Taking Advantage of the Freebie Books

Since I started the new job last month, I’ve been reading more. Why? Because I get to take public transit to the office, and thankfully it’s on a subway, which means I can read without getting motion sickness. (Incredibly, even as an adult, I still suffer from it, not as bad as when I was a child, but still, it’s enough that if I”m in a car or a bus, I can’t read. <sigh>)

But can you believe that I’ve actually not been to the library yet? That’s because I borrowed some books from my sister’s mother in law. She had the next books on my Book List, so I was able to borrow them. But they are hardcovers, which means they’re a little difficult to handle on the subway. Paperbacks are the ideal, or at the most, a softcover large book. Hardcovers though, are very tricky to deal with.

Right now I’m on the last of the borrowed books, which means it’s time I take advantage of the freebie books from my local library. I rediscovered it about 10 years ago, and have been having fun ever since. As a teenager I lived at the library, heck, my sister even worked there! But university life sucked the “fun reading” out of me as I was a literature student, which meant I was always reading some book for class. It was hard to then pick up a “fun” book, you know? So I stopped reading as much. Sure I read the odd book here and there, but nothing hard core.

Then a friend of mine a number of years ago reminded me of the library, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I tend to browse the sci-fi and mystery sections for paperbacks. I don’t even really look at the title or author much anymore. I read the back, and if the synopsis sounds mildly interesting, then I’ll grab it. My shelf is looking quite bare right now, and as I finish off the last hardcover book in my borrowed books, it’s definitely time I truck my butt on over there and pick up something. Perhaps tonight, but definitely tomorrow. Wonder what I’ll find there? Aaah, that’s the joy of the library.