Flying Squid to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 14 hours agoA friend of mine shared this receipt from her local library which shows how much money she's saved by using it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1683arrow-down14
arrow-up1679arrow-down1imageA friend of mine shared this receipt from her local library which shows how much money she's saved by using it.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 14 hours agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-square@InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 hours agoYeah that’s definitely where that amount is coming from if it’s been well over a decade. Books are actually really fricken expensive!
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlinkfedilink6•13 hours agoEspecially children’s books in terms of a per-page ratio. You check out 10 children’s books, because your kid will get through them all in a few days, that could be $200 worth of books.
minus-square@InquisitiveApathy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 hours agoWith children’s books most of the page count will be in illustrations. You’ll go through them very quickly.
Yeah that’s definitely where that amount is coming from if it’s been well over a decade. Books are actually really fricken expensive!
Especially children’s books in terms of a per-page ratio. You check out 10 children’s books, because your kid will get through them all in a few days, that could be $200 worth of books.
With children’s books most of the page count will be in illustrations. You’ll go through them very quickly.