Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Library Woes...

Libraries have almost always been a problem for me. I'm horrible about returning books. Not only do I usually return them late...very late, I often forget to ever return them. I know this is wrong, and over the years have tried very hard to stay away from them altogether because I know how the relationship will end. Until recently...recently money has been tight...I mean tight! So I have had to decide with much thought, to go about the library route again.

First I call the library...and they're closed. Due to the holiday...this saddens me, but I'm in the middle of a book so I move on. I call them yesterday and they are not answering. I get mad, look at the website and realize they are closed again...due to the weather. This angers me. It wasn't that bad!

So, the library is finally open today. I call, how much is a card? Free. Yay. What do I need, proof of address...got it.
Go in. Apparently I already had a card...7 years ago. I must have rented movies and then never returned them. I owe the library 60 bucks!!! Can't get books... Sad face. So, I come home, and send my very NON reading fiance to go get a card and my book. It works. He will be my book fetcher for a few months until we have the extra money to pay my fine. I do feel very bad, as libraries aren't receiving a bunch of money right now...but I wanted my darn book.
So, in a few minutes I'll sit down and finish A Beautiful Miscellaneous, which I'm enjoying quite a bit now. Then I'll start Wintergirls for the challenge for my Mostlybooks group (yahoogroups, check them out, we're a great bunch!)
I'm hoping to save loads of money by not buying any books until we're out from under our bills...which will be a while.
Thanks for listening...

4 comments:

  1. I have library issues too. I'm sure that once you get into the habit of going to the library on a regular basis you'll get better at returning things. I've heard people talking about owing a $100 so there are people with worse fines than you. I have fines at this stupid place and most of them are actually the library's fault. For a long time it was the lack of a computer and the idiots not having a renewal line that caused me to not know when a book was due.

    Happy Reading!

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  2. While I hate the fact that they do it, it is nice that my library still stamps the date due on the inside of the book. The library I went to in Illinois would print out a little receipt thing and tape it to the book or stick in a pocket on the inside. That was nice too.

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  3. They give a receipt here which I don't really like but since I have a computer now I end up having to check pretty regularly to see when books are due. I actually miss the days when they would stamp the date on that sheet of paper that was in a pocket or taped to the inside of the book. Hmm did that even make any sense?

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  4. Lots of libraries with internet access allow you to renew your books online. Perhaps you should look into this...

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