I tried the library thing a few years ago - but didn't like the pressure of having a deadline to read the book. I'm a "serial" reader, in that I read maybe three book at a time (not at one time).
I use second hand book stores. I hardly ever buy books new. At the book store I go to it looks like avid readers are into the recycling theory because more often than not a book that I'm looking to read (fiction mostly) is in the store. When I first found the store I brought in some of my old books and I wasn't reading (hoarding) and received a whopping amount of credit - so I haven't had to spend a cent at that store!
How it works is that they work out the price of the book and halve the price to resell it. You can bring back books you've already bought from there and they halve the price you paid for it when they sell it to someone else.
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