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The backstory: Laufey has said she’s a big reader (Joan Didion’s one of her favorites) and started convening an online book club in 2022. “The goal of releasing the card is to engage and introduce new customers and users to L.A. County Library,” said spokesperson Marnae Theus in a statement emailed to LAist. “And to appeal to existing L.A. County Library customers who are fans of a musician who is an avid reader and fan of libraries.”

The exclusive card quest: UC Riverside medical student Sam Higuera tried to snag the card Sunday afternoon at the Manhattan Beach Library, but they’d run out by the afternoon — as did several other branches . Higuera was the first one to pick up the card at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Carson Monday. Laufey’s "bringing ba

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