I am super-gadget-free now because I blew up my work computer this afternoon.
Books, you see, are an absolute necessity to me, but I read far faster than I could ever hope to buy. Actually let's do some maths. Last year I read 200 fiction books (roughly; I get 4 per week out of the library). Average price of a fiver each - assuming some bought new, some second hand - and that's a thousand pounds on books per year. Minimum. Not counting non-fiction. And I only read each of them once (unless they're really good) because why read a book I've already read when there are millions out there that I haven't? And where would I put them all?
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Books, you see, are an absolute necessity to me, but I read far faster than I could ever hope to buy. Actually let's do some maths. Last year I read 200 fiction books (roughly; I get 4 per week out of the library). Average price of a fiver each - assuming some bought new, some second hand - and that's a thousand pounds on books per year. Minimum. Not counting non-fiction. And I only read each of them once (unless they're really good) because why read a book I've already read when there are millions out there that I haven't? And where would I put them all?
In conclusion, libraries are great.