One of the issues I have with the library being my main source of new books is that I have little control over when things come in. This often leads to me having to return a book I’m enjoying because a different book that I really wanted to read came in. I mentioned before how I returned The Map of Time because REAMDE came in. I ended up getting The Map of Time back not too much later and was able to finish it. But this has started happening a little more frequently lately.

I had started Crossbones, but put it aside when Stephen King’s 11/22/63 came in (which in retrospect probably wasn’t a good tradeoff). And then it happened again. I had just started Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind when Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 came in (and I’m loving this book), so I had to set Rothfuss aside.

It starts getting a little frustrating to keep dropping and picking up books due to the whims of library delivery, but the alternative is blowing my book budget. So I think I’ll keep with my frustrations for now. The good thing about this is realizing how many good books are out there that I haven’t read yet.