I'd finished all my library books and returned them. I checked my hold list and everything seemed as if it were six or seven weeks (or more) before it would be my turn to have the ebook. This would be a great time to read book two in the series I started in May. The third book comes out this month, which means I won't forget all the details.
I also checked out another book at the same time that I thought would be interesting to read afterward. Two books. Two weeks to read. Should be fine.
And then a hold came in. Three books in two weeks? I can still do that. I checked out the book.
I get pinged that another book I'm on hold for has come in. After a brief debate, I decide that I can do it. I'll just have to find a little more time to read than usual.
Then another hold came in. I put it off for a few weeks. Same with the next hold.
In the meantime, I'm still reading the first book.
I get another notification. This is a book I'd already delayed when the hold came in earlier and I didn't have time to read it. I don't want to delay it again, but I have four books to read. I check page counts on all of them, thinking if I bang out the short ones first, I will feel less stressed.
The shortest book is the one I'm already reading. It was 352 pages. All the others were 400+ pages.
The book I delayed once has to be delayed again. I can't add another one TBR and three of the four books I have checked out cannot be extended because there's a waiting list for them.
I feel like an Air Traffic Controller trying to manage O'Hare or the Atlanta Airport. Good grief! What are the odds that all these books would come available early? I'm guessing other readers delayed taking their hold? That's the only thing that makes sense because those books were seriously a long way out when I checked.
I finished the first book last night. It was awesome, but I needed to get up early today and staying up late was not the smartest move I ever made.
Tonight, I start the book that is due next and has four people waiting. I hope it reads fast.
