What Fiction are you reading this week, December 11, 2022?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

23. It's amazing. I have just finished it, and I'm sorry my library doesn't have all of her books.

I guess it's back to inter-library loan. Which is actually wonderful, and I use so much that the local inter-library loan person and I am on first-name basis.

This is a lot of why I love libraries. I will say that several decades ago, when I was more affluent, I purchased almost all of my books. And honestly, I only read a fraction of them.

Then I got divorced, moved to another part of the country, had a reduced income, and re-discovered the joys of the public library. A very different selection of books. And a far larger selection of books than I saw at the bookstores, even the very large name bookstores. Especial in terms of older books. Perhaps more to the point is that I can get whatever books I want from the library. If my own library doesn't have it, I might suggest a purchase. Otherwise, interlibrary loan. What I love about IL is seeing where the books come from. Right now I have one that comes from the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. Wow.