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[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

She also has a kid and has been going with the kid to the library since he was born to check out a bunch of books every week. He's in grade school now... I want to say he's 10?

[–] bisby 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

$6996.99 per year is $134.56 per week. If you get 5 books per week, that's $26.91 per book. Given the picture includes a single book costing $19.95, that feels very reasonable. Maybe it's 6 books a week, maybe some books are more expensive.

That's a very consistent habit though.

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 2 months ago

They literally go every week and she and her husband and her kid all use it, so it would add up.

[–] lunarul 5 points 2 months ago

I go to the library every week with my kids. We usually have 20-30 books checked out at a time. 5 books per week is nothing for a whole family.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's definitely where that amount is coming from if it's been well over a decade. Books are actually really fricken expensive!

[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] InquisitiveApathy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

With children's books most of the page count will be in illustrations. You'll go through them very quickly.