Today a Wedgwood household discovered the source of several recent book attacks was a little free library that had sprouted on the underside of their roof.
“I was nearly back into the house when I felt a sharp pain in my arm,” said Anita Kress, who was hauling out the compost when she discovered the invasive little free library. “I looked around and on the ground was a copy of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. When I glanced up, I could see a shabby, wooden box that was vaguely shaped like my house built right under the eaves, and it was swarming with paperbacks. I was worried about my kids playing underneath it, in case something obscene like the Joy of Sex or Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious fell out, so I called an expert.”
Experts say that there are pros and cons to removing a little free library from your home.
“There are a lot of benefits to having a little free library attached to your house,” said Alan Schell, an exterminator with Hugo House. “They eliminate a lot of pest books from the neighborhood that would otherwise overwhelm our shelves and garages. Properly curated, it’s often better to just leave them where they are. On the other hand, sometimes these can become a nuisance when they’re full of mildewed copies of Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adobe PhotoDeluxe, or self-published science fiction novels.”
Schell said the only reason one should ever remove a little free library even if regularly curated is if it starts attracting WASPs.
