[Tarana]

That is a sad story. It has to be harsh to be the child of non-readers when you yourself are a reader. I was fortunate that both my parents were readers. My grandmothers were also readers despite their limited educations, but often thwarted or ridiculed by my non-reading grandfathers for reading (they were mentally abusive). My grandmothers read up until they died despite the conflict.

I haven't been a library visitor in the last 3 years. The time it takes to care for my brother has made it difficult to take a couple of hours off to take my cousin's son to a movie. There is just no time to go to the library for a couple of hours. In addition, they only have a smattering of scifi and fantasy and almost no UK authors even in murder mysteries (in ebook/audiobook/CD). Still, I get about 12 ebooks/audiobooks a year from them, but buy most of my stuff online (Audible, Amazon, B&N, Kobo). In the next couple of years, my income will plummet and purchasing new material will be a thing of the past, so I'm glad my state and county place libraries among the important things to keep funding.