What are you reading?

[Ravenshire]

I'm glad of my Audible account, but if I had to rely on Audible alone, there's no way I could support my book habit and have little luxuries like food and a warm place to sleep.

Overdrive from the local libraries is what keeps me going, with books from Amazon that are exclusive to their platform.

My Overdrive/Libby is too limited.  If I find an author or a series I like, they seem to only have a small selection.  That and when I used to use it a fair amount the wait list for some books was stupidly long.  I haven't looked in a while and should.  Our area has grown a lot in the last few years so maybe they have upped their game.  During COVID people were applying for library cards in all the 'burbs so they put a stop to that.

I'm fortunate to live in an area with accessibility to 11 different library consortia (Across Colorado, Anythink/Rangeview, Arapahoe Libraries, Aurora Public Libraries, Denver Public Libraries, Douglas County Libraries, Front Range Libraries, High Plains Library District, Marmot Library Network, Poudre Libraries, and Jefferson County Libraries). I have at least one library card to each and it's pretty rare for me to not find the complete series, though not typically all volumes from one consortium. Yeah, the wait lists can be frustrating, but I read so much and so widely, I almost always have at least a dozen books checked out at any given time with even more on hold. One really nice feature of Overdrive, if book four comes in ahead of book three and you're still reading book two, you can let the next hold in line have it without losing your place.