Wonderful Wordy Wednesday

Thankfully the storms ended on late Friday, along with all of the rain. Slowly drying out with sunny and cooler conditions. Grass is growing like crazy, so it will be time to start mowing the lawn for the year. 

Megan mentioned in a comment last week that she could check out up to 30 books at a time. I think my library has a limit like that too. For a person who is just reading, no way could I read 30 books within the typical check out period of three weeks, even with renewing them. I think that is more for students who need to check out lots of materials so they can write papers for school. 

However, with a bit of digging I found the following "The total number of physical checkouts allowed per card at any given time is 250." WOW!

Our check out period is three weeks and you can renew them three more times at three weeks each. So a total of twelve weeks. However you can't renew a book if there is a hold on it. My typical checkout is 7-9 books at a time and I can get through most books in 2-3 days. So I rarely have to extend my check out period. 

I also live just a few miles from the library and my typical pattern for errands and such take me near the library frequently. So I often return books through the outside drop once I am done with them. That way the resources are back in circulation if needed.  

An Enemy in the Village - installment of the Bruno, Chief of Police series. Bruno comes across a woman who has committed suicide, her family and business associates are all stunned. Seems like an easy matter to close but Bruno seems suspicious. Also, Bruno is being attacked, both physically and by reputation by some who feel he needs to resign. Plus love is in the air for both Balzac and Bruno. 

Welcome to Murder Week - Cath is going through her recently deceased mother's papers and finds a prepaid trip for two to England for a "Murder Week" in a small village in The Peaks. Cath goes and finds interesting people and some information about her past. 

My Father Always Finds Corpses - Jarrod is a former child actor, now directing dinner theater in Palm Springs. Jarrod's daughter's boyfriend is found bludgeoned to death. Who done it? Jarrod is determined to find the culprit. 

We Are All Guilty Here - the author is the same one that the Will Trent TV show is based on. I personally found the book hard to read because of the subject matter, child abuse, perversion so I didn't read the book. In a small town in Georgia two girls disappear and all the secrets they and their town has hidden. From the book that this is supposed to be the first of a series. 

All Mortal Flesh - the continuing story of Rev Clare Ferguson and Chief Russ Van Alstyne. Over a few days in snowy northern New York state, a woman is found dead in Russ's home. It is assumed to be his wife, from whom he has separated. Did he kill her or not? Lots of twists. 

The Great White Hoax - the process over the past two hundred years of selling racism in the US. Political hucksters, outright lies, biased media and those who exploit it. A bit of a slog to read, but informative. 

The CIA Book Club - the true story of how the CIA helped fund getting Western books and other literature into Soviet Bloc countries. The story primarily concentrates on Poland were smuggling of equipment, supplies and books helped keep the opposition going until in the late 1980s censorship broke down along with the Iron Curtain and the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

 Happy Reading.