Mr. Nice Guy ZIPS The Long Beach Public Library

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The Long Beach Public Library

is the beneficiary of something called

"Zip Books."

A patron receives

a brand new book

—free of charge—

and when finished,

gives it to LBPL

(if he/she wants another Zip Book)

What you see below

is my 10th Zip Book,

a copy of which

I proudly own

and have read three times

With the exception of Scott Fitzgerald,

there is no author

I admire more than Dawn Powell

and  THE WICKED PAVILION

is partly the reason

for that admiration

The Zip Book program exists

through the generosity of

Amazon Prime

 

I will qualify for

an 11th Zip Book

as soon as I

give this Dawn Powell novel

to the LBPL

(sometime within the next week)

 

Why

—you might ask—

did I order a book

I own and had already read?

 

Because Mr. Nice Guy Oliverio

wants it added to 

the library's catalog

to be enjoyed

by another patron

(or employee)

 

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