From: "John Beamish" 

I haven't bought books for a long time.  If something comes up that I like
then I just hop on the 'net, cruise over to my library, put a hold on it
and, when my name comes to the top, I get an automated phone call telling
me it is at my local branch ("local" = the branch where I asked
to have it delivered when it became available).

If it's not in my local library system, I ask the library to borrow it
 from another system.  Two drawbacks:  I must pick it up at and return it
to my central library; and it cannot be renewed (in fact, the 3-week
"clock" starts ticking when my library system receives it (not
when I pick it up).

On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:33:41 -0400, Rich Gauszka  wrote:

>   While I still purchase quite a few books I find myself finishing fewer
> of
> them. I have little patience for cardboard characters even with a decent
> plot - not implying the book you mentioned is like that - just speaking
> in
> generalities.
>
>

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