Musing Mondays (June 22)

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about library borrowing…

Do you restrict yourself on how many books you take out from the library at a time? Do you borrow books if you already have some out? Do you always reborrow books you don’t get to?

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I ask this question this week because I realised today (as I came home from the library) that I had visited the library more than usual this fortnight and had accidently built up a little, okay medium… okay big, pile of books to get through. All of which wouldn’t be a problem except that I haven’t actually had the time to read… not quite sure what happened here…

Normally I only go to the library once a week or, if things are busy at home, once a fortnight. This means that I usually don’t have the problem of borrowing out more than I can read. I don’t restrict myself to a certain number of books – especially since our library instituted the VIP member program (20 books) – but usually have anywhere between 4-8 books out at a time.

Lately, however, my sister has discovered a fondness for the library, which is great, however it means we’re more likely to just ‘pop in’ if we’re in town – resulting in my picking up ‘just one more book’ and thereby leading to my little overflow dilemma. Normally if I don’t get to a book I either just reborrow or make a note to borrow it again later, but I’m feeling a little bit of book-guilt this week. I have a lovely pile of books just crying out to be read and I had to return some of them untouched this morning.

Just wondering about your library routine…