Levels:
- Dewey Decimal: Read 12 books
- Thrifty Reader: Read 24 books
- Overdrive Junkie: Read 36 books
- Library Addict: Read 48 books
- Library Card on Fire: Read 60+ books
Now I am a host for the challenge so I don’t participate in the giveaways but I’m still tracking my reads and savings. I have a total of 58 now for the middle of the year.
I use my library extensively for all formats. I take the opportunity to read or listen to earlier books in a series when I am catching up, to try out new series, or for non-fiction research.
All Library books read:
Library savings: $1,066.11
These are calculated using prices from Amazon for Kindle or Paperback and Audible for audiobooks ? .
| 1. Wake to Darkness by Maggie Shayne | $ 6.99 |
| 2. Murder in Grammercy Park by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $24.49 |
| 3. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware 🎧 | $27.99 |
| 4. A Faint, Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter 🎧 | $34.22 |
| 5. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $27.99 |
| 6. Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle 🎧 | $28.51 |
| 7. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $26.59 |
| 8. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $26.59 |
| 9. Murder on Lenox Hill by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $26.59 |
| 10. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs 🎧 | $28.00 |
| 11. A Blossom of Bright Light by Suzanne Chazin 🎧 | $24.47 |
| 12. Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard 🎧 | $25.51 |
| 13. Two Girls Down by Louise Luna 🎧 | $31.50 |
| 14. Murder in Little Italy by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $26.59 |
| 15.The Old Success by Martha Grimes 🎧 | $34.99 |
| 16. rookie Move by Sarina Bowen 🎧 | $24.47 |
| 17. No Witness but the Moon by Suzanne Chazin 🎧 | $24.47 |
| 18. Indelible by Karin Slaughter 🎧 | $34.22 |
| 19. Murder in Chinatown by Victoria Thompson 🎧 | $32.87 |
| 20. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams 🎧 | $28.00 |
| 21. Murder on Bank Street by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 22. Murder on Waverly Place by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 23. Murder on Lexington Avenue by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 24. Murder on Sister's Row by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 25. Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 26. Murder in Murray Hill by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 27. Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 28. Murder on Amsterdam Avenue by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 29. Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 30. Murder in Morningside Heights by Victoria Thompson | $7.99 |
| 31. Murder in the Bowery by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 32. What Angels Fear by CS Harris 🎧 | $27.99 |
| 33. Murder on Union Square by Victora Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 34. Murder on Trinity Place by Victoria Thompson | $ 7.99 |
| 35. Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain 🎧 | $31.49 |
| 36. The Prey by Allison Brennan | $ 2.99 |
| 37. Faithless by Karin Slaughter 🎧 | $39.93 |
| 38. A Place in the Wind by Suzanne Chazin 🎧 | $27.99 |
| 39. Voodoo Shanghai by Kristi Charish | $12.99 |
| 40. Golden in Death by JD Robb | $14.99 |
| 41. Guilty Not Guilty by Felix Francis 🎧 | $27.99 |
| 42. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell 🎧 | $25.88 |
| 43. An Alaskan Christmas by Jennifer Snow | $ 5.99 |
| 44. Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott | $ 0.99 |
| 45. The Military Wife by Laura Trentham | $ 9.99 |
| 46. The Janes by Louise Luna 🎧 | $31.50 |
| 47. The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs 🎧 | $30.79 |
| 48. The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz | $13.99 |
| 49. Silver Birch, Blood Moon by Ellen Datlow | $ 7.99 |
| 50. The Hunt by Allison Brennan | $ 5.99 |
| 51. An Alaskan Wedding by Jennifer Snow | $ 2.99 |
| 52. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 🎧 | $30.79 |
| 53. Under an Alaskan Sky by Jennifer Snow | $ 5.99 |
| 54. Cowboy Boots for Christmas by Carolyn Brown | $ 5.99 |
| 55. The Kill by Allison Brennan | $ 8.99 |
| 56. The Christmas Cowboy Hero by Donna Grant | $ 7.99 |
| 57. An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham | $ 9.99 |
| 58. Credible Threat 🎧 | $24.49 |
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I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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Awesome job. That’s a great amount of savings so far. Keep up the library love!
You know it! My library love will never die.
You’re doing great! I can’t believe what a push seeing your books with the cost beside them gives me to keep looking for the books through the library first. I’ve got a little list started of books I want to read that are available at the library so I can keep up the pace of snagging two a month.
Loving the challenge, Anne!
I love my library! I use it a lot. Sometimes just to have the ebook along with the audio for spellings. But I have a lot of books on reserve that I want to read but don’t always want to review. Or I use the library to catchup in a series. I have one I’m going to review #3 or 4 then I might get the first few at the library to get up to date.
This is really amazing and impressive, Anne. I love that you do this.
Thanks. It’s just a simple spreadsheet and only takes a little time. It’s interesting to see what I have saved and it shows what I have checked out from the library also.
Woot..amazing job Anne. Everything I request from the library involves a huge wait or they don’t have the book/audio. I need to join a non-resident one.
Yes some libraries are much better than others. Mine here isn’t as good as MN one and my brother in FL has a great one, too.