The Councilor for Education of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has announced a new initiative launched by the Library Network of Lorca to commemorate Valentine's Day.
The mayor has announced that "all day today we propose to the readers of Lorca that they have a blind date with a book of love theme thanks to this witty proposal of our librarians, for this, in the Pilar Barnés Library you can find a series of wrapped books in which you can only read the beginning and the identification code.This way the reader can take it on loan and will only discover what it is about once he gets home and unwinds it, completing the blind date and enjoying reading. "
Montiel has encouraged readers to "join this fun activity that complements another interesting project launched today on the occasion of Valentine's Day as BookCrossing." Throughout the day the municipal libraries of Lorca, Both the city and districts are releasing books with the aim that whoever finds one of them in the street reads it and releases it again in a different place, so that a new reader has the opportunity to enjoy it. person can track through the internet, see where he has traveled and what he has like other readers, or check how far the work he has read has arrived. "
The councilor stressed that "all these activities, such as the many launched by the Library Network are intended to encourage reading in our town so that both young and old have the opportunity to enjoy a pleasure as enriching as enjoyment of the world of literature. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca