tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5779732916515158418..comments2024-03-17T05:07:13.710-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Welcome to Weeding Expectations!Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26922714860806410492010-07-15T16:01:24.779-05:002010-07-15T16:01:24.779-05:00See, $1.25, I'll bet that's not even the p...See, $1.25, I'll bet that's not even the postage for some books. Why shouldn't I pay that? Or, really, why should someone else?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3305773368067234802010-07-15T07:53:42.648-05:002010-07-15T07:53:42.648-05:00I have not yet been charged for ILL but I suspect,...I have not yet been charged for ILL but I suspect, with the budget cuts, that it will come soon. <br /><br />Sorry to hear how disappointing the libraries are out there!Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54008769015332673162010-07-14T16:37:40.025-05:002010-07-14T16:37:40.025-05:00verbivore - Man, that's right. It's not l...verbivore - Man, that's right. It's not like there's some shortage of good books here. I'm complaining, absurdly, about a moderate decrease in their immediate abundance.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55450505587844396482010-07-13T13:46:26.889-05:002010-07-13T13:46:26.889-05:00If Balzac isn't a problem, you should have eno...If Balzac isn't a problem, you should have enough to keep you busy until they build the perfect library!verbivorehttp://incurablelogophilia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-60947116669266882762010-07-13T12:33:42.928-05:002010-07-13T12:33:42.928-05:00Ha ha ha, what did I expect?Ha ha ha, what did I expect?Mariekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251172733432029106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-63064347621661134032010-07-13T10:34:17.963-05:002010-07-13T10:34:17.963-05:00This post serves, for me, as a lesson in rhetoric....This post serves, for me, as a lesson in rhetoric. My new library is excellent! $1.25 sounds entirely reasonable (it'll take a lot of ILLs to add up to an e-reader)! It's just that my old library was <i>unbelievable</i>.<br /><br />I've paid attention, for example, to mel u's comments about libraries in Manila. I mean, that's tragic. So, no complaints from me, no real complaints.<br /><br />I'll just need to plan a little differently. The next journey to Weird France will take a little more forethought. My library is, I must say, well stocked in all things Ubu.<br /><br />The book buying - not counting gifts, I think it averages to about four a year for the last four or five years. One of those years, I bought just two books. Before the new regime, a hundred books a year was probably typical.<br /><br />Marieke - I'll take that bet. Search for <i>The Ebb-Tide</i>. Or <i>The Heart of Midlothian</i>. Or <i>The House with Green Shutters</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62222355038013621462010-07-13T09:22:11.287-05:002010-07-13T09:22:11.287-05:00So sorry to hear the libraries in your new town ar...So sorry to hear the libraries in your new town are unsatisfactory and they charge for interlibrary loan. Perhaps it might be time to consider an e-reader for which you can get all sorts of free and obscure reading material from Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive especially.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90220376099063902122010-07-13T07:52:44.482-05:002010-07-13T07:52:44.482-05:00I'm very sorry to hear about your new library ...I'm very sorry to hear about your new library situation, Amateur Weeder, and I'm especially surprised to hear that interlibrary loan is so expensive. (Ours is free, even if a book comes from across the country.) Perhaps your library is receptive to suggestions about book purchases: many libraries welcome them.<br /><br />Good luck!Lisa C. Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139281544357167953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76607029490239118572010-07-12T19:12:30.820-05:002010-07-12T19:12:30.820-05:00That is still better than my local library. They a...That is still better than my local library. They are really poor on the classics. I have more Dickens than they do. They have lots of whodunnits (which fortunately I like in moderation), and romance, and multiple copies of Danielle Steele and John Grisham books. So I tend to buy classics and borrow whodunnits.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71054019818766884972010-07-12T16:49:46.627-05:002010-07-12T16:49:46.627-05:00I can't listen to moaning without adding some ...I can't listen to moaning without adding some of my own -- just take a look at our local library's catalogue and tell me if you find a single thing of interest. <a href="http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/libraries" rel="nofollow">Argyll & Bute Libraries</a> Best of luck with the move.Mariekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251172733432029106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2868717714682941942010-07-12T15:24:58.048-05:002010-07-12T15:24:58.048-05:00I feel your pain over the loss of your libraries-h...I feel your pain over the loss of your libraries-here in Manila we have some of the world's biggest malls, ten million people and No public libraries-I also find your restraint in not buying any books very impressive-Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-26813619384565485012010-07-12T14:18:58.478-05:002010-07-12T14:18:58.478-05:00I'm not sure that Tom Clancy week's going ...I'm not sure that Tom Clancy week's going to be as exciting as your Weird France weeks have been, Amateur Reader, but I'm sure you'll do your best to rise above your new library system's limitations. In the meantime, happy reading and weeding in your new digs!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24641372209137911472010-07-12T12:31:19.472-05:002010-07-12T12:31:19.472-05:00I can't believe how long you have gone without...I can't believe how long you have gone without buying a book - most impressive!<br /><br />Looking forward to is this a weed...Hannah Stonehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139146341592918233noreply@blogger.com