Bibliophile- Beginner Level

Objective 1:  Get a library card and find out all the things you can do with it.  

I have had a library card for as long as I can remember, so I'm not sure when to say I formally started working on this badge.  I love inter-library loan.  If I am considering a book for my TBR pile, I look for it here before buying a copy.  For example my daughter's teacher recommended a graphic novel series to challenge her reading and this was today's haul!  

We also love play testing board games using inter-library loan before deciding to buy our own versions.  

I am posting this right after meeting with the monthly Spanish-speaking book club (Julia Alvarez's En el Tiempo de las Mariposas).  We joke that we only come for Olga's snacks, but I think my Spanish comprehension and fluency is improving.  

In the summer, my daughter's girl scout troop could not meet in their normal church school spot, so we often overflowed to the library's outdoor but enclosed patio.  They also have free smaller group meeting rooms and homework areas.    

The kid programming here is great.  There are story times, guest performances, a 1,000 Books before Kindergarten and other challenges.  

Objective 2:  Start your TBR (that's "to be read") pile and take a picture to share on social media.  

I got back into using Goodreads as a digital "to be read" pile.  Sometimes when I am considering reading a book, I check its reviews on GR and to my surprise, find my own!  I'm still struggling with a tag system that is useful and where to put my reading notes for books I can't physically mark, but posting them here would be spoilers.  Right now, I dump those into a notes app on my phone and periodically print them out and shove them in a folder I never revisit.  Let me know if you have found a better way.  

If you are a stickler for seeing the physical pile of TBR books, here you go:  

(the focus list where I am concurrently skimming ~6 titles)

(the comprehensive list)

The titles I love and aspire to read again, I procure my own copies of (if library books), ideally for a song pre-owned off abebooks.com and move up to the "Steam Room" which is doubling as DH's 40% time office.  But the vast majority go back to the library after a quick skim for some fast tips or are donated to my kid's Buck a Book sale.