Stop checking out more books from the library than I can possibly read in three weeks

On my last trip to the library, I checked out one book! Not one kind of book, not one shelf of books, not one author’s books, not one library’s books, but one single solitary book. I only hope that book realizes how special it truly is.

i love to scan and search the books i take out. i don’t really know why i should take out fewer. i also am going through my entire amazon.com wishlist and weeding out the books i thought i might want but don’t really like anymore!

I check out books for work and read them at work—perfectly acceptable. Those are “geeky” books, e.g. “Favorite Excel Tips and Tricks”/John Walkenbach.

But then as I meander through the Great Hall and see the displays outside Popular, Humanities and even Fine Arts, I fill my arms up with such great reads as Gregory Maquire’s newest “Son of a Witch” and “In the Stacks” ed Michael Cart. I have James Patterson’s “Lifeguard” sitting at home too!

Aaacckk what’s a library gal to do?? And books on cd don’t solve the problem. There’s nothing like curling up with Maguire and a select adult beverage on my comfy couch. And I can’t renew it—over 200 requests!!

Part of the problem is that I am a librarian so seeing new books on the shelf and taking them home is akin to a runner’s high. Right now there are about 7 books on my bed table that are due this week, I’ve only read 2, and I’ve exhausted my renewals on all of them. The library is my crack house and books are the rocks.