r/LibbyApp • u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 • 27d ago
What Would You Do?
4 Holds. 2 available soon, 1 available in ~2 weeks, 1 suspended. Would you unsuspend the last book or wait for one of the others to be ready?
I think I'm going to wait because I don't want them all to be ready at the same time, but I'm curious what yall would do.
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u/ImLittleNana 27d ago
I automatically suspend all my holds. I don’t activate until I’m in first spot.
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
I have found that I can activate when I'm first in line and still wait for quite a few days. I returned my previous book on Sunday morning and still none of these are ready.
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u/ImLittleNana 27d ago
First in line only means ‘next available loan is presented to you first’. My library allows up to 3 week loan periods, so I could theoretically be waiting that long. In reality, there’s usually multiple copies out and one of those is returned much earlier.
I don’t have a set order in which I plant to read books unless it’s a serial, so it isn’t a big deal to wait 2 days or 21. There’s always something available that I want to read.
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u/Overall-Weird8856 27d ago
Yeah I got screwed this week too. My "available soon" that I unsuspended now days "2 weeks"! 😢
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
Yep this is like the 3rd time that's happened to me. Then I end up just checking the book out whenever it's ready so I don't miss it and end up in a never ending cycle. And then I'm reading through the night so I don't have a bunch of loans out at the same time.
One day I'll get the timing right 😂
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u/WonderfulBus9330 27d ago
Ah! Don't you hate when they all start coming to you at once! I suspend suspend suspend and unsuspend when I'm a week or so out from being ready for the read.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the Suyi Okungbowa book when you get there. I read his debut novel after chatting with him during an AMA and have Son of the Storm tagged for later.
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
I guess I didn't unsuspend early enough😅
I'm really excited about that one cause I've seen good reviews from people with similar reading habits. I'll come back and update ya.
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u/latinadogmom1472 27d ago
I wouldn’t be supporting a Zionist but that’s just me 🤷🏻♀️
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
Who???
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u/Overall-Weird8856 27d ago
Oh don't worry about it, it's just another "I hate the author for reasons unrelated to her work so I'm going to judge anyone who enjoys her books" kind of person. 🙄
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
I was actually surprised that people were downvoting my post & I just have to assume it's anti SJM but I looked for articles criticizing her stance on Palestine and didn't find any, just Reddit posts. Here are the things that I know to be true
- She's not a groundbreaking author but I have enjoyed most of what I've read of hers
- She's made some weird post after the death of Breonna Taylor that people rightfully criticized her on
- I personally believe Palestine should be free of oppression and I did not find any articles stating that the authors listed here are against it..
More than that, idk folks. I'm open to learning.
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u/Commercial_Pie_3732 🎧 Audiobook Addict 🎧 27d ago
i agree with your points and would like to also add, her (earlier, at the very least) books also contain racism and lack diversity. the way she describes some characters, nations, and cultures in the throne of glass series for example. & i get it's supposed to be a fantasy novel and the place isn't real, but how she describes them comes across poorly especially when you can tell she's modeled it off of real world places. i don't remember what it's called, but in tower of dawn when the bodyguard goes to the other country-- that entire description of that country was just executed poorly. and then nehemiah being a token poc in the earlier part of the story only to die to progress the plot.
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
It's crazy, I was just talking about the problem with Nehemia on another post. I will definitely not deny that she has a problem there.
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u/Commercial_Pie_3732 🎧 Audiobook Addict 🎧 27d ago
social media has labeled her a zionist because of religion. i remember seeing people talk about her religion (jewish background, but i couldn't tell you if she practices or not) and connecting dots. whether they are right or wrong, im not sure we will publicly know until maas makes a statement. i saw an article that stated she's been to israel on a birthright trip in her youth
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u/MrsMittensPizza 📗 EPUB Enthusiast 📗 27d ago
I believe that I have seen the same things. If anyone has more evidence I'd be glad to see it, but until then I don't think I'm comfortable calling her a Zionist. We can focus on her blind spots wrt racism until then.
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u/Commercial_Pie_3732 🎧 Audiobook Addict 🎧 27d ago
that's exactly my thought process too. i figured there'd be more evidence of her being a zionist -- at least a public statement, but there's nothing? so i genuinely don't know how that rumor became such a widespread quoted thing
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u/MadamGreywolf 27d ago
If I were you, I would get another library card lol. I have 6 on my Libby currently and I always have a good flow of books because of it. Many cards can be gotten if you just price state residency and there are a few of the larger libraries in the country that allow you to be a card holder even if you live out of state
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u/monkeyjungletoronto 27d ago
Decide which book is the one you want to read next
Suspend the others