Joana is a 24yr old 
BTT: Doomsday
Bookworm, Memes - - Posted on July, 16 at 11:14 am
Eh, heh. I actually missed last week’s Booking Through Thursday question, so I thought I would answer it now before I answer this week’s question gets posted. The question was:
What would you do if, all of a sudden, your favorite source of books was unavailable?
Whether it’s a local book shop, your town library, or an internet shop … what would you do if, suddenly, they were out of business? Devastatingly, and with no warning? Where would you go for books instead? What would you do? If it was a local business you would try to help out the owners? Would you just calmly start buying from some other store? Visit the library in the next town instead? Would it be devastating? Or just a blip in your reading habit?
Well, if Hastings were to burn down I would definately cry, but not because I would have lost my source for books. 
See, even though Hastings is a book seller, I go there for the anime. If Barne’s & Noble burned down, well I would be a bit sad, but I would shrug it off.
Now if, for some unfathomable reason, PaperBackSwap, Amazon.com, and Half.com went belly-up over night I would break down and go into hysterics. PBS has saved me a lot of money by letting me swap books. I can check out books that I normally would never have chanced and I can get rid of ones I’ve read, but don’t really feel like keeping. You may be wondering why I don’t just make use of the library, but the truth is, it sucks. It’s got the most horrific hours of operation, selection is poor if the author isn’t well known, and they have gremlins.
Gremlins? Yeah. Mysterious books get checked out on accounts that never return, then years down the road they tell you that you checked out a certain book (which you know you never did) and that it was never returned. Now pay late fees or replace the book. What makes it worse is that it was apparently checked out using the card you reported as lost or stolen, but applied to your new account. 
Yes, I have a grudge against my local library.
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Tagged: booking-through-thursday, books, btt, library, Memes, reading
That sounds like our library here! There is actually a sign at the desk that says you are responsible for all activity on your card even if you’ve reported it lost or stolen! Um, duh?
I’d go bananas without Amazon and B&N too.