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THIS. This is what happens when I decide to read book reviews, start following Jon Scalzi's blog and then a new cart of books arrives in delivery and I get first dibs.
And also when you are allowed 5 renewals of books so you just keep them on your desk because you know there is no space on the shelf anyway and you do want to read them eventually (yes, I think if you click back to the last time I posted a picture of the pile of books on my desk, two of these were probably there. I want to read Exit, Pursued by a Bear but I know the subject matter is going to be intense and upsetting and I gotta be in the right mood.)
I can build a small fort with all these books!
And to top it off, I'm reading a non-library book right now! Sylvia has to read Kindred by Octavia Butler for school and it has been on my to-read list FOREVER so I took this as a sign. I really love it, I'm about halfway through and even though it was published in the mid-70s it, sadly, is still very relevant when it comes to history, race and gender and the United States.
At lunch today I started Prez which is hilarious and horrifying because, yeah, our politics are so screwed up, I could see a star of a viral video accidentally being elected President.
Oh, and I apparently hit my 80 book mark yesterday! Now, a few of those were picture books so I don't feel like I've really hit my goal, but by December I will definitely have read 80 chapter books of some kind. Go me!
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Date: 2016-10-02 03:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2016-10-02 03:49 am (UTC)I've got Exit, Pursued by Bear on my TBR, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet. If you get there first, let me know if it's as good as they say?
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:05 pm (UTC)Yes, I will tell you! Maybe I'll read it after 'Kindred' if only because I am about to hit the renewal limit :-O
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:09 am (UTC)I got your return comment about how you will stop reading series books until the whole series is out (because of too much time between them) and yet, all I could do is shake my head and smile, because I've made such declarations...only to forget those wise inner words in favor of 'omg, new and shiny and must have!!' *CACKLES*
*HUGS*
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Date: 2016-10-02 09:48 am (UTC)I'd planned on reading something by Octavia Butler for the reading bingo but then decided on Jemisin in the end. Hmmm ... maybe I should give her a chance after all.
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:12 pm (UTC)'Kindred' seems to be THE Octavia Butler book. I noticed a few of her others were series so I'm glad I started with a stand-alone. (And if you read it soon, I will actually remember enough of it to discuss with you! Just saying...)
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Date: 2016-10-02 12:44 pm (UTC)Can I say that is so cool you can pick up any book you want and read it for free? I envy you so much! :)
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:14 pm (UTC)And now I'm curious - does Italy have public libraries? It is one of those things I tend to assume everyone has and then I realize, NOPE, not even everyone in the U.S. has access to a library.
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Date: 2016-10-02 12:50 pm (UTC)I'm having the exact same issue right now. I went up to the library expecting one or two holds and found seven. So now I've got around 15 books out and I'm not sure I'll get them all done with more of my shows starting up this week. #nerdproblems
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:03 pm (UTC)If I was *smart* I would suspend my holds so that they didn't all show up at once but it is kind of like getting mail - a little exciting! Plus you never know what book will grab you and you have to drop everything else to read it!
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Date: 2016-10-02 04:18 pm (UTC)I have had books on my desk that someone asked about and then just gone and taken it from my pile to give to them (usually kids/YA and then I tell them they have to let me know if I should read it next)
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Date: 2016-10-02 09:51 pm (UTC)My current books I picked up at a local thrift store. I'm hoping to get to these before winter hits!
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Date: 2016-10-03 03:54 pm (UTC)Woooo on 80 books! And months left in the year yet! :D
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Date: 2016-10-03 03:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-10-03 04:46 pm (UTC)It's always interesting to hear about which books people had to read in high school; I'm starting to suspect that the one I went to required fewer books or something, seems other people had to read a greater variety than I did. The only ones we read that stand out in my memory are 1984 and Animal Farm. Though we did have to read a short story version of Flowers for Algernon, which lead me to seek out and read the book version.
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