2010 has been a mixed reading year for me. I finished 15 books this year, three fewer than 2009. My average book was longer (413 pages vs 361 pages). The number of pages read, 6,205, was about 5% less than in 2009.
2011 is going to be tougher. My fun money is going to my Camino walk so I have no money to buy very many books. This means I have to find other sources. The most obvious one is the library.
I got my library card and went online and scanned through their catalog. I looked for the fifteen books I have on my Amazon wish list - I only found two (They were both checked out, of course). I put in an interlibrary loan request for one of the books. That was three and a half weeks ago. Not sure if this is typical (two librarians gave me two different answers - 1 week and 2-3 weeks). I am wondering if I'll have any offline reading material this year.
I suspect that I will be limited to magazines and online reading for most of the year ... at least until I get this library figured out.
You forgot to ask Santa for an Amazon gift certificate for Christmas, didn't you?
ReplyDeleteGH: But I can't pay for food and lodging in Spain with an Amazon card.
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