• AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    I started reading more a couple years ago - like a lot more. One day my wife (who paid the bills) said "I don’t want to discourage you from a healthy hobby in any way, but I want to make sure you know that you’ve spent close to $300 on books in the last few months. I had not realized it was that much. I started looking into alternatives and someone here on Lemmy mentioned the Libby app. I live in Los Angeles county and it turns out I’m legitimately allowed to have an LA city library card, an LA county library card, and a San Bernardino county library card (theirs are available to anyone who lives in the state).

    I got all three and connected them to the Libby app. When I search for a book, it will check all the libraries I have cards for. So far this year I’ve read more than 50 novels (well, a few of them were novellas, but a few of them were really long novels, so it balances). I’m a big fan.