What Are You Reading Now?

[BigPiney]

Thought I would share a tip. At the risk of learning everyone else knew this years ago.

I listen to a lot of audio books; I average about 2 a week. I use Libby and my local library where I can, but the selection from my library is pretty lame, and probably only 1 in 20 books I listen to are available there. The rest are pretty much all from Audible. I'm on the 2 credits per month plan, and I try to shop deals as often as I can, but even with that, in 2022 I spent $275 on the monthly fees, and then another $529 buying books, so over $800 for the year (I just added that up now. If you had asked me yesterday what I had spent, I would have guessed about half that).

So, the part that everyone except me may have already known is that some libraries let you get an e-card even if you don't live in the area. The two that I know of so far are Las Vegas-Clark County and Broward County Florida. I added both to my account (took literally about 2 minutes for each), and it turns out that both of them have an enormously larger selection than my own library. So I am hoping to move that $800 down $400 or so this year.

Las Vegas CSers, thank you for subsidizing my reading habit through your tax dollars! I am not aware of any Fort Lauderdale CSers, but if there are any, thank you as well!

If you live California, which you don't, but for those that do or have access to a California address, the Los Angeles Public library is awesome for Libby. That is my go to. It buys a lot of copies.

[SteelBlue]

If you live California, which you don't, but for those that do or have access to a California address, the Los Angeles Public library is awesome for Libby. That is my go to. It buys a lot of copies.

My understanding is that I can get a library card in any California city but that I have to show up in person once with proof of a California address. Is this still true?

[Scott R Nelson]

My understanding is that I can get a library card in any California city but that I have to show up in person once with proof of a California address. Is this still true?

My daughter was able to get me access to the Alameda County library system by showing up at the Dublin Library (she lives in Livermore). I think you have to renew every three years or so. I lost my Sacramento County access soon after I moved out of Folsom, because I was unable to show up in person to renew.

[BigPiney]

My understanding is that I can get a library card in any California city but that I have to show up in person once with proof of a California address. Is this still true?

That is my understanding. If you can get an LA one it is so worth it. Of course then we will be competing for books.

My daughter was able to get me access to the Alameda County library system by showing up at the Dublin Library (she lives in Livermore). I think you have to renew every three years or so. I lost my Sacramento County access soon after I moved out of Folsom, because I was unable to show up in person to renew.

I have a Sacramento library card. I only to to call to renew it for 3 years. Did that a month ago.

[Scott R Nelson]

I have a Sacramento library card. I only to to call to renew it for 3 years. Did that a month ago.

I vaguely remember trying to call them to renew it and being asked to show up in person. In any case, I don't have that card anymore and can't get another one.

[BigPiney]

I vaguely remember trying to call them to renew it and being asked to show up in person. In any case, I don't have that card anymore and can't get another one.

probably a covid convivence. Though I do get to travel there twice next month. So I could have renewed in person if necessary.

I really only use that card when I reach my limits on holds for LA. Libby makes it super easy to manage holds, so I will take the longest holds and park them with Sacramento, since they have few copies and usually take a long time anyway.

[Scott R Nelson]

probably a covid convivence.

Except that I moved away from there in 2016...

[SeattleUte]

What are these points you get now for buying kindles?

[BigPiney]

What are these points you get now for buying kindles?

I had never heard of them, but looking them up it seems like a bad deal.

https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...t-a-good-value

[SeattleUte]

I had never heard of them, but looking them up it seems like a bad deal.

https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...t-a-good-value

Since I think Kindle is one of the greatest inventions ever, and am indifferent to the points, not a bad deal for me.

[Pelado]

Since I think Kindle is one of the greatest inventions ever, and am indifferent to the points, not a bad deal for me.

Sounds a lot like the Pacific-12 Athletic Conference.

[Scott R Nelson]

A while back I visited https://www.gutenberg.org/ and grabbed half a dozen books to stick on my Kindle so that if I ran out of books from the library when on vacation I would have something interesting to read. So I recently started reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and although I felt that it was a little slow to get started, it is a very intersting book. I'm just past half-way.

It was first published in 1719, so it's over 300 years old! The story takes place starting in 1651 going through the guy's life, until he gets shipwrecked on a Caribbean island, then the interesting stuff starts. I like how he eventually found religion and becomes a bit of a philosopher. I've only had to look up about a dozen words so far in the dictionary for words that apparently are no longer used in our day and age.

I'm glad that I started this one.

[BigFatMeanie]

A while back I visited https://www.gutenberg.org/ and grabbed half a dozen books to stick on my Kindle so that if I ran out of books from the library when on vacation I would have something interesting to read. So I recently started reading Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and although I felt that it was a little slow to get started, it is a very intersting book. I'm just past half-way.

It was first published in 1719, so it's over 300 years old! The story takes place starting in 1651 going through the guy's life, until he gets shipwrecked on a Caribbean island, then the interesting stuff starts. I like how he eventually found religion and becomes a bit of a philosopher. I've only had to look up about a dozen words so far in the dictionary for words that apparently are no longer used in our day and age.

I'm glad that I started this one.

It's a good read but you are right - it does start out pretty slow.

[SeattleUte]

The Names by Don De Lillo. One of his obscure works now being recognized as great. BLEW ME AWAY. Marvelous. I don't know how he did it.

[SteelBlue]

The Names by Don De Lillo. One of his obscure works now being recognized as great. BLEW ME AWAY. Marvelous. I don't know how he did it.

One of the few of his I haven't read. Will have to remedy that.