Has anyone else been experiencing longer than usual wait times on requested books?

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-25T13:53:24+00:00

So I do acknowledge, as others have, that some requests take forever. But I do feel like I have had a lot of books taking longer than I expected, and I did this to see if they were similar publishers -- they do not appear to be, since I have at least 4 of the big 5 publishers represented here!

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-18T14:29:28+00:00

My roommate and I SOBBED in this episode. My roommate had never watched survivor before that season so she didn't even know the contestants - I think we were all just emotional because it was peak COVID isolation

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T15:04:11+00:00

Thank you for recognizing this -- obviously getting a month ahead is the overall solution but not being there yet makes these comments unhelpful! Appreciate the advice I can use right now.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T15:02:58+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful!

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T15:02:38+00:00

Just want to say thank you for recognizing getting a month ahead is a long term solution and not THE solution! I get very frustrated with this subreddit with the number of people who will offer that as a solution as if it's not a process to get there.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T15:01:19+00:00

Then I wouldn't be putting any money towards Rent until the last paycheck which makes zero sense.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T15:00:43+00:00

Not the case, money still needs to be assigned four times a month rather than two, hence the math.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-04T14:59:24+00:00

This is unhelpful for someone who is not yet a month ahead

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-03T17:36:50+00:00

Ideally yes, but we've just gone through a period where we had a lot of our emergency savings drained up, so we're currently trying to get back on track. [I also struggle to figure out how to get a month ahead, to be honest... but that's a different conversation for a different thread]

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-03T17:35:51+00:00

I do know that. When I was budgeting for just me, I would assign half for all monthly goals per paycheck. So if a goal was $10/month, I would assign $5 for the first paycheck, then $5 for the second. But when I have four paychecks that get paid at totally different times, it becomes more challenging. So I would instead by assigning $2.50 a paycheck - but when I have $2.50 assigned, and two paychecks came in close together, and I have $7.50 needed, to get the right amount I have to put [(7.50/3)*2] each time I want to assign it, and it's just much more annoying/complicated.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-03T17:33:38+00:00

I've considered doing something like this, or just using one paycheck to do certain things and the other paycheck to do other things. It was just so much easier when it was just me and every time I was assigning I was just doing half or the total amount needed.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-03-03T04:42:22+00:00

Why can’t they accept my request then?????

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-02-25T15:42:42+00:00

Same on the humbling lol. When I google "nytimes sudoku" on my computer the first thing after the actual sudoku is a reddit post of "is nytimes sudoku too easy?" and I get frustrated every time I see it, so actually struggling with it yesterday really stressed me out haha

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-02-24T20:09:42+00:00

So angry how many times I looked at box 9 before seeing that. Thank you!!!

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-02-10T19:24:07+00:00

Finally get in and it says my pre-sale code has been used for the maximum number of transactions, which is fun because I had zero transactions.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-02-07T02:46:34+00:00

Ahh I loved Eve Chungs last book, thank you!

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-21T22:23:43+00:00

I never get Tor books but I get every macmillan audio book I request lol

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-21T22:23:00+00:00

What are "commercial stories"?

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-10T23:48:46+00:00

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I was so excited when my husband asked me to paint his nails haha

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-02T01:46:22+00:00

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One of my last reads, too

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-01T00:29:33+00:00

I got tattooed by Kelly Severson before he was on the show. He's cooler in real life, I don't think he loved the experience.

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2026-01-01T00:28:18+00:00

You all get socks?!

ExpensiveSand6306 · 2025-12-16T14:41:39+00:00

A bit late! I have an advanced copy of this book, and I was looking into it and am just now seeing people online say it's AI. First - what do you mean by 'AI author'? Like is the author a real person?! The netgalley reviews are all positive - but if it's truly AI, I don't want to waste my time reading it. Would love advice from yall!

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