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I would say I usually check out like 7 -10 a month and sometimes more depending on what time of year it is . If I go for a run in the am and then a run in the pm and then a book on both the am and pm run and that way I can get a few books read in a weeks time . I love the library Im so glad we have one . My old town started shutting librarys down and moving them out of where they were .
There is a very satisfying feeling about walking out of the library with an armful of books. Doesn't even matter if I wind up reading all of them -- the wheat will get separated from the chaff somehow, and I will feel just as full from reading whatever books I did read. The armful just represents the opportunity for me, and I can look forward to long days/nights with my head in a book. I also have this "issue" with books on my bed -- I like to have all manner of books in bed with me at the same time, *just in case*!
I used to check out 10 or so but got so tired of lugging them around...started buying books used for $3 and change from thriftbooks.com. Now they are delivered to me. Plus no gas and time used up. And, I get to reread at some point.
I used to live 4 blocks from the library and would often check out around 10 books at a time and had 3 weeks to read them. I live across town now and have an online library account, plus a Kindle, and subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, so I mostly read on my Kindle, but love the convenience of being able to renew if necessary the actual paper books online.
I have about 3,000 books on my Kindle, so I don't borrow as many at a time these days. I usually borrow a newer one and read one of those older ones that I own, then remove them from my Kindle. I only read paper books if that is the only version available.
About 2-300 in the past ten years, all from the library, except for a small handful acquired in other ways, but never bought at retail. If I request a partricular book, the library will buy it, provided they think it is a valid addition to their collection.
I have 14 library books to read on my Kindle, at various points during the next 21 days. The reason there are so many now is because the library must wait until the end of the year to add new books to its collection. Eight of them are books I recommended for purchase at different points in 2017. It's nice they bought so many books I wanted, but 14 is a lot to read over a three week period.
Right now, I'm in the middle of Alice McDermott's latest, The Ninth Hour, a story of a family and the nuns who've supported them throughout their lives. I love Alice McDermott's writing both for her storytelling (I'm 1/2 Irish Catholic) and her elegant, informative sentence writing.
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I have 14 library books to read on my Kindle, presumably within 21 days. The reason there are so many now is because the library must wait until the end of the year to add new books to its collection. Eight of them are books I recommended for purchase at different points in 2017. It's nice they bought so many books I wanted, but 14 is a lot to read over a three week period.
Right now, I'm in the middle of Alice McDermott's latest, The Ninth Hour, a story of a family and the nuns who've supported them throughout their lives. I love Alice McDermott's writing both for her storytelling (I'm 1/2 Irish Catholic) and her elegant, informative sentence writing.
Does your library not have a Pause option on e-books? That way, you don't have to borrow them as soon as they're available but you also don't have to cancel your hold and lose your place in line.
I currently have many e-books on hold at the library; for four of them, I'm #1 in the queue. (We're #1, hey! ) When one becomes available and I borrow it, I'll put two of the other three on Pause. That way, only one will (might) become available to me while I'm still reading the first book. For the others -- the ones that I put on Pause -- I will remain as #1 in the queue when I remove the Pause.
Does your library not have a Pause option on e-books? That way, you don't have to borrow them as soon as they're available but you also don't have to cancel your hold and lose your place in line.
I currently have many e-books on hold at the library; for four of them, I'm #1 in the queue. (We're #1, hey! ) When one becomes available and I borrow it, I'll put two of the other three on Pause. That way, only one will (might) become available to me while I'm still reading the first book. For the others -- the ones that I put on Pause -- I will remain as #1 in the queue when I remove the Pause.
What do you know, Dawn. I just went and did that. I won't get any new books for another two weeks. Thank you so much.
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) When one becomes available and I borrow it, I'll put two of the other three on Pause. That way, only one will (might) become available to me while I'm still reading the first book. For the others -- the ones that I put on Pause -- I will remain as #1 in the queue when I remove the Pause.
