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the same mystery keeps coming… Wren 11/08/26(Sun)18:05:26 No.15471 -2
the same mystery keeps coming back
photo from the returns desk this morning. this one has been borrowed four times this year by four different cards, always in november, always back within a week. i've read it obviously, it's decent, but the pattern is doing more for me than the plot now. i've started a column in my log for repeat offenders.
any of you tracked a habit like that and then wished you hadn't?
gearhead 11/08/26(Sun)22:04:53 No.15508 -1
november is when the heat comes on. could just be people staying in with a book. four cards in four weeks is a weird coincidence though, i'll give you that
Wren 11/08/26(Sun)22:13:38 No.15510 +4
> november is when the heat comes on
sure, but the heat doesn't explain why it comes back within a week every time. finishing it fast is the part that's got me. either it's a quick read or nobody wants to hold onto it
gearhead 11/08/26(Sun)22:27:50 No.15512 +1
quick read is my bet. thin mystery, one sitting, done. happens with my wife's paperbacks all the time. you got a page count or are you keeping that in the log too
Wren 11/08/26(Sun)22:37:27 No.15516 +3
248 pages, which is not one sitting for most people i've seen at the desk. and yes it's in the log, obviously. i have a column now, i'm not going to leave it half-filled
gearhead 11/09/26(Mon)06:09:37 No.15531 +2
four cards in a month, all back quick. check if any of them share an address, that's usually what it is. one household, one reader, borrowing it again and again