[Sydney's Mom]

Chicago Public Library:

Fiction:
1. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson, 12 copies, 52nd on list

3. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett, 6 copies, 31st (but while looking this up, I saw the mobi version was available, and I snagged it. Thanks!)
4. STAR ISLAND, by Carl Hiaasen, there is no one on the wait list, 1 copy
5. VEIL OF NIGHT, by Linda Howard, audio only

Non-Fiction:
1. _____ MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern, 12 copies, 58 on waiting list
5. CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler, 10 copies, 49 on waiting list


Since you cannot return mobi books early, I set the default period for those to 7 days. Any book can be checked out for 21 days. You get 5 days to download the book. I definately don't use the library for a book I have to read NOW (although I did snag Sh*t My Dad Says last month, after the first person only kept it out for a week). But I put everything I don't put on my hold list on my wish list, and I check it daily. I try to put only relatively new books on my hold list, and wait for the older books to get less popular (But is Atlas Shrugged ever going to be available?)

Luckily, I have never been at a loss for something to read. I consider the library a great source for things I want to read some day, but not most things I want to read now. I don't know why, but it appears the CPL is ordering fewer and fewer ebooks every month. I don't know if it is because they are more expensive, or if their pbook ordering is also down. That is a shame, because in a recession, libraries are even more important.