Lately I've been wanting to listen to audiobooks but i just cannot sit and only do that so i was wondering: what do you all do when you listen to an audiobook??? Maybe puzzles, painting, driving?? Idk give it all to me!!

I read to my kids when they were younger, and as they got older (they're 9 and 12 now) they started reading on their own in their own spaces. Recently we've started reading together and I didn't realize how much I missed it. It's been a great calming evening routine - we get into our PJ's, curl up on the couch with our books, and read and chat about what we're reading. It seems obvious but it's helped with the kids struggling to get to sleep, and it just is a nice (and sadly, rare, in our busy lives) time for us to just be together.

That being said, I'm always looking for recommendations for middle-school-age appropriate chapter books to suggest to them - bonus points for sports-related stories! If anyone has suggestions, please send them my way!

I read to my kids when they were younger, and as they got older (they're 9 and 12 now) they started reading on their own in their own spaces. Recently we've started reading together and I didn't realize how much I missed it. It's been a great calming evening routine - we get into our PJ's, curl up on the couch with our books, and read and chat about what we're reading. It seems obvious but it's helped with the kids struggling to get to sleep, and it just is a nice (and sadly, rare, in our busy lives) time for us to just be together.

That being said, I'm always looking for recommendations for middle-school-age appropriate chapter books to suggest to them - bonus points for sports-related stories! If anyone has suggestions, please send them my way!

I have always been a heavy user of the “delay hold” feature on Libby because I like having holds ready but I’m also a mood reader. How do other people feel about the recent change to holds suspending instead of having the option to delay? I honestly don’t even understand if it’s that different, but my first response was a bit of panic😅 I also saw suspended holds lapse after one year and I know for a fact that will affect my holds at some point (maybe it already did and I didn’t notice?). I have quite a few cards on Libby so my account is already pretty chaotic, but I’m curious how other readers feel about it.

On the positive side, I bet it will help holds move faster and cut down on delays a bit.