sparked a fire in me for reading which has turned into a love of books. It all started with one book suggestion and could have ended there if not for the care and interest she showed in me by acquiring more books for me to read. In total she purchased 14 books by David Eddings.
After graduating from school I moved to my local library for my book fix and was blessed with another amazing librarian who ended up acquiring the remaining books by David and Leigh Eddings [5] that my school did not have, all because I had an interest in them.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Pawn_of_Prophecy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Pawn_of_Prophecy
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eddings
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Queen_of_Sorcery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Queen_of_Sorcery
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Magician's_Gambit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad#Magician's_Gambi...
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Eddings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Eddings
Edit: spelling.