New idea for a topic: post the photos of your books you've taken out from the library!
Here's mine:
Here's mine:
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Know what's sad? I live the closest I've ever lived to the library, and I almost never go. The stack of books I own and haven't read is so tall it seems like a bad idea.
Case in point: thanks to the county's library system, I was able to binge-read the first six volumes of the Throne of Glass series. Any book my local library didn't have, one of the others did. I think it took me visits to four different libraries to read six books, but I got to visit other locations and saved myself a bundle. You can't beat that with a stick.
Ohhh noooooooessss!
It's doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!
But we are thinking about opening a 2nd hand book shop.
You could've saved yourself the travel with ILL - interlibrary loan. Just sayin'...
New idea for a topic: post the photos of your books you've taken out from the library!
Here's mine:
On the bright side - we moved out of Johannesburg at the end of January, to this teeny tiny town in the Eastern Cape. There is no bookstore here. Not even a 2nd hand book store. Nada. Total boonies. But there is a library and it's surprisingly well stocked, although many of the novels are seriously old. Think Leon Uris, Sidney Sheldon, and other 70's authors. (Not to mention an entire shelf of Mills & Boon.)
But, in among the Hammond Innes' and the Louis L'amours we found quite a number of fairly recent books (only about 7 years old, or so) by authors we like. So hubby and I are now card-carrying library members. I donated a copy of my book. The senior librarian was thrilled. Must be newest book she's had in a long time.
But we are thinking about opening a 2nd hand book shop.
Satanic Verses! I'm going to read that next I think. Right now I'm reading Fallen Land by Taylor Brown.