At the risk of sounding like an a-hole, I’d have to say that most of the books in the library look as if they’ve just been bought at a boot sale(garage sale for you No. Americans). They’ve been«loved» like the Velveteen Rabbit and it shows. Also, the selection of books on hand is somewhat slim. Of course, that could easily be attributed to the fact that the library itself is housed in a fairly small building. Hackney Central Library this ain’t! I’m not a huge book snob, but I’m never going to check out a book by Danielle Steel. Never. What did turn me on was the small section of books relating to local history. Also, it seems that those in need of computer terminals for CV writing and job searching and the like are well accommodated. Heck, in this day of library closures and libraries being run by volunteers, then I guess I should be happy, right?!