Saddest message I‘ve received. There‘s only one book left in my series and I‘m out of borrows until September. #Lame
“It was funny, but people never seemed to notice at first glance how big Henry was. Maybe it was because of his clothes, which were like one of those lame but curiously impenetrable disguises from a comic book (why does no one ever see that “bookish” Clark Kent, without his glasses is Superman?).”
#QuotsyFeb19 | 6: #Lame
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Then an unseen man said, “You ought to be ashamed taking a couple of days getting to the boss‘s place and arriving there #lame at that! And why did you go to Drew‘s, you half-witted barnyard goose?” A door closed and all was silent #QuotsyFeb19 #NancyDrew
#QuotsyFeb19 Day 6: Being and feeling alive trumps looking a little bit #Lame all the time. I am not a huge John Green fan - this was one of his novels that I did not like, at all. But I do acknowledge that it could be my age. Had I read him when I was younger, perhaps I would worship the ground he walks on. As it is though, my jaded, cynical self is too impatient with broken beautiful girls needing to be rescued by dorky, semi-intellectual guys.
I've seen some in the disability community call for alternatives to #lame in everyday use. The Oxford English Dictionary tells us that lame means “disabled or impaired in any way; paralyzed; unable to move" so its modern use as a synonym for "uncool" or "undesirable" is seen by some as #ableist language. #QuotsyFeb19
I love the punning and word-play in the play! #lame #quotsyfeb19 @TK-421
Other services they pay for the title (at a huge mark up) ⬇ (edited) 2y
Most libraries that have one of these services has another as well. Hoopla is great for indies titles, as well as big name titles. Plus there are no wait lists in Hoopla. You only have a wait if you have used all 2y
So yeah it has it's drawbacks, but also it's good points. I know for my library I have to get on before 10 am. The daily budget is normally spent by then so I would have to wait till the next day. 2y