Currently on Hand: 4.3.10

As I suspected would be the case, a few of the books I checked out from the library have been renewed, and several were returned unread. Those I have retained:

1. Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton (currently reading)
2. A Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

As I'm anticipating some down time in the near term, I made another overly productive trip to the library and have picked up the following:

1. Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C.S. Lewis
2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
3. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
4. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
5. 1984 by George Orwell
6. Animal Farm by George Orwell
7. A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'engle
8. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton
11. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Collectively, I've got thousands of pages to read in only a few weeks if I'm to return them without renewing them. As it would require reading over 200 pages a day, that is unlikely to happen, but, crazy as I am, I intend to do my best. Worst case is either I renew or find that I'm not able to because someone has put in a hold request for it. No matter the case, unless they go lost, I'll have access to them again at some point, right?

Admittedly, I feel a bit of a book hog, but I know all too well that if you really want something...you should put in a hold request for it. And selfishly, I like to have the variety. Besides, I live in a small-town and based on the consistently diminishing hours of our library, our population does not seem to consist of a lot of readers (sad isn't it?). I might as well make use of it. :)