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What did YOU just bring home from the library?
I'm amazed at the amount of reading you do Kimberly!
I don't end up reading them all sadly lol, sometimes I return lots without reading them because my reading mood changes so fast...I often wonder if it's because of my ADD.
Kimberly wrote: "I picked up these holds today:
, 
, 
, [bookcover:Somebody's Heart Is Burning: A Woman Wanderer i..."You have some serious reading to do - and now I have a few new titles added to my TBR list!!
Michelle wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I picked up these holds today:, , , [bookcover:Somebody's Heart Is Burning: A..."That I do! Glad to add more books to your TBR list.
Stefanie wrote: "You'll Love Baking Cakes in Kigali"I agree. I gave it 4 stars. It's very thought provoking.
I had time to run by the library today. I have some series that I would like to read and of course I have mostly the second books and not the first ones lol go figure : ) I didn't get many books because I already have enough to occupy me with my own shelves.This is what I picked up...
Stefanie wrote: "Just picked up To Kill a Mockingbird and Catch-22.Looking forward to both of them!"
I loved To Kill a Mockingbird. It's one of my favourites.
I'm looking forward to it as I've yet to read it. Strange considering I as born in the south (US) and it was never taught in school!
Judy wrote: "Robin, I've never read a James Herriot I didn't love."He's wonderful isn't he?
So i braved the elements (snow) and went to the library and picked up
from hold and of course i picked up a few extras that i hadnt planned on...
and found on the lucky day shelf ( these are popular books that are available now and you dont have to wait on the holds list if your lucky you find them on the shelves if not you stay on the list.. i hope im describing this correctly..) anyways i found
and
Judy wrote: "Robin, I've never read a James Herriot I didn't love."I am looking forward to starting
sometime this evening : ) I will let you and Kimberly know how I like it : )
Autumn wrote: "So i braved the elements (snow) and went to the library and picked up from hold and of course i picked up a few extras that i hadnt planned on... [bookcover:The Pr..."I have Chime out from the library too :) Can't wait to here what you think and I've heard some really great things about The Dovekeepers :)
i should start those next week sometime.. ive got to force myself to sit down and read this week 1q84 is due next sunday and thats a door stopper..
I picked up these holds:
,
and
Plus I grabbed:
because I really liked the cover and now that I think of it it will work for my AtW52 challenge since it's about Japanese Samurais
Autumn wrote: "So i braved the elements (snow) and went to the library and picked up from hold and of course i picked up a few extras that i hadnt planned on... now -- actually I am almost finished. Really loving it. I read The Magicians, too. That was pretty good.
So, who goes to the library only when all or most of the previously checked out books are ready to go back? Who goes often, whether or not there are still plenty of unread library books at home still?I use Inter-Library Loan a lot, especially for picture books, and I only can request 6 at a time, so whenever a few come in, I go pick them up, even though I may have several novels and non-fiction still waiting at home. Fortunately the library is only a bit more than a mile away.
(My goal this summer is to get fit enough to walk to the library - I used to do it before my motorcycle accident.)
I go to the library every sunday ( less its a pesky holiday and the library is closed ) ive got a stack of 19 books from the library thank goodness for online renewals!! :D Opps i forgot i have 3 kindle books on loan as well.. but for those i dont need to go to the library just the website :D
I've never lived in a town where the library was open on Sunday - that's cool. Yes, I love being able to renew, and request, books online. I try not to renew too often, for the sake of other patrons, but sometimes greed happens... ;)
Cheryl, I thought the same thing about the library being open on a Sunday! lol. I use inter-library loan a lot as well and the librarians have adjusted my account so I can have more than 6 at a time! Love a small town.
My mom works in a library in rural Wisconsin. They've no limit on requests, so when I visit her I can try to get caught up on children's books.
We have one of the most used libraries in the country here in Or.. we have some off beat library hours too.. i wish the librarians would allow me more than 15 holds at time.. thats our limit on holds.. are check out limit is 250 which i love when i lived in las vegas our limit was 20 if i remember correctly..
So, Autumn, do you ever have way too many books out at one time?
Today I brought home from the library Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks to read for book club, A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer for book class, and The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough on audiobook just for me. Then I got home to find a delivery of three books by Paule Constant for another class. I'm a little worried that I won't be able to get them all read by February.
I ALWAYS have too many books out at once.. ive freezed my holds so that i can catch up should take me a month maybe 2..
Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "So, who goes to the library only when all or most of the previously checked out books are ready to go back? Who goes often, whether or not there are still plenty of unread library books at home st..."I go to the library no matter how many I have at home. Most of the ones I borrow go back unread because my reading mood changes so fast :)
I live in a very small town (natives call it a village) of 600 people and our library here is very small and is only open like one day a week and I have no idea what day that is. I think it is just whatever day they decide lol. So I drive over to the main city with a population of 10,000 (both my village and city is in same county) which is 11 miles away and go to that library which is still very small compared to what I am used to in Tennessee.They are open 7 days a week with pretty good hours. I don't visit the library very often as the book choices are very limited.I often find that a lot of the books I am looking for they just don't have : ( I must admit though they do have a lot of the Historical & Historical Christian Fiction that I really like which they didn't have much of back home in TN : )
What? You guys are fretting about getting 15 books at a time. I just reapplied for library membership. Here we get only 3 books at a time. All of you are sooo lucky!I just got
and
Pragya back to textbooks!! :-( wrote: "What? You guys are fretting about getting 15 books at a time. I just reapplied for library membership. Here we get only 3 books at a time. All of you are sooo lucky!I just got [bookcover:Chef: A ..."
When I go to my cottage the town "village" has only 600 people and it's library is in the town hall in a classroom sized room. We're only allowed to borrow 3 at a time there.
Kimberly wrote: "Pragya back to textbooks!! :-( wrote: "What? You guys are fretting about getting 15 books at a time. I just reapplied for library membership. Here we get only 3 books at a time. All of you are so..."Ah, at least some place else has the same rules. But it isn't really helping. My library is way bigger than a classroom, has a DVD and Internet facility, is situated in the capital of the country and the state has a population of 10 Million. :(
Judy wrote: "We are very blessed, Pragya, to have more than one library (most of us) within 20 miles of our homes and to be able to check out many books at a time."You sure do, Judy. I am shifting wherever you are.
Pragya, you've got a good point; we shouldn't take our libraries, any aspect of them, for granted. I thank Andrew Carnegie for the good public libraries in the USA and in Canada. He not only provided the capital for a lot of them to be built in the first place, but by doing so he spread the meme that literacy for the masses is a good thing and worthy of taxpayers and donor's monies.
I am very grateful for having a local library, even with its limited hours. Unless I am checking out kids books or research material I never need more than 3 books at a time. Often I will take the one that I want and leave others so that other folks can read them until I am ready. If its a popular book then I go on the holds list. I would sure read a lot less if we didn't have these great resources. And the librarians themselves are wonderful resources with great suggestions for reading material. The more you go in the better they get to know you and the more they can suggest books to your liking. All for free! Amazing.
Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Pragya, you've got a good point; we shouldn't take our libraries, any aspect of them, for granted. I thank Andrew Carnegie for the good public libraries in the USA and in Canada. He not only provi..."In Toronto we have 99 branches of our public library. We have gthe largest system in the world...unfortunately due to our idiotic mayor some branches may be closing and our fines went up on January 3rd.
What a great topic! I love to go to my library. I not only get all my books I also check out DVDs. My latest books from the library are
(the third book in
series. I also have
,
and
. I work in a middle school library so I read both adult and juvenile/young adult fiction. I also listen to books on CD. I am listening to Cupid: A Tale of Love and Desire. Luckily, I'm only a few minutes from the library, because (as you can see) I spend a lot of time there!
Oh, and I love that we can download audiobooks from our library. I don't even have to go in but I do miss the librarians when I do everything on-line! lol
I don't work outside the home - weeks go by when the only people I see beyond my family are the librarians and the cashiers at Costco. :)
I went to the library yesterday and picked up
,
,and my current read is
this is also from the library
I picked up these holds today:
And this one from my branch:
Holy bloodshot eyes, Kimberly! You had better buy some Murine.
Janice wrote: "Holy bloodshot eyes, Kimberly! You had better buy some Murine."LOL!
If I get more than one or two books I have a hard time choosing what to read.
Janice wrote: "Holy bloodshot eyes, Kimberly! You had better buy some Murine."LOL I couldn't help myself :D
Kimberly wrote: "I picked up these holds today: [bookcover:All Creatures Gre..."I'll be interested to hear what you think of Legend.
I've been hot and cold on the Beth Revis series for a while - did you read the first book? What did you think?
I really enjoyed
Kat. It was slow in some parts but I find that is something common in the first book of a series. A lot of people have issues with it because of the genre being sci-fi (a genre I tend to stay away from myself usually) but I think the author made it work. Can't wait to read the second book! I think you should try the first one, it might surprise you.
Kimberly wrote: "I really enjoyed Kat. It was slow in some parts but I find that is something common in the first book of a series. A lot of people have issues with it becaus..."I'm not adverse to Sci-Fi at all (it kinda fits in my preferred genres). Glad to hear you liked it, I'll have to get my hands on a copy!
You really should :) I hope the second one is just as good if not better.
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