Britannia library question

[vitrocmax]

Packing now for our 14 night Baltic cruise next week. Last time we were on Britannia there was quite an active guest shelf in the library, where we could leave our books for others and likewise pick up another. This was a great help, being able to leave the books we took without having to bring them home.

 

However, on Iona last year there was no such facility, even having notices telling us not to do it (I guess if everyone left a book behind there could be thousands of books abandoned on each sailing), but it seemed to work well on Britannia. 

Does anyone know if the bookshelf on Britannia is still operating?

I've done a forum search and there's been no recent comments to suggest that it's still available, I wondered if it was a Covid casualty.

 

[Fionboard]

Was stopped post covid but have seen  book swap shelves on other ships this year so probably back on Britannia too.

[davecttr]

A book swap shelf was available on Arvia. There was only one book on it, the one I had just put there.

[sandancer]

On Arvia it was a cabinet in Anderson’s Bar and it was really funny watching people grab the books immediately they were put in there. 

[vitrocmax]

Thanks for your replies, everyone.

 

I was hoping someone would have a definitive answer, but then I thought about it - what difference would it make to me? I usually collect a few books ready for the cruise, then leave them once I've read them. I have been lucky so far with the swap selection available.

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If there's no swap shelf I'll browse the library and find a book there instead.

[Fionboard]

I am just off down to the charity shops for my reading matter!