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The New Books (By Genre) You're Reading Now
We are a fourth of the way through 2017! How's your Goodreads Reading Challenge coming along?
More than 1.7 million of your fellow readers set personal reading goals for the year, pledging to collectively read more than 79.6 million books. With more than 10 million books already marked as 'completed' in the 2017 Reading Challenge, we were curious to see which new books were being most read so far this year.
We looked through our data to determine the most-read new releases across some of your favorite genres, including mystery, nonfiction, fantasy, YA, and romance. If you're feeling inspired, add some of these reads to your Want to Read list!
Of course, remember the Reading Challenge is fun. FUN! There's no need to stress out if you feel like you're falling behind. And you can adjust your goal throughout the year. Plus, give yourself proper credit. If you're curling up with long, literary classics, account for the time you'll need and downsize your goal. We also have some suggested short reading, if you'd like to add these to your list.
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More than 1.7 million of your fellow readers set personal reading goals for the year, pledging to collectively read more than 79.6 million books. With more than 10 million books already marked as 'completed' in the 2017 Reading Challenge, we were curious to see which new books were being most read so far this year.
We looked through our data to determine the most-read new releases across some of your favorite genres, including mystery, nonfiction, fantasy, YA, and romance. If you're feeling inspired, add some of these reads to your Want to Read list!
Of course, remember the Reading Challenge is fun. FUN! There's no need to stress out if you feel like you're falling behind. And you can adjust your goal throughout the year. Plus, give yourself proper credit. If you're curling up with long, literary classics, account for the time you'll need and downsize your goal. We also have some suggested short reading, if you'd like to add these to your list.
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Yaaresse wrote: "Ramona wrote: "I wonder why they charge so much?."Most public libraries are funded through a combination of residential property and other local taxes. There are also state and federal subsidies ..."
Reading all the responses, I thought about it a little bit more. We live in NC, now. I know our library, which has the main library and two branches, do not charge for any library card, not even, non-residents. We rent, so don't pay property taxes, but I have asked if there are taxes that are paid to support the library, and was told no. Not sure how they are staying afloat!
Ramona wrote: "Reading all the responses, I thought about it a little bit more. We live in NC, now. I know our library, which has the main library and two branches, do not charge for any library card, not even, non-residents. We rent, so don't pay property taxes, but I have asked if there are taxes that are paid to support the library, and was told no. Not sure how they are staying afloat! ."Oh, now you've done it. LOL! I got curious and ended up not with the hard data I'd hoped to find, but instead spent an hour reading arguments about library renovation (and rants about how libraries are becoming de facto homeless shelters and daycare centers instead of book repositories) and with yet another book I want to read, this one about public libraries.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Interesting. Maybe the system where you are operates off grants and endowments? If so, better hope a big chunk of it isn't from the National Endowment for the Humanities as the current administration wants to cut all funding to the NEH.
Where I live now, it's very easy to find the library's budget on their website. (It's also two line items on my itemized property tax bill, one for the regular library tax and one for a special bond we passed last year.) So I figured it wouldn't be very hard to find the budgets for the two NC systems I'm most familiar with. It's public record, after all. Well....
Durham and Wake library systems don't make their budgets as easy to find. I did find reference on Wake's site that the library system is "currently supported solely by property taxes." There was also a (six year old) file that was basically a PR piece for the library that was heavy on numbers about services rendered (including most checked out books back then) but lacked any detail on revenue. Durham's site lists a very general budget that shows property taxes are a major source of income, but fees, endowments, grants also play into it. The city budget (which I applaud them for making very easy to find and read) shows the library as being funded by property tax.
Those two are big systems, though. They're in heavily populated areas that are experiencing increased property values and increased population growth. I imagine a smaller county with light population is in a serious squeeze.
I'm not much of a science fiction reader but these are wonderful:Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold
Battlefield Earth by Ron L Hubbard
Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card
