Sunday, June 29, 2008

The April, May and June Tally

I have been lax on reporting my book savings for the last three months. You can chalk this up to it up to sloth and baseball season, but I have also checked out less books because my serial borrowing habits had resulted in an ever growing pile of unread books. Since April I have tried to borrow less and give more attention to the books I truly want to read.

That said, I went to the library on Sunday and checked out five books. Sometimes I cannot help myself.

Let's take a look at the last three months.

In April, May and June I checked out 19 books, two of which I acquired via inter library loan.

I determined that if I was currently buying books I would have bought 11 of the titles I borrowed for a combined total of $170.44.

According to the Denver Public Library's Value Calculator I received $305.00 in value from the Denver Public Library, and my personal return on investment for the three months was $73.35. This means that for every dollar I spent in taxes, I received $73.35.

So there you have it, I am half way through my year of not buying books and so far so good, though I must add that I have used my lifeline. I will fill in the details with my next post.

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