This is why I am trying to contain myself from buying the third Huger Games one. Seriously, I can wait a month, but I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW!!!

Yeah, I've told more than one person, when they told me how much they liked the first one, not to even start the second one until they had the third on hand. It's bananas!

It's pretty much a permanent problem - I'd check out books, take them back, they'd be put on a cart and shelved elsewhere. Then I wouldn't be able to check out more until I paid the fines. I could go back ... but it would just be starting the cycle over again.

The internet is helpful in giving me just enough fannish info that I can understand at least the outer candy shell of discussion about some shows/movies/books/etc

I spend way too much time being "conversant" with stuff I don't give two shits about. I could use this space for something else, but no.

Then I wouldn't be able to check out more until I paid the fines. I could go back ... but it would just be starting the cycle over again.

I like that library books on the Kindle just automatically go poof! after the allotted checkout period (21 days for my library). You can't renew them (although if there's another Kindle copy you can immediately check it out), which is definitely a negative compared to the library's policy with physical books, but other than that, Kindle library books mean I will never be overdue again.

I hate (although I understand) the restricted availability of ebooks. They should be infinite, dammit! I'm really bad at queuing up virtually. I never make it back. And I'm not part of any library systems that will push something I requested, or the availability of something I was looking for.

Doesn't Kindle have a rule where a library can only check out an ecopy so many times before they have to buy a new copy? Whereas a physical book can be lent a hundred times if it physically holds out?

It's pretty much a permanent problem - I'd check out books, take them back, they'd be put on a cart and shelved elsewhere. Then I wouldn't be able to check out more until I paid the fines. I could go back ... but it would just be starting the cycle over again.

That happened to me once -- I was so pissed! And made them not charge me, once I went and found all of the books on the shelves. After that, I made sure I watched a staff person check my books all the way back in.

I tried that - sometimes I'd go through the shelves to find the books I'd returned. Then I took to removing the due date cards and playing dumb - gee, I'm not sure when these are due ... the cards fell out. Could you see if they're overdue? But they started catching on and would just dump the books onto the cart for returned books that were supposed to be checked in and reshelved.

Doesn't Kindle have a rule where a library can only check out an ecopy so many times before they have to buy a new copy? Whereas a physical book can be lent a hundred times if it physically holds out?

It's certain publishers (Harper Collins is the only one I can think of off the top of my head; there may be others), and not Kindle/Amazon.

And it is a shitty policy.

How many people here always (at least try to) type "Doctor Who" and not "Dr. Who"?

I do, because that's how the show spells it in the credits.

Whew. Finally caught up after being away for the extended weekend. Now to bitches.