Thread by @RHUL_Library

Loyal followers. We bring sad news.

As part of our research into the Top 5 Most Borrowed Books 2019 we found that one book hadn't been borrowed for a very long time. It's just been there, collecting dust, staring out the window at other books achieving their book destiny.

This could not stand. So we did the right thing, the honourable thing, and took the book out on loan for a day that it would never forget.

Here's what we got up to on our book date with 'There and Back' by George MacDonald.

We took it to all the best spots in the library: the Mezzanine, the Feature Wing. We settled down for a good read on the bridge in the Atrium. You can't say we don't know how to show a book a good time.

It's also a prime spot for keeping an eye on the queue for coffee.

We used sticky notes to highlight our favourite bits in the book. NOT PEN 😠 as we all know how to be respectful to books.

Whilst the cover is nice, the content is what really makes this book beautiful.

This particular chapter, a triumph!

We read it cover to cover, picking out our favourite bits, just in case we wanted to make reference to them later when telling others about this great book.

We then visited the latest exhibition from @RHULexhibitions. Nothing like a bit of culture to impress. 😉

It might be bold, but at the end of the day, we weren't ashamed to admit that we would have made room on the raft for this book.

We'd had a great day together and after REMOVING ALL STICKY NOTES 🤨 we put the book in the automatic returns machine.

Speaking for ourselves, we'd certainly be happy with a second borrow.

Not sure if we're supposed to submit a form somewhere to do this, but without consulting anyone else we're declaring 15th January 2021 to be 'Borrow a Lonely Library Book Day'

It's a date.