I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm, blond wood, piled with spines of every color. Staff picks were arranged on tables, glossy covers reflecting the light back at me. Behind the little cubby where the cashier sat, ignoring us, stairs covered with rich burgundy carpet led up to the worlds unknown. 'I could just live here, ' I said. Maggie Stiefvater
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The description of the library in the story is like another character in the story. The library is like a character in the story who keeps changing its appearance to keep up with its readers' changing needs. When it was first built, people only used the library for books. After that, when electronics became popular, electronics were added to the library. Now that Internet has gained in popularity, Internet access is available to all of the library's readers.

Source: Shiver

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