MY VERY FIRST (HONG KONG) LIBRARY CARD
Feb. 19th, 2013 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogSpeaking of libraries …
ITEM: After 17 years in Hong Kong, I finally got me a library card last week.
Why did I wait so long?
Not because of the lack of English-language books. Many HK libraries do carry them (albeit to varying degrees).
Mainly it’s because my taste in books is generally better served by bookstores (new and used) and Amazon, and I can afford to indulge that taste. Also, I love having shelves full of books in my home.
The other problem is that, because I have a “to read” backlog of something like 25 books at any given time, it’s hard to work in library books that have to be read within a certain time period. Yes, I know, I can renew it, but I’ve always found that to be a pain.
Then again, I haven’t checked a book out of a library for a long time. Nowadays (at least here in HK) you can do the whole renewal thing by phone or online. So I’m out of excuses.
Anyway, I’m strangely pleased to have a library card again, even though I mainly got it so I can help the bride check out books she needs to teach her Sunday school classes. But I do intend to use it for my own purposes.
Libraries kick ass,
This is dF
ITEM: After 17 years in Hong Kong, I finally got me a library card last week.
Why did I wait so long?
Not because of the lack of English-language books. Many HK libraries do carry them (albeit to varying degrees).
Mainly it’s because my taste in books is generally better served by bookstores (new and used) and Amazon, and I can afford to indulge that taste. Also, I love having shelves full of books in my home.
The other problem is that, because I have a “to read” backlog of something like 25 books at any given time, it’s hard to work in library books that have to be read within a certain time period. Yes, I know, I can renew it, but I’ve always found that to be a pain.
Then again, I haven’t checked a book out of a library for a long time. Nowadays (at least here in HK) you can do the whole renewal thing by phone or online. So I’m out of excuses.
Anyway, I’m strangely pleased to have a library card again, even though I mainly got it so I can help the bride check out books she needs to teach her Sunday school classes. But I do intend to use it for my own purposes.
Libraries kick ass,
This is dF
