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ironymaideni have just a couple pages left in The Mauritius Command, and no library copy of Desolation Island in sight. SPL is usually remarkably swift with hold requests; if there's a checked in copy in the system and i'm at the top of the list, i can bet on getting it within three days of the request.
unless it's part of the Aubreyad. HMS Surprise took a week and a half (and SPL is open and moving books seven days a week), during which i certainly could have driven over to the gorram branch and checked it out myself. i read too fast for that kind of turnaround, so i decided to start hoarding. instead of ordering the next book as i checked out the previous one, i would order the next five! like clockwork, three of them rolled in within three days. (i'm in line behind a couple other folks for the fifth. no surprise; the entire city of Seattle shares one copy of The Ionian Mission. perhaps this is the spot where everyone admits they're addicted and buys them.)
here i am on day seven with the two books *after* the next book, waiting.
EDITED TO ADD: yay! SPL has an electronic copy of Desolation Island as an audiobook. boo, while i appear to have succesfully downloaded it, i'm now on my third attempt at getting the right Windows Media codec to play the damn file. gorram DRM. i have given up and will install Media Player 11. I HAVE NO OTHER NEED FOR THIS SOFTWARE. yay! perhaps i will be able to listen while i quilt. boo, i left my transfer cable at the office, so i will not be listening on my way to work tomorrow. (also, i noticed that M$ doesn't even bother to say "browser," they just say "explorer." as a literal-minded consumer, i guess that means that i don't have to close my browser for this install...)
unless it's part of the Aubreyad. HMS Surprise took a week and a half (and SPL is open and moving books seven days a week), during which i certainly could have driven over to the gorram branch and checked it out myself. i read too fast for that kind of turnaround, so i decided to start hoarding. instead of ordering the next book as i checked out the previous one, i would order the next five! like clockwork, three of them rolled in within three days. (i'm in line behind a couple other folks for the fifth. no surprise; the entire city of Seattle shares one copy of The Ionian Mission. perhaps this is the spot where everyone admits they're addicted and buys them.)
here i am on day seven with the two books *after* the next book, waiting.
EDITED TO ADD: yay! SPL has an electronic copy of Desolation Island as an audiobook. boo, while i appear to have succesfully downloaded it, i'm now on my third attempt at getting the right Windows Media codec to play the damn file. gorram DRM. i have given up and will install Media Player 11. I HAVE NO OTHER NEED FOR THIS SOFTWARE. yay! perhaps i will be able to listen while i quilt. boo, i left my transfer cable at the office, so i will not be listening on my way to work tomorrow. (also, i noticed that M$ doesn't even bother to say "browser," they just say "explorer." as a literal-minded consumer, i guess that means that i don't have to close my browser for this install...)
