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by Eridrus 2844 days ago
As a child, I used the library quite often - I had no other choice, but I would often find the books I wanted to read on loan to others, and it was particularly bad if you wanted to read a series of books, inevitably one of them would be on loan to someone who had forgotten about them for months.

I was so happy when I got a job and could just go to Borders to buy the books I wanted.

And now I have a Kindle and can get books at a moments notice.

But without disposable income, the library is the only real option. But I guess these days I would have probably been more interested in my phone than books, so maybe the times really have moved on.