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ANN Cleeves has been knocked off the top of Shetland Libraryâs âmost borrowedâ list – while eBooks and audio books have increased in popularity over the last year during the pandemic.
The most borrowed physical adult fiction book at the library in 2020 was Jojo Moyesâ
The Giver of Stars, which focuses on pack horse librarians in the US.
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The Long Call, while other well-read authors included Elly Griffiths, Val McDermid and Peter May.
In the physical non-fiction section, David Gangeâs
The Frayed Atlantic Edge was the most popular.
The book, which tells the story of Gangeâs canoe journey from Shetland to Cornwall, was launched at the Lerwick library in 2019.
I’ve been keeping a log almost as long as I’ve had my Offshore 8M
Karima. The first entry was on 27 July 2005, heading out with Philip, my generally non-sailing spouse, for afternoon tea in Vementry. The log records ‘Excellent expedition’.
There’s a serious purpose to record keeping, of course. Every time we leave the berth (that’s
Karima and I, not necessarily Philip too, or it would be a very slim volume) I note hours out, distance and engine hours; I log refuelling, so that at any time I can check exactly how many hours fuel I have – conveniently Karima uses a litre an hour. The back of the log has handy pages to list repairs and replacements, which is how I know that the standing rigging really needs to be done in the next couple of years, and I add what’s been done by way of antifouling during lift-out time. The engine was well used last summer, 27 hours, which brings it towards its 150 hour service.