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I was surprised that Night Circus was even available because of how popular it is, I must have just seen it at the right time. I'm excited for the Anthologies. :D
Just picked up
(audio)
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Still Waiting on:
#4
#12
#50
#52
(audio) #65
#354
Check Out:
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Requested:
I feel like I'm overdoing it, but I'm having way to much fun rolling in my piles of manga to really care. ^-^
Picked up on CDs:
. I've read it before, and loved it. It has a major character named April, so I needed it for an upcoming challenge. Thought I'd use my ears on this re-read. I hope it still holds up.Also received
on downloadable Over Drive Audio - since I'm in the "Man's Best Friend" challenge. I hope it isn't too sad for me.Also needed a "Y" author, and couldn't get into
- but thought I'd give the author's
a try and picked that up in paperback after ordering it via inter-library transfer.
Checked out:
Requested:
The Awakening, The Reckoning, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Scandalous are all rereads. I've been in the mood to revisit old favorites lately.
Just picked up
Have a few days left of my vacation hoping to get at least half my list read before I have to go back to work on Saturday!
Its sad that I don't use the libraries anymore... The libraries here don't have what I like... They carry more contemporary and historical stuff then any PNR or UF....
My library is very lacking when it comes to PNR/ER. It does have a great selection of HR, CR, UF & YA. ESPECIALLY YA. Maybe it's because we have a whole library dedicated to young readers (Imaginon) but when I look through Wowbrary every Tuesday, the libraries here have already ordered YA books that don't come out until June.I picked up
&
from the library on Tuesday. I haven't been going to the library much lately. I'm being bombarded with class/homework this month, so it's more convenient to cling to my Kindle.
My library is very touch and go. Sometimes they have what I want, other times not. They usually do have the adult NY Times bestsellers but they usually neglect their YA readers.
It's pretty sad that people are still banning books.
Kyle ( Rebel Leader) wrote: "Same with my library, Sashana. Sometimes I have to order books from libraries far away. Usually I buy my books, either in stores, or in thrift shops or at yard sales. I find thrift stores have a be..."Seriously? They banned them??? I don't think I've heard about that happening here . I'm purely digital now so I usually get mine at store websites if they're a good price,the all romance site , or from friends that already have them lol.
I'm lucky to have never had to deal with a banning before, but the fact that people still think it's okay to do that is incredibly frustrating. It's like saying, I can expose myself to these things on TV, in theatres, or on the Internet, but I can't be in charge of what I'm reading because someone else thinks I shouldn't be able too. Gah!On another note, I'm hoping that my library will try to get more Australian YA authors. They have a lot of YA in general but the selves are pretty dominated by North American writers.
I get all my books from the library and it is frustrating trying to get my hands on rarer books. Especially having to request things that get put on lower priority just because it hasn't been printed in Canada or the US, despite being really good quality.But in the mean time, Check Out:
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= rivals a encyclopedia in weight.On my way home from the library while feeling like I was dislocating my shoulder from my neck (my bag was so heavy, so very unexpectedly heavy), I sincerely wished I owned a wagon. How awesome would that be?
"I'm just walking to the library with my wagon!"
This needs to happen. *-*
Jessica-Robyn wrote: "I'm just walking to the library with my wagon!"LOL!
went to the library today and got
Waiting to get
Have fun with Sisterhood Everlasting, Danielle! It was such a bittersweet book for me.
I can't wait to read Sisterhood Everlasting. I was so excited when I first heard about the book.
Danielle wrote: "I can't wait to read Sisterhood Everlasting. I was so excited when I first heard about the book."Just have a box of Kleenex on hand :)
Tabitha wrote: "Today I got Thirteen Reasons Why.I may have read it before, but I don't remember how it ended."
I couldn't get into it. My cousin is always singing it praises though.
Transferring from Library CD to iPod/Touch:
Sashana wrote: "Tabitha wrote: "Today I got Thirteen Reasons Why.I may have read it before, but I don't remember how it ended."
I couldn't get into it. My cousin is always singing it praises though."
Yeah. It seems that a lot of people weren't that thrilled with it.
Such a conscience! I just saw Jay Asher in person today (nice guy) and yeah I'm another one of those people that love, love Thirteen Reasons Why. BUT I can completely see why people might not get into it or not enjoy it. It's not a crowd pleaser, and there are a lot of individual moments that a reader is either going to love it for, or hate it for.
Jessica-Robyn wrote: "Such a conscience! I just saw Jay Asher in person today (nice guy) and yeah I'm another one of those people that love, love Thirteen Reasons Why. BUT I can completely see why people might not get i..."Awesome, Jessica! Was it at a book signing?
Sashana wrote: "Jessica-Robyn wrote: "Such a conscience! I just saw Jay Asher in person today (nice guy) and yeah I'm another one of those people that love, love Thirteen Reasons Why. BUT I can completely see why ..."Yeah it was! He was there with two other YA authors, Carrie Mac and Hiromi Goto. I'm just about to start adding there books to my list since I wasn't familiar with them, (Hiromi Goto has gone straight to the top of my list.) Small group, really fun, got a free t-shirt.
I have
and
waiting on me to pick them up. Not feeling well today so they might have to wait until tomorrow to come home with me. We'll see...I am very excited that they are in though. :)
Just picked up: 
All past, present, and future BOM's.
Jex wrote: "Just picked up: ...All past, present, and future BOM's."Yay!! I hope you enjoy Legend as much as I did.
I didn't pick it up, obviously, but on Friday my library account changed to reflect that copies of
are on their way from the main processing place to the individual library branches. I hope that my copy is being routed from one of the "good" branches. Some of them process, resend, and have them on the shelves on the release date.
Woohoo! Mine is in processing too. I am number 2 and there are 20 copies. Can't wait! :)
My library doesn't have a copy but I suggested that they buy it. Fingers crossed.Don't forget to request Bitterblue too!
Sashana wrote: "My library doesn't have a copy but I suggested that they buy it. Fingers crossed.Don't forget to request Bitterblue too!"
I really think that the librarians should monitor GR- like the most popular books by date- you can do it month by month or yearly. http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
The library really should keep up with what people really want to read. My library just ordered The Immortal Rules last Thursday. It's top 3 for April, but no one ordered it until then. Out of touch, I guess.
These are the latest YA books that my library bought (view spoiler). Really slim pickings. I don't even think any of them were published in 2012. I don't live in a small town and my library system is not small so I don't know what the problem is. I'm going to post the GR popular list on their Facebook page and call the Main library branch to make the suggestion. I wish more of my friends used the library system, I could have more people calling in to complain/suggest.
Sashana wrote: "My library doesn't have a copy but I suggested that they buy it. Fingers crossed.Don't forget to request Bitterblue too!"
Oh I did! I'm number 2 for that one too. I also requested
. I am number 3 for that.
Sashana- you're in a Catch-22 situation. Probably more people don't use the library because they don't have any good stuff. Current stuff. Sounds like a group of people need to go to the library board/librarian and make suggestions. Especially general suggestions like buying a mix of some popular books on GR. I wonder if you have a book snob somewhere in your library system. Now, I'm a sort of snob- I get so angry about the massive amounts of DVD's they buy when they aren't buying a lot of books. But, I think that a library should have books people want to read- even if the PTB at the library think those books are "crap".
Since my local library is closed for a month while they move in to the newly built location, I had to stock up a bit lolSo the last books I got were:
*gasp* A Month??? Oh, no. I couldn't make it. Lol. A new library! That is so cool though!
Rachel wrote: "*gasp* A Month??? Oh, no. I couldn't make it. Lol. A new library! That is so cool though!"They renovated our library when I was a kid. They suspended borrowing limits- as long as you were a patron in good standing for "x" years, you could take as many as you wanted. That way they didn't have to store them.
Shay wrote: "Rachel wrote: "*gasp* A Month??? Oh, no. I couldn't make it. Lol. A new library! That is so cool though!"They renovated our library when I was a kid. They suspended borrowing limits- as long as y..."
Mine is like that as well, they were advertising all over the place for people to come and take out books (so they'd have less to pack, lol).
I can handle a month, especially since I have literally tons of books of my own at home that I have yet to read. Gives me some incentive to get reading those.
Kirsten, I hope you were lucky enough to scoop up some new releases for a month.
Shay wrote: "Kirsten, I hope you were lucky enough to scoop up some new releases for a month."Not really, but that isn't anything new. I live in a fairly small city where the library gets one (or if we are super lucky) two copies of new releases. Then you have to sit on a waiting list for what seems like forever in order to even physically touch those books... :S
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Surprisingly, I haven't read any of those. I do own Out of Oz though. I need to add a few of those to my TBR shelf, like The Night Circus and Down These Strange Streets. They look good!