Sometimes we even learn that they are extremely well-traveled - books go to Paris or the Bahamas and various other exotic locales. (Patrons sometimes share this info with us. Personally, if it was me, I wouldn't be particularly comfortable bringing a book that was not my own out of the country.) I've even had a patron pay for a book because it was lost over the side of a cruise ship while at sea. (Hey, at least they were honest about it!)
Things happen, I totally understand this.
However, books that are returned to the library in a state of extreme dampness on a cloudless, sunny day are ... cause for concern. They make me want to wash my hands, a LOT, when I encounter them.
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