That happened to me one time. I think it happened because I did not close out of the book, but I can’t be certain. All I know is I was able to finish the book even though it was no longer checked out to me. It also didn’t automatically renew.

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I'm definitely glad it happened that way. When I tried to renew it, it put me at the bottom of the list of 24 people. With only 2 copies available, that means it could be as much as 12 weeks before I would be able to get it again.

Well, it's been a minute again.

This past kindle challenge had an achievement for women's history but a very small list of books that would count. Most were non-fiction as well, which is difficult for me to get into. I picked the one fiction that I thought I could handle but nope, couldn't hold my attention. Circe, the author escapes me at the moment. 

Good news, the perfect month achievement finally counted for the first time. 

I'm almost feeling burnt out on reading. Maybe it's the quality offered by kindle unlimited? I recently read a couple with multiple typos. I've also tried some popular titles but they ended up in the DNF pile. Maybe it's time to run through the books I actually own?

Side note: I have an offer for a free ebook, with a very limited list to choose from and one of the books offered is Kathy Reichs. Which is amusing because I'm currently going through Bones again! I haven't read her books yet, so hey, maybe I should see if the library has them. 

I've seen that "Circe" book on sale but it just never appealed to me.

I've read all but the last two books in Reichs' Temperance Brennan series. I think I've stated this here before - the character in the books and the character in the TV series are, in my opinion, two different characters. I definitely like the book's character much better. I highly recommend the books.

I finally finished Gone With the Wind late Friday night. There was a lot in that book that I'd forgotten about since first reading it. But that was over 50 years ago. Now I'd like to watch the movie again. 

Finishing GWTW gave me 7 books I read in March. That was pretty good considering how long it took me to read that one. 

Right now I'm reading the non-fiction After Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil several years ago and thought this would enhance it. So far, so good. This is another Libby book. I also have waiting for me through Libby Where the Crawdads Sing. So that's next up.

ETA: I meant to add that all of the other books I have on hold with Libby show "several months" before they will be available. That's good because I need to get back to the other books I already have on my Kindle.

It's one of the rare times I haven't read something before watching a series or movie based on the works. So it will be interesting to see the reverse. My library has the series but there's a wait list for the first book. The ebook that I can get for free is #12.

Do you like Libby? I've been debating downloading it. Also, I tried to log into hoopla the other day but I forgot where I wrote the password down and had trouble with the link on my tablet. So I was like, I'll worry about it when I'm on the PC. haha

I think I have 5 or 6 loans waiting but I keep searching for other things to read. A case of I wanted to read it when I put the hold on it, but now that it's here I'm not in the mood! I have the third in the Finlay Donovan series, so I'm thinking that will be next.

~J (amsavs) said:

So it will be interesting to see the reverse.

I've had that happen with a few series. Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series is the first one that comes to mind. I had no idea that the Rizzoli & Isles TV series on TNT was based on a book series. There were 7 seasons in the TV series and I had seen the entire series before I found out about the books. There were some differences in the characters but nothing so drastic that it bothers me.

I really like Libby. I can't get everything I want and there are some long wait times, but that's okay with me. I've been able to get some books that I'd been waiting for years to be at a decent price. There are some odd things such as a book may have a wait time of "6 weeks" and then suddenly it's available. Also, there are some where it seems like the wait time and your position on that wait list never update. So far I've borrowed and read 20 books. That doesn't include the two I currently have and I'm in the process of reading. That's in less than 6 months ... first book borrowed was Oct. 22 last year.

I tried hoopla before Libby and wasn't impressed. I haven't looked at it since getting the Libby ap.

This article came today from ReviewGeek about Kindle Unlimited. Thought I would share with you book readers. I still read actual books.

https://www.reviewgeek.com/150888/everything-you-need-to-know-about-amazon-kindle-unlimited/

Thanks for sharing. 

If I may bug you about libby again, is it the same books that your library has available or are there slightly different choices?

I read Deja Dead. It was a little slow in the beginning but got better. #2 just became available, so that's probably next. Definitely different from Bones but I expected it so I feel like I wasn't disappointed like some seemed to be. 

I also finally finished a book that I wasn't into but unfortunately bought. Bright side is it was probably 99 cents.  

A book I've been waiting for was released a couple of weeks ago. So if there was a sale price to go with it, I missed out. They've really raised prices. $17.99 for paperback. I'm debating if I should just request it from the library. They've only ever had the first 3 books in the series. 

~J (amsavs) said:

If I may bug you about libby again, is it the same books that your library has available or are there slightly different choices?

I'm really not certain because I haven't been to the library to check that out. However, I would expect that it would be similar. Perhaps the number of books available would be different. I've noticed with books that are very popular the number of copies may increase while I'm waiting. 

I saw on YouTube a "hack" of how to get books faster through Libby. Basically, it's getting library cards from other districts which you can use with Libby. The guy shows two library systems where you can get a card without having to live in the area - Broward County Florida and Las Vegas Clark County Nevada. I haven't tried these because I'm willing to wait because I already have plenty of other books on my Kindle to read while waiting.

YouTube

Add these *FREE* Library Cards to your Libby App & Never Wait for a Book Again! (Libby Hack)

Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dylanjohnsLibby App Tutorial: https://youtu.be/aYALMZOcWNIBroward County Library Card Application: https://...

I know the price of books has gotten to be ridiculous, but then so has everything else, right? There's no way I'm paying that much for a book. I'll wait to find it on sale or get it through Libby. However, there was one book which I really wanted to read. It was "Young Elizabeth - the Making of the Queen" by Kate Williams and it was first published in 2012. I had another book about Queen Elizabeth II that was about her years as the monarch, but I wanted to read the other book about "Young Elizabeth" first. I could never find it at a decent price and with Libby I got the message that my library's number of copies had expired and I couldn't get it unless the library obtained new copies. I went ahead and put it on hold but nothing ever happened. So I found another way to get it using points accumulated in Amazon for purchasing books and also an Amazon gift card I got through Microsoft Rewards.

I think I posted in here before that Amazon is now awarding points when you purchase a book. 5 pts per dollar spent for a Kindle book and 2 pts per dollar on print books. When you get 300 pts you can convert these into $3 to spend on another book. They have bonus offers occasionally. Right now they have - Spend $20 on Kindle books between May 11 and May 17 and earn 400 bonus points. They also will have a day - maybe once a month - where you get double points for the books you buy. This is great but you're still having to spend money to get the points.

Kindle Rewards Beta (amazon.com)

So now how to get the Amazon gift card without spending any money ... you just have to spend a few minutes every day. Well not every day, but it works better and faster if you do it every day. 

Microsoft Rewards (bing.com)

You can earn points just by using Bing and playing a daily quiz and clicking on sites they have each day.  There are several different ways you can redeem those points, but I was only interested in the one for the Amazon gift card. With 13,000 points I can get a $10 Amazon gift card. I know that sounds like a lot of points, but I usually can accumulate at least 200 points each day. Other days may be a little less - depending how much I searched using Bing - and some days may be more. Every 10 consecutive days I get an additional 150 points. Of course you have to build up to the 150 points, but it's easy to do, I've got a reminder set up on my laptop for noon to go to that site so that I don't forget to do it. As long as I do this each day, I can accumulate the 13,000 points every two months. Hey! I'm willing to spend 5-10 minutes each day at that site if it means I get a $10 gift card every other month. 

So to get that book I wanted, I got my $10 gift card from Windows/Rewards and then converted the points I had accumulated in Kindle Rewards (300) for $3 ... and I only had to actually pay $1.99 for the book which at the time was $14.99. And by the way, even though I only paid $1.99 for the book, I got the full 5 x $14.99 in Kindle Rewards points - 75 points. But because I did it on a 2x day I got 150 points.

Another thing, have you tried BookBub.com? They have a Wishlist where you enter books you're looking for. They will send you an email if the books is marked down. I don't know if this works for paperbacks as I only use Kindle for reading. This helps me quite a bit.