Puzzling it Out: Why Your Local Library Should be Your Go-To Destination for Entertainment

Back, before the pandemic, I'd visit my local library to pickup some books that I had reserved. And there was usually a 1000 piece puzzle spread out on one of the tables, in various stages of completion. I thought it was pretty cool... that you could go to the library and work on a puzzle. Maybe with other people, maybe just by yourself. I never sat down there... always being in too much of a rush to get my errands done.

Of course, all of that stopped with the pandemic. No sitting the library. No browsing the stacks. And definitely no communal puzzle to work on! But now... things have opened up again. Did they bring communal puzzles back? I haven't seen them... but I did see something else!!

Tempted by Scribd

Oh geez... after lauding the benefits of library membership, I find myself being sorely tempted by a service called Scribd. Just a small monthly fee and... I could have instant access to unlimited ebooks and audio books. Ooohhh... darn...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've discovered the magic of audio books and we have had trials with Audible and Kobo... but Scribd is a game-changer. Because while Audible and Kobo limit you to one free book credit per month for a monthly subscription fee of $15 CAN (or so)... Scribd is unlimited... for the same fee (or less!).

I signed up for a free 30 day trial with Scribd and... have been happily splashing around in audio books and ebooks. I think the thing I like most is that it recommends other books I might like and lets me easily save them to my "To Read Later" list. I have quite a lineup of saved ebooks and audiobooks...

And... I have been tempted to actually sign up for Scribd... It's "only" $13 per month and I could for sure read or listen to more than one book a month... And, there is no waiting for a title to come available, like at the library... Oh, it's so tempting... But that's $156 per year and... I'm not sure about it.

I am, however, tempted to sign up with another one of my email addresses and get another free 30 day trial... With enough email addresses, I could sign up for a few months and really see if I get the benefit from it that I think I would...

Or... is it worth it to just bite the bullet and get a subscription... sigh... decisions, decisions.