Ordered books from an actual library
Mar. 10th, 2015 09:50 amI ordered books from an actual library! Thanks to rmc for the idea!
I looooove libraries, both big and small, but not since I was young have I ever regularly actually *used* them for getting books. Partly that I wasn't organised enough to return books unless there were more I wanted. And I wasn't organised enough to order books for several days time and know I'd have time to pick them up. Partly that most books I really wanted I usually wanted to own, and were often a bit obscure, or more easily available cheaply online than by *going* somewhere.
But now, I suddenly realised when someone pointed it out, I _am_ organised enough to borrow books and return them and I _can_ order them to arbury, and there's several books I'd like to read but don't want to own, or want to buy but don't want the hardback for and the paperback hasn't come out yet. And I can order them to Arbury Court library, and go and pick them up on the way to work, and it's ok if I go and pick them up and am not in the GIANT library to browse because I already know what I want.
PS1. And I feel more like reserving books I want to read is usefully supporting the library rather than denying them to someone who needs them more (?)
PS2. Why don't they make more SMALL hardbacks? I'd be happy to pay more for a book sooner and sturdier, if it didn't take up the place of three of my other books!? :)
I looooove libraries, both big and small, but not since I was young have I ever regularly actually *used* them for getting books. Partly that I wasn't organised enough to return books unless there were more I wanted. And I wasn't organised enough to order books for several days time and know I'd have time to pick them up. Partly that most books I really wanted I usually wanted to own, and were often a bit obscure, or more easily available cheaply online than by *going* somewhere.
But now, I suddenly realised when someone pointed it out, I _am_ organised enough to borrow books and return them and I _can_ order them to arbury, and there's several books I'd like to read but don't want to own, or want to buy but don't want the hardback for and the paperback hasn't come out yet. And I can order them to Arbury Court library, and go and pick them up on the way to work, and it's ok if I go and pick them up and am not in the GIANT library to browse because I already know what I want.
PS1. And I feel more like reserving books I want to read is usefully supporting the library rather than denying them to someone who needs them more (?)
PS2. Why don't they make more SMALL hardbacks? I'd be happy to pay more for a book sooner and sturdier, if it didn't take up the place of three of my other books!? :)