I decided today not to renew our library subscription.  If it had been free, I might have just kept it anyway, but as we live out of town, it costs us enough that it needs justifying.  I have a few reasons why I decided not to do it:

• Now Antonia has an extra swimming activity, it’s proved virtually impossible to coincide our schedule with library opening hours, bearing in mind that it’s a half day activity in itself.
• When we have made it, it’s proved even harder to return the books on time.
• As the books Antonia reads or has read to her are getting longer, it’s proving less cost effective to get them from the library.  Today, for example, I bought a novel that will probably take us several weeks to read together.  It probably cost less than the gas to get to the library, and it’s lendable or recyclable.
• In any case, I’m finding that it’s the books Antonia lives with that really contribute something to her learning and growth.  Books that stay in the house for a few weeks are quickly read and quickly forgotten.