I used to use my local library all the time when I was in school. Source I even spent every lunchtime in my school's library. My friends and I were pupil librarians and we practically had the run of the whole library. And then, when I started University, the only library I had time for was the University library. And that wasn't an enjoyable experience. However, last summer I started going to my local library again. (I then had to stop again when I got my job.) And unfortunately, I was pretty disappointed. Source The availability sucks. I can deal with books I want that are already out on loan. It's the complete lack of decent books the library has on its system that gets to me. All those months I went to the library last year and I never left with a book that was already on my TBR. I walked around that place looking at my Goodreads trying to find any book on that list. And I couldn't find any at all (except for the Classics). To be honest, I ...
I can vouch for the excellence of Small Things Like These. I hope to read another of her books, Foster.
ReplyDeleteI've heard The Librarian of Auschwitz is good. I hope you love all of these books.
ReplyDeleteI want to read One Last Stop as well as The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting. I hope you enjoy all these books.
ReplyDeleteThere are some beautiful covers on this list! I hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the time.
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Great list! That Stephen King book looks interesting!
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I've read a couple of these: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which was okay, but I do much prefer the original Hunger Games trilogy and ACOTAR which was again okay but I preferred the second book in the series, ACOMAF.
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