Last week I got a library card. It's super easy. All you need a piece of mail with your name on it and a Seattle address. Then all you have to do is to apply online and once you've done this take your confirmation number, ID card and mail into the library.

Since then I've been busy reading, reading, reading. Sure it helps that I am only working part-time right now but really there are so many good books to read and such little time to do so.
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I didn't realize how much I missed having a library card. First, I love reading real books (but don't tell my kindle this). Second, I can't believe what a great selection of books the library has. Basically everything on my very long GoodReads wish list is available and I have a lot of niche books on this list. Third, the online holdings (ebooks, music and even language programs) is super extensive.<!--more-->

Maybe all libraries are this user-friendly now and it's the fact that I've been living in Eastern Europe for five years that causes me to pause with wonder at the Seattle Public Library System or maybe this is just a top-notch system.

What I have been reading?
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	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12000020-aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe" target="_blank">Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe</a> by Benjamin Alire Saenz</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860-the-lazarus-project" target="_blank">Children and Fire</a> by Ursula Hegi</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2574860-the-lazarus-project" target="_blank">The Lazarus Project</a> by Aleksandar Hemon</li>
	<li>The House at Tyneford by Natasha Solomons</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12930909-between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea" target="_blank">Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea</a> by April Genevieve Tucholke</li>
	<li>Maggie Stiefvater's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13449693-the-raven-boys" target="_blank">Raven Boys books #1</a> and<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17347389-the-dream-thieves" target="_blank"> #2</a></li>
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What's up next?
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	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2829442-the-nightingales-of-troy" target="_blank">The Nightingales of Troy</a> by Alice Fulton</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13163921-battleborn?from_search=true" target="_blank">Battleborn </a>by Claire Vaye Watkins</li>
	<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15712901-18-gray" target="_blank">18% Gray</a> by Bulgarian author Zachary Karabashliev</li>
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