I usually start with the public library. If I love the book or need more time to read it or just want to have it, I purchase from Thrift books. Their software for searching and the price choices are great!
very honest as always. like you, I always am a bit a-quiver when making a major life change. I tip between worry and excitement for what's to come. I think it's a natural human response. as for where I buy most of my books, I almost always get them from my local indy bookstores. I love supporting them and find them a very important part of the community.
Betsy, I'm so glad that you enjoyed the conversation with Mel & Dave of Strong Sense of Place. They are just delightful and their podcast episodes never fail to add at least one book to my TBR. I've been on a mystery/suspense/thriller binge this year and The Midcoast sounds perfect. Thanks for the recommendation.
As a young 20-something my then husband was stationed at Camp Pendleton and we lived in an apartment 2 blocks from the beach in Carlsbad. The San Diego County beaches are second to none. I'd live there in an instant if I could afford to. It was affordable back then, but no more.
Sometimes I get reading material from other members of my book clubs. Lots of my material is sent (usually in ARC form) because I review at Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com.
Most of my last books were gifts or almost free (library sale of almost new books for $1). My independent bookstore, Interabang Books, is only two miles away. I can order online from them directly if I want. I have also done that to send books as gifts. They are not on the list you have. I often get a backup book from the library of the one I'm reading to carry in my car. Half Price Books (used books) has their flagship store about five miles away. It takes up a whole block. Some of their new books are also half price.
I try to give books I've read to people who show an interest. There are now several Little Free Libraries near me. I have never taken a book from them, but I have left several. I'm trying to find one that matches my taste, so I know it will be read.
I get most of my books at the library, but I’ve been buying some used books from Abe Books lately.
I’m confining my purchased books to those of authors I collect and know I will reread…like the one I’m reading now, Vigil Harbor, by Julia Glass. I love her way of creating deep, complex, interesting independent characters and then putting them together in surprising ways. This one does not disappoint! It is set in a small coastal town in Maines, about a decade in the future from now.
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I usually start with the public library. If I love the book or need more time to read it or just want to have it, I purchase from Thrift books. Their software for searching and the price choices are great!
very honest as always. like you, I always am a bit a-quiver when making a major life change. I tip between worry and excitement for what's to come. I think it's a natural human response. as for where I buy most of my books, I almost always get them from my local indy bookstores. I love supporting them and find them a very important part of the community.
Hi Beth! Worry and anticipation seem to be twined together for me too. Here's to buying books locally and thar community feeling that comes with it.
Did you figure out the book?
That section, anyway!
Betsy, I'm so glad that you enjoyed the conversation with Mel & Dave of Strong Sense of Place. They are just delightful and their podcast episodes never fail to add at least one book to my TBR. I've been on a mystery/suspense/thriller binge this year and The Midcoast sounds perfect. Thanks for the recommendation.
As a young 20-something my then husband was stationed at Camp Pendleton and we lived in an apartment 2 blocks from the beach in Carlsbad. The San Diego County beaches are second to none. I'd live there in an instant if I could afford to. It was affordable back then, but no more.
Sometimes I get reading material from other members of my book clubs. Lots of my material is sent (usually in ARC form) because I review at Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com.
Most of my last books were gifts or almost free (library sale of almost new books for $1). My independent bookstore, Interabang Books, is only two miles away. I can order online from them directly if I want. I have also done that to send books as gifts. They are not on the list you have. I often get a backup book from the library of the one I'm reading to carry in my car. Half Price Books (used books) has their flagship store about five miles away. It takes up a whole block. Some of their new books are also half price.
I try to give books I've read to people who show an interest. There are now several Little Free Libraries near me. I have never taken a book from them, but I have left several. I'm trying to find one that matches my taste, so I know it will be read.
I get most of my books at the library, but I’ve been buying some used books from Abe Books lately.
I’m confining my purchased books to those of authors I collect and know I will reread…like the one I’m reading now, Vigil Harbor, by Julia Glass. I love her way of creating deep, complex, interesting independent characters and then putting them together in surprising ways. This one does not disappoint! It is set in a small coastal town in Maines, about a decade in the future from now.
I get books online at the public library.