The dark side of Jolabokaflod!

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Some things sound good, but aren't.
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/chr...47868-Jan2023/

Payment system in UK and Ireland. May not apply elsewhere. Doesn't apply in USA

As well as being one of the only places where you can sit down without someone asking you to pay over some money, libraries support the sector by buying lots of books (and pay authors when their books are borrowed) and the inter-library loan service means that the range of choices is almost limitless.

And while your local library might be closed during the quiet days in between Christmas and New Year, the online services for library cardholders will be available – Borrowbox [books], Libby [comics/magazines], the Newspaper Archives (which are great fun to check during State Papers Week) and much more.

Nollag shona daoibh, or as they say in Icelandic, gleðileg jól!