I started reading more a couple years ago - like a lot more. One day my wife (who paid the bills) said "I don't want to discourage you from a healthy hobby in any way, but I want to make sure you know that you've spent close to $300 on books in the last few months. I had not realized it was that much. I started looking into alternatives and someone here on Lemmy mentioned the Libby app. I live in Los Angeles county and it turns out I'm legitimately allowed to have an LA city library card, an LA county library card, and a San Bernardino county library card (theirs are available to anyone who lives in the state).

I got all three and connected them to the Libby app. When I search for a book, it will check all the libraries I have cards for. So far this year I've read more than 50 novels (well, a few of them were novellas, but a few of them were really long novels, so it balances). I'm a big fan.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love libby! Helps me get through work and i'm reading the most i have since being a kid :)

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Would have loved to have had a job I could read at. Retired now, so I can read as much as I want, which is kind of an unhealthy amount.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think SF is good for anyone, you just have to sign up in person.