Taking these back to the library, which means I get to pick up new books!
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My goal in life is to delete as many social media accounts as I possibly can and to instead spend my time reading books
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I am delighted by the recent influx of posts encouraging people to get books from local libraries (it’s free!). I want to lay out more good things to do in your local library, especially since I’ve been volunteering at mine lately.
Ok first of all, you can genuinely get any book free to read. If the library doesn’t have it, you can order it in.
And you can get more than books! Borrow dvds from your local library as well.
You can also get audiobooks from your local library, and again you can order them in.
Certainly where I am, you can get big print, dyslexia friendly, etc editions of books
So, yeah, get things from the library. But also! Sit in the library. Take some time to browse. If you’ve got a free hour, sit in the library reading. Study in the library. Use the space. There are seats and tables for a reason.
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I’m going to tell this to the next person who asks me my backstory
I found this on Pinterest.
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public libraries in the usa offering free digital library cards to people not in their areas (as of october 2023):
brooklyn (13-21yo us residents)
seattle (13-26yo us residents)
boston (13-26yo us residents, EDIT: just commonly banned books)
los angeles (13-18yo california residents)
san diego (12-26yo us residents, not the whole collection just commonly banned books)
these books unbanned cards (unless otherwise stated) get you access to each library's complete libby/cloud library collection, no hoopla/kanopy/physical copies included.
ebook collections are expensive to maintain (many american libraries have annual fees for non-residents because of this) but because of an uptick in book banning (particularly brutal in mississippi last summer) larger libraries have opened their doors more, which is very kind of them!
i've used my seattle card for the last several months and their libby collection has about three times the books that my local library does, which is wonderful for accessing more niche titles or skipping a waiting list. would love to hear of similar ebook initiatives internationally!
i use library extension (firefox/chrome/edge compatible) to check all my collections (+ the internet archive) at once, works for several different countries highly recommend it.
spotify seems to be offering 15hrs/month of audiobook listening to premium subscribers and while that does seem useful if you're already paying and are after a new release with a long library waitlist, libraries are better for everything else.
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imagine submitting an essay to your teacher and when your teacher hands it back to you you have a big red F and they wrote that you plagiarized and when you confront them about it they smugly present a library of babel entry that is just the entirety of your essay
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Shout-out to my absolutely angelic local librarians- ordering volume 19 of a semi-obscure manga requires much noodling about in their archaic inter-library loan system, but they do it for me anyway *single tear*.
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New Photography project out now : Instagram.com/AshleyMarx666
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Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!
Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*
Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!
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i have to confess this because i can’t hold it anymore
sometimes, when I'm in a bookstore and I see all those magical, attractive and tempting books that I've always wanted to read and have on the shelf of my room along with my other books, I feel like taking them and running away.
it’s just.
the. though. is. so. strong.
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🏺Greek Mythology Book List 🏹
Circe - by Madeline Miller (By far the most recommended!)
The Song of Achilles - by Madeline Miller
Persephone - by Madeline Miller
Helen of Troy - by Margaret George
Stone Blind - by Natalie Haynes
A Thousand Ships - by Natalie Haynes
Lies We Sing to the Sea - by Sarah Underwood
Pandora - by Susan Stokes
The Maidens - by Alex Michaelides
Psyche and Eros - by Luna Mcnamara
Here, the World Entire - by Anwen Kya Hayward
Ariadne & Elektra - by Jennifer Saint
Neon Gods - by Katee Robert
The Penelopiad - by Margaret Atwood
thank you for contributing to the original post! @delienn @mofustudies @booksnpictures @love-margaret @thr3eguess3s @circeisreading @rayosvioleta @friendlyflor @athenaandzeus @notmumtoday @winryrockbellwannabe @wine-darktea @ben-learns-smth
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HAVE YOU SEEN MALLEUS DORM UNIFORM CARD????
I didn't get him. :( ...so I looked up his dorm story and it is incredible, oh my god. if you haven't noticed by now, Malleus doing the absolute stupidest shit with the best intentions is my favorite, and this is pandering directly to that part of me. I can't pick a favorite part.
(wait, actually, yes I can)
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Yay have some pogbur
Click 4 better quality
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Reading Slump Suggestions
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