Well...

I like this programme, and the ones where you can read off your fines, but our local library, Lexington (KY) Public Library eliminated fines altogether a couple of years ago and that has meant a great deal, they also automatically renew an item unless it has specifically been held by someone else. As someone (a trained librarian who worked for 20 years as a medical librarian) who always had trouble getting her books back on time, this has been a game-changer in how, and how often, I use the library.

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One of the problems

with being a librarian is, well, you tend to want to keep the books. We love books. And sometimes, yes, even librarians, keep the books a bit too long. So I racked up some fines at the public library, enough that I couldn't check out books, CDs, Kindle books, audiobooks, or download songs.  I'm a pretty decent library user--I do all those things.  Fortunately, they are doing something through December 31st that was really helpful to me: they're allowing people to 'read off their fines'.  Basically, for every hour you read, you can get up to $8 forgiven.  You must do it in the library.  Tonight was the only night I could do it, as Christmas weekend was a busy time of book moving and I have appointments two days this week in the evening.  I had an appointment today, actually, but I was out around 5 pm, so I went over to the library and registered, taking a book I have out from them, 'Pioneer Girl: An Annotated Autobiography' by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  And I read. And read. I started at 5:30 and went until 8 pm, and got everything forgiven. (I even read a little longer than I had to).  My legs fell asleep because I was reading at a table, sitting in a wooden chair, but no matter.  What does matter is that I have a clean slate, which is good, as I have no money at the moment to speak of, much less to spare for fines.  Thank you, Lexington Public Library!

Gosh, that's tough

Wisconsin woman arrested, booked over library fines

The sad thing? I owe more than her at present. Thank goodness I don't live in Grafton, Wisconsin. But I think I definitely need to start paying on mine.

PS I know, it's a bad librarian who has fines. But I tend to hold onto books and really mean to bring them back, only to put it off.