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Aneeqah
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Aug 04, 2011 03:42PM
How do can you have 94 books checked out?! How long can you check out library books at you library for?
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I think my library only allows us to check out 30 books. Oh the jealousy!
Sashana wrote: "I think my library only allows us to check out 30 books. Oh the jealousy!"Mine is only 50 per patron. But, my husband lets me use his account. Those are only the "real" books- they also let you check out an additional 35 ebooks per person.
We have a 3 week check out, you can renew 3 times for non- New Release books. So, 12 weeks. Plus I check out quite a few paperbacks which aren't listed by title. So you can't request them and there are no late fees and they do not freeze your priviledges for 10 days after it's due. So, I can keep them an extra 40 days. (12 weeks= 84 days+ 40 days= 124 days, so about 4 months) I do return some unread- don't feel like reading them at the time or at all.
Oh, and a few are kids books. Which, even if they're 100-150 pages, I don't count on challenges. You know, the kind of books in between a chapter book and a YA book. If I can read it in under an hour, I figure it's too much of a kid's book to count. So, I probably read another 100-200 of those a year- mostly from the library. My son does not like to reread books so I rarely buy those books unless I think I can hand it down to another kid in the house.
I have 5 checked out. All have been Book Club reads at one point or another (trying to catch up!):
Just got back from the Library:Just Picked Up:
Still Have:
On Hold: Some of these have way too long of waits...
I currently have out
Still waiting to come in
I just found out I can check out ebooks and audiobooks online through my library even though I'm thousands of miles away. Still not as good as the actual book, but I have:
on ebook and
,
, and
on audiobook. I've never really been into audiobooks before, but we'll try them!
I finally payed off my overdue fees (yay!) and checked out some books.Checked out
Requested
I hope your library isn't anything like mine. I'll request 10 books and they'll all come in on the same day. ~_~
That would suck, especially since I take the bus. I don't think they'll come all at once because I can see my position. I have to wait for 177 people to read Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan. Some of the others have long waiting times too.
Can't remember the last time I posted but I've downloaded
(heart this cover)
Just Checked Out:
New Requests:
Still waiting on:
Finally got a library card again. It takes awhile to get everything going after you move. Since I can only check out three things on my first day, here is what I got...
Just got
and
on audiobook. Not a fan of Something Borrowed so far, but I think it's mostly the narrator. The voice doesn't match the character in my opinion.
Just Checked Out:
Still Waiting On: (I swear some of these will never come)
Jex- I just can not get into
. I've renewed it twice now.Aubrey - I hope you enjoy The Thirteenth Tale
Currently sitting on my headboard from the library
books at library waiting for me to pick up
Sashana wrote: "Erin wrote: " Currently Checked Out:
"Enjoy [book..."
I loved it too! I think it's one of Kinsella's best :)
Agreed. I like her stand alones better than I like the Shopohlic series. The Undomestic Goddess and Twenties Girl are equally funny.
I just picked up: 
- Which I'm super excited to read
- I'm surprised I got this one so quick because I just requested it and it's really popular.
Aubrey Mae wrote: "I rather enjoyed "The Peach Keeper;" I hope you enjoy it!"I loved her other books, so I'm really looking forward to reading it.
I have it in some Sept. challenges, so have to wait another day to start it!
I'm making a trip to the library to pick up:
and the DVD of
(PRT. 1)
Aubrey Mae wrote: ""The Peach Keeper" is the only one I read. Which do you recommend reading next? I checked out "The Girl Who Chased the Moon." Did you enjoy that one? "I liked The Girl Who Chased the Moon a lot, and The Sugar Queen was good, but I really loved Garden Spells. GS was her first book - maybe that's why it struck me so positively, but they're all really good.
Received notice that these books are waiting to be picked up:
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Guess I'd better read faster!
done
done
done
donehave to wait for:
Just finished these. Amazing especially Nightshade. The hype was well deserved. One of my favorite YA. Forgotten was just beautiful and I know I am not the only one who would kill for Luke Henry. Book boyfriend approved!
I kind of couldn't stop clicking the request button, it's a very addicting button, so I have these books waiting at the library for me:
Sharie wrote: "I kind of couldn't stop clicking the request button, it's a very addicting button, so I have these books waiting at the library for me:[bookcover:Bet..."I know what you mean about that request button. I always try to control myself by reminding myself that I have to take all these books on the bus with me. It helps.
Just checked out:
and
for a challenge!
Yay for a library run!Just picked up:
Still waiting for:
Just came back from the library and now i better start reading!!! I have
done
done
done
done
Still waiting for
Contemplating whether or not I want will go to the library this week (I'm being very lazy about the bus ride). For pick up I have
and the DVD of That's What I Am
Has everyone ever had a book/movie placed on their account that they did NOT check out?I have a movie on my account that I in no way checked out. For one, I don't watch movies and if I do it is not from the library. For two, the movie is Brewster's Millions. Sooo not my type. For three, I am the only one in my family that has a library card and the only one that uses it. I am going up there today to get it removed and ask for a different library card.
I just wanted to know if this had happened to anyone else before!
Rachel, you didn't have to pay for it, I hope?!I've only once had a book checked out to me that I didn't request, and it was instead of a book that they had notified me was ready & waiting for me on the hold shelf. There was no problem getting it removed immediately, but the book that was supposed to be there was nowhere in sight, so I had to request it again.
Nope. But could call on changing it, Rachel.
No, I did not have to pay for it. He was like lets go see if it is on the shelf. I was like it better be! Lol. It was and they removed it. They had no explanation as to why it was on my account. New library card in hand now. What sucks is all my book requests have been erased. Instead of being number 14 for the new I am Number Four book, I am now 35. :(
Apple Turnover Murder...that made me laugh a little, BJ Rose. I wonder if someone actually gets murdered over an apple turnover. ;)
I just checked out Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil and Emily the Strange: The Lost Days.I requested the audiobook of Bossypants and I'm waiting for it to come in.
I can't believe ya'll can request so many from your library at the same time! All of the libraries that I've gone to only allowed me to put up to three books on hold at a time.
Rachel wrote: "No, I did not have to pay for it. He was like lets go see if it is on the shelf. I was like it better be! Lol. It was and they removed it. They had no explanation as to why it was on my account. ..."
You're talking about The Power of Six right? I had to buy it [there was no way my library was ever going to get it, plus Amazon has it on sale for $9], but it was really good! Sorry about the change =(. It's defiantly worth the wait though!
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