Privacy

I didn't know this: If you put a book on reserve at one of our county libraries, you yourself have to go pick it up. The library employees aren't allowed to release the book to anybody else unless you give them permission to do so by filling out a form specifying the people who are authorized to pick up your materials for you (I filled it out online). The library system says the policy is in place to protect patrons' privacy, which makes sense.
The book I wanted? No secret: It's Vera Brittain's WWI memoir, "Testament of Youth." A British film based on the book is coming out later this year and stars Swedish actress Alicia Vikande (she played Kitty in the 2012 movie version of "Anna Karenina") and British actor Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow in "Game of Thrones").