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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the same. If I want to read a book, I dislike having to wait for it to be in, or to be rushed to read it by a certain date to take it back to the library. I want to be able to toss it in my tote bag and dogear the pages and not worry about keeping it in a certain condition. When I tie reading to the constraints of the library I enjoy it less, so I often buy the books. Some I keep, some I pass on to friends, some I sell back to thriftbooks. [/quote]

You must be a really slow reader. I know it can take up to a week to get a book at the library, so I am planning my next two books before I finish my current one. You have three weeks to keep a book through MCPL, and it auto renews unless there’s a wait or it’s a lucky day shelf book. [/quote]

NP here. I'm a very fast reader and still have a tough time finishing library books sometimes because I'm usually reading several books at once (often with multiple from the library). I have found that I read a lot more if I have different styles of book going at any given time - sometimes I want something light, something challenging, something nonfiction, something genre - and so I'm often juggling several. This means sometimes I run up against the due date and if I really liked it and there was a long wait I'll buy it at that point to finish it. Also, I travel a lot for work, mostly internationally, and since I don't take library books with me when I travel sometimes that eats up a lot of the check out time too.

Just saying, there are a lot of reasons why someone might not finish a library book in time besides being a slow reader.[/quote]

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