One thing I’ve noticed getting older is that the youth of today are really not all that meaningfully different from the youth of yesterday and anybody insisting otherwise has a downright revisionist view of those years and/or is trying to sell you nostalgia slop. Believe in this.
It’s becoming clearer that sometimes when I say “use your local library” it’s taken as “use a public library” and while that is definitely something you should be doing if you can, I’m usually talking about any library that’s accessible to you!! Lending libraries, online libraries, school libraries, all of these are important to use as well!! If you have access to them, use them!! “Your local library” means any library that is local to you!
Also consider online libraries / places for books. gutenberg.org is a great place to search for classics. You can also find free audiobooks on YouTube, or read original books from others on Wattpad (the comments are hilarious!) or even here on Tumblr.
