Another book was available sooner than expected. I also put another book on hold to take that fifth available hold spot within my limit. I was thrilled and downloaded it immediately. One was supposed to be available in a month, one in two, another in three, and two were going to take at least six months.Īnd then one day, I got an email that a book I’d placed on hold was available. The wait times on the books I had on hold varied. I checked out a few that didn’t have a waiting list. I was so excited and immediately put my absolute top five (that’s the limit) want-to-read books on hold. There were so many books I’d been wanting to read! And I could check them out for free!!!Īnd. I checked into my library’s e-book offerings a few years later as I was paying off fines from another failed I-think-I’m-different-now moment. It didn’t have ANY of the titles I searched.
I found that my small town library’s e-book system didn’t have many books I wanted to read. When I finally got all those fines paid off.
When I finally did check this out, I leaned I couldn’t have any unpaid fines on any of my family members’ cards to get started. I love watching for Kindle sales, and that became my alternative to finding books at garage sales (since I didn’t need to be going to garage sales anyway).īut every time I mentioned my library angst here on the blog, some of you would suggest that I check out Kindle books from my local library. I didn’t realize how much I’d fall in love with my Kindle. I was jealous as I watched my friend “turn pages” on her Kindle with a single tap. I wanted one because I’d started using the elliptical machine at the gym and it was hard to turn pages on a real book in the midst of the sweating and huffing and puffing. Probably seven or eight years ago, I bought a Kindle. 25 to 50 cents apiece was much cheaper than realizing it had been six months since I checked out my limit. First, I bought them at garage sales or used book sales. My solution over the years has been to just buy books. It’s truly a matter of much angst in my life. I have sworn I’d change my non-returning-in-a-timely-manner ways again and again.īut alas, by the third go ’round of books checked out on a new routine that I’m sure will finally work, my TPAD flares and I suddenly realize that “something came up” multiple times and I find myself in dread of figuring out how much cash I’ll need to make things right at my local library. I have tried so many times to get a system going. I love to read, and I was born frugal/cheap, so I should be a fan of anything that provides an endless supply of reading material for free.Įxcept that library books aren’t free for me.
I’ve shared before that I can’t afford library books.
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