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w0nderer

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9. libraries are great places

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #8)

Fri Feb 12, 2016, 02:07 AM

Feb 2016

and they have librarians where you can just throw out a 'name a good book'
you may not like what they recommend but i almost guarantee it opened a new perspective

used bookstores too (especially the trade in books)

and little free library
http://littlefreelibrary.org/
unfortunately in some places...
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/02/little-free-library-crackdown/385531/

and the classic leave the book on a table with a comment inside to 'read and pass on'

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entertainment (free libraries, ebooks, audiobooks, games and similar) pref with review [View all] w0nderer Oct 2015 OP

And this: The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #1

welcome and thanks :-) n/t w0nderer Oct 2015 #4

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welcome and thanks :-) scroll down people, took me a while LOL n/t w0nderer Oct 2015 #5

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Nice one, thanks and welcome :-) n/t w0nderer Oct 2015 #7

I used to have enough money to buy all the books I wanted. SheilaT Feb 2016 #8

libraries are great places w0nderer Feb 2016 #9

Several years ago my personal financial situation PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #10