Woah. I just realised as I was typing the header for this post that Libby was probably a "nickname" of sorts for the word library. *slow click *
Anyway, I just discovered the wonderful world that is Libby - an app that libraries use where you can borrow books online, for free! As long as you have a library card for that library.
I've heard about the app for a while now but just never got round to setting it up. But now that I have, I wonder what took me so long!
It's all the wonderful things a library has to offer (free books!), without the ickiness of a library (books that you don't know who has touched). And with covid hanging around, I don't think I will be stepping into a public library any time soon.
I'm so stoked! Cos now I get to borrow and read all those books that you kinda want to read but don't really want to fork out money to buy cos they are either too expensive or you aren't sure if you'll like it or not. Plus, there isn't much space left on my bookshelf for more books.
Whee!
The downside is that the more popular books might not be immediately available, but I guess with a bit of patience you'll eventually get to borrow a copy.
I'm halfway through Michelle Obama's Becoming, because I couldn't finish reading it before I had to return the book. But wah it's been a looooong time since I read a book that isn't targeted at little children learning their first words.
Happy happy happy.
