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(Unverified)May 16th 2007 12:27PM

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Geez, talking about getting fleeced.

It's very easy to avoid late fees: write down when the books are due and if you haven't finished by the due date, renew it. Tada! No more late fees.

I love reading and I usually get my books from the local library before I shell out money for them. I find it is a great way to sample a book before I buy and the best for fluff fiction that you would never want to actually have to pay money for. I can't tell you how many times I've read a book and thanked God for the public library system so I didn't have to waste my money on such drivel.

I've also had my share of late fees but never enough to want to abandon the free library system. It's my tax dollars after all that are supporting it.

My local library is even slowly (and I do mean slowly) crawling into the 21st century by offering downloadable e-books and audio books free of charge. And if my local branch doesn't have it, they can usually find it somewhere in the library share system for me.

So, whoever thought this was a great idea, why would I want to pay $24 a month for something when my local library allows me to take out up to 11 books at a time free of charge?

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