I LOVE my local library so much! They have an annual subscription which is £5 and with that you can take out up to 20 books a time, and you get free unlimited holds from all the libraries in the area. For a fiver!! 🤯 it’s also really modern and comfy so it’s really nice just to hang out with my laptop and Costa 😊 it’s definitely my happy place
I worked in a public library for 20 years, and I still go to the library once a week. I place lots of holds (there is no fee for holds). I usually have at least 20 or 30 books out at a time, but of course I can't read them all! We can renew four times if there are no holds on the book
The library is my happy place! Go every week! Reserves are free. 15 books at one time. Loans are for four weeks, and we can renew four times. If there are a few reserves, can can renew for a week. No fines since covid. I hardly buy books anymore, only ones that the library dont have. Even if i see a book i would like to read in a charity shop, i check my library app first. It worries me when i hear libraries are closing - please keep using your local libraries
It’s always hard to pick between books but especially library ones with all the pressure of return dates. These all look really good. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is honestly such a great book and genuinely think you will love it. Perfect for your DDM May thingy too. I hope you enjoy every that you get to 😊
Hi Lauren gr8t summary. V much want2 read the Megan Nolan. Re motherhood: was listening to a couple of contributors to a new NZ book called Otherhood about women choosing not or in other ways are childless.😂 Interestngly men aren,t labelled childless, are they? Sounded excellent.
Ducks was a great but difficult to read graphic memoir. It won the Canada Reads book in 2023. The author’s experiences as a female working in the oil sands a place that employs 95% men is both shocking yet not surprising. Shines a light on an industry/company that needs to take better care of the women that they employ.
I use my local Library that is only about 5 minutes away from me . I do not have to pay anything to put a book on Hold. I also have a County Library that I have used in the past but I have to pay 50.00 per year to use the County Library. I have not paid this year yet. Right now I am reading my own books. Checking out 19 books from the Library all at once almost is a lot of books. The most I have checked out at one time from my local Library is 7 Books. I love going to the Library ❤️🔰❤️ Take Care & Happy Reading ❤️🔰❤️
I use the library loads. It's just gone up to 90p a reservation here and the late fees are high too. While I understand that it helps with running costs I do think it's quite a lot. Particularly when other counties charge nothing.
Ducks is excellent, it's the only one of your stack I've read. I'm also ambivalent about Soldier, Sailor. It's going to have to win the Women's Prize before I even think of borrowing it. Still, It does seem very popular. I've got about 12 books out from the library at the moment, I tend to read almost exclusively from the library, despite the huge number of books on my shelves. Graphic novels are great to borrow, expensive to buy and I usually only read them once. I've got a couple of new releases, a couple of non-fiction books, a poetry collection and the rest are novels. Love the library 🙂
Love going to the library! I take my girls every few weeks since they were toddlers. And I always get books out too. I do a mix of library and kindle and charity shop for my reading. I had to return Soldier Sailor before I’d started it so I’ve reserved that again. I’ve got Ordinary Human Failings on kindle and really enjoying it!
I’m listening to the audiobook of Girl, 11 at the minute and if you can borrow the audiobook from your library I’d really recommend it as the podcast parts are dramatised and it sounds like you’re listening to an actual podcast 🙂👍🏻
I'm in a similar position with a lot of library books currently. I planned on getting so much ready done this bank holiday weekend and instead have procrastinated! Might try the first line test and see if anything grips me! Hope you've had a lovely weekend!
I use my library quite a bit - my library here in Melbourne allows you to put books on hold for free but I don’t think that’s the case everywhere here. We can only renew twice - 3 weeks at a time. I 💕 my library. 😊
I have reserved The Secrets of Hartwood Hall from the library. Thanks Lauren. The Storm we made was great. Should have been on the Women’s Prize Longlist imo. Ordinary Human Failings should have been on the shortlist.
I try to use the library nearest my office. But it's not that big, so I think I have read everything I would want to - particularly as I avoid hardbacks (just not practical for the commute). I wish I could use Libby on my Kindle. Make life so much easier!
I read to a budget, so use a mix of the Library and my kindle. In Sheffield you don’t pay to reserve books, they also scrapped late fees a couple of years ago.
I was brought up in Stannington, Sheffield, moved to Liverpool at 18 to go to university and am still here...I turn 50 this year!! 😮 Really miss Stannington! Thankfully I have a kind friend who let's me stay when I visit.
I try to resist reserving more than 1 at a time so that I have time to read them. I also belong to the library reading group so I usually get 2 or 3 per month
I love my library in Wellington, NZ. We get free reserves and no late fees :) Currently I've got out The Sweet Roasting Tin based on your Friday vlogs haha and The World We Leave Behind by Rumaan someone. Think that's the title.
I am absolutely shook that you are charged money for using the library! Surely that means that the library is not available to all? Here in Ireland it is completely free. For everything and for everyone.
The library is free and if the book is on the shelf, it can be booked out for free. However if the book is not at that library they can get it in for you from another library if it’s local it’s often free, but if it’s more than a couple of miles it can cost £1 to get it transferred, or if a book is already on loan or new and not in yet and you want to reserve it so that once it’s returned they mark it for you that can cost as well it’s only 0.50p at my library.
I use my library but only borrowbox for online ebooks so I don't have to worry about getting to the library. If you have a kobo you can download the library ebooks to that using a laptop and cable so don't have to read them on a bright tablet screen which gives me a headache.
I find it funny that you have to pay to bring in your books at your library. In Canada, it's free to put books on hold and to check them out. At my local library, we can sign out 100 books, put 100 on hold at any given time, and we have no late fees. I wouldn't be able to afford to get any books from the library if I had to pay for my library check outs, lol.
Megan Nolan is a fantastic book, but the blurb lies. It's not a crime book. I am salty that it didn't make the shortlist it was one of the best books I've read this year. The library system I have access to is shit, basically. Most reservations are months in advance.
I LOVE my local library so much! They have an annual subscription which is £5 and with that you can take out up to 20 books a time, and you get free unlimited holds from all the libraries in the area. For a fiver!! 🤯 it’s also really modern and comfy so it’s really nice just to hang out with my laptop and Costa 😊 it’s definitely my happy place
I worked in a public library for 20 years, and I still go to the library once a week. I place lots of holds (there is no fee for holds). I usually have at least 20 or 30 books out at a time, but of course I can't read them all! We can renew four times if there are no holds on the book
Holy cow. That's a lot of books! 📚
The library is my happy place! Go every week! Reserves are free. 15 books at one time. Loans are for four weeks, and we can renew four times. If there are a few reserves, can can renew for a week. No fines since covid.
I hardly buy books anymore, only ones that the library dont have. Even if i see a book i would like to read in a charity shop, i check my library app first.
It worries me when i hear libraries are closing - please keep using your local libraries
I’ve recently rejoined my library. I’m really enjoying it and it is saving me quite a bit of money 😂💛
It’s always hard to pick between books but especially library ones with all the pressure of return dates. These all look really good.
The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is honestly such a great book and genuinely think you will love it. Perfect for your DDM May thingy too.
I hope you enjoy every that you get to 😊
I really enjoy your library hauls: a great and fantastic list of possibilities. I use my library to primarily check out ebooks and audiobooks.
Hi Lauren gr8t summary. V much want2 read the Megan Nolan. Re motherhood: was listening to a couple of contributors to a new NZ book called Otherhood about women choosing not or in other ways are childless.😂 Interestngly men aren,t labelled childless, are they? Sounded excellent.
I work in a library and definitely use it. I also use the library near home and 1 more in between work and home.
Ducks was a great but difficult to read graphic memoir. It won the Canada Reads book in 2023. The author’s experiences as a female working in the oil sands a place that employs 95% men is both shocking yet not surprising. Shines a light on an industry/company that needs to take better care of the women that they employ.
I found Gender Queer to be really informative. Definitely can be read in one sitting. Highly recommend picking it up.
I use the Library and we don’t have to pay to reserve. Enjoy your library hauls. Yorkshire.
I use my local Library that is only about 5 minutes away from me . I do not have to pay anything to put a book on Hold. I also have a County Library that I have used in the past but I have to pay 50.00 per year to use the County Library. I have not paid this year yet.
Right now I am reading my own books.
Checking out 19 books from the Library all at once almost is a lot of books.
The most I have checked out at one time from my local Library is 7 Books.
I love going to the Library ❤️🔰❤️
Take Care & Happy Reading
❤️🔰❤️
I use the library loads. It's just gone up to 90p a reservation here and the late fees are high too. While I understand that it helps with running costs I do think it's quite a lot. Particularly when other counties charge nothing.
Our library only allows a 2 week borrow with no renewal, unless it's an audiobook or ebook through Libby. I'm always jealous of your libraries Lauren.
Ducks is excellent, it's the only one of your stack I've read.
I'm also ambivalent about Soldier, Sailor. It's going to have to win the Women's Prize before I even think of borrowing it. Still, It does seem very popular.
I've got about 12 books out from the library at the moment, I tend to read almost exclusively from the library, despite the huge number of books on my shelves.
Graphic novels are great to borrow, expensive to buy and I usually only read them once. I've got a couple of new releases, a couple of non-fiction books, a poetry collection and the rest are novels. Love the library 🙂
Love going to the library! I take my girls every few weeks since they were toddlers. And I always get books out too. I do a mix of library and kindle and charity shop for my reading. I had to return Soldier Sailor before I’d started it so I’ve reserved that again. I’ve got Ordinary Human Failings on kindle and really enjoying it!
Hi Lauren, Books on the Hill in St Albans, Herts has got Daphne d M’s writing desk, diaries and a oil painting that she did in their shop
I’m listening to the audiobook of Girl, 11 at the minute and if you can borrow the audiobook from your library I’d really recommend it as the podcast parts are dramatised and it sounds like you’re listening to an actual podcast 🙂👍🏻
Yerba buena was in my top 3 of the year last year 😊
Ducks was in my top 12.
I'm interested in Winter Animals.
I hope you find your 5* books!! Xx
It must be your best books of the year video I got the recommendations then, thank you!
@@LaurenAndTheBooks that's very lovely to know!
I'm in a similar position with a lot of library books currently. I planned on getting so much ready done this bank holiday weekend and instead have procrastinated! Might try the first line test and see if anything grips me! Hope you've had a lovely weekend!
I use my library and Libby exclusively! I have “The Storm We Made” out from it now.
I use my library quite a bit - my library here in Melbourne allows you to put books on hold for free but I don’t think that’s the case everywhere here. We can only renew twice - 3 weeks at a time. I 💕 my library. 😊
I love library hauls!
The storm we made is excellent
Second this!
I have reserved The Secrets of Hartwood Hall from the library. Thanks Lauren. The Storm we made was great. Should have been on the Women’s Prize Longlist imo. Ordinary Human Failings should have been on the shortlist.
Totally agree… OHF was such a fantastic book!!
I try to use the library nearest my office. But it's not that big, so I think I have read everything I would want to - particularly as I avoid hardbacks (just not practical for the commute).
I wish I could use Libby on my Kindle. Make life so much easier!
definitely a good idea to prioritise the Megan Nolan, it's a great book!
I read to a budget, so use a mix of the Library and my kindle. In Sheffield you don’t pay to reserve books, they also scrapped late fees a couple of years ago.
Hi from ex- Sheffielder from NZ.
I was brought up in Stannington, Sheffield, moved to Liverpool at 18 to go to university and am still here...I turn 50 this year!! 😮
Really miss Stannington! Thankfully I have a kind friend who let's me stay when I visit.
@@jhodieking6172 Be sure to check out Our Cow molly the next time your that way. It’s a working dairy, with the best ice cream around. X
I try to resist reserving more than 1 at a time so that I have time to read them. I also belong to the library reading group so I usually get 2 or 3 per month
I love my library in Wellington, NZ. We get free reserves and no late fees :) Currently I've got out The Sweet Roasting Tin based on your Friday vlogs haha and The World We Leave Behind by Rumaan someone. Think that's the title.
The jonanthan book I saw another booktuber liken to the tv show Severence which is why it’s on my reserve list
For Daphne du Maurier, BBC Radio 4 has a full cast audio play (56 minutes) out. For me, it's available on BorrowBox
I use my library and my library books requests cost 50p each ❤
I am absolutely shook that you are charged money for using the library! Surely that means that the library is not available to all? Here in Ireland it is completely free. For everything and for everyone.
The library is free and if the book is on the shelf, it can be booked out for free. However if the book is not at that library they can get it in for you from another library if it’s local it’s often free, but if it’s more than a couple of miles it can cost £1 to get it transferred, or if a book is already on loan or new and not in yet and you want to reserve it so that once it’s returned they mark it for you that can cost as well it’s only 0.50p at my library.
@@kdonaldson7308 we are just lucky with our library service. No late fees, no reserve costs! It’s great!
I use my library but only borrowbox for online ebooks so I don't have to worry about getting to the library. If you have a kobo you can download the library ebooks to that using a laptop and cable so don't have to read them on a bright tablet screen which gives me a headache.
I find it funny that you have to pay to bring in your books at your library. In Canada, it's free to put books on hold and to check them out. At my local library, we can sign out 100 books, put 100 on hold at any given time, and we have no late fees. I wouldn't be able to afford to get any books from the library if I had to pay for my library check outs, lol.
How big is your library?! I think some libraries simply don't have the books for people to borrow 100!
100 books allowance!!!😮😮😮😮
Hi Lauren. Will you be doing any cosy reading nights soon? 😊
There is indeed, on Saturday 22 June!
@@LaurenAndTheBooks Great, looking forward to it!
Megan Nolan is a fantastic book, but the blurb lies. It's not a crime book. I am salty that it didn't make the shortlist it was one of the best books I've read this year. The library system I have access to is shit, basically. Most reservations are months in advance.