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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t.  They are cool in theory.  But in my experience, are lame.  In wealthy neighborhoods, the families are already going to the regular library weekly at least or are buying plenty of books.  In the neighborhoods where kids might not have access to books frequently- they either aren’t used or nothing gets replaced.  Even in the neighborhoods were they are used, the replacements are not good books.  They are the cast offs grandma got the kids from Goodwill, free at Dr office, random religious book and so on.  [/quote]

I agree. I love these in theory, and in theory, the more the merrier in a neighborhood, but in practice it's just a way for people to discard books that no one wants to read. This PP's description fits all of the LFLs near my house, right down to the random religious books. One neighbor didn't like the books that people contributed to her LFL and actually emailed the listserv to recommend types of books that people should contribute  (e.g., we need more kids' books), which I found incredibly tacky.  [/quote]

Wow..I guess I live in a lucky neighborhood with people sharing good books!  Its of course not the library.  That is like comparing Target to a yard sale.  Both have their places.[/quote]

Our neighborhood is not rich but there are often great quality hardcovers, kid and adult. Maybe because it's a laid back neighborhood or public service or NGO types who read a lot and don't have a ton of money to buy other more material things!  Agree that I feel really lucky![/quote]

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