Wandering /NO RENEWALS

I ordered a book from interlibrary loan recently. I wanted to check a reference that I'd found on the internet for this academic paper I'm finishing (today, I hope). I thought I'd use my typical research reading method which is to read the index, find the specific topic I’m interested in (bees), locate the quotation, check it, reference it properly and send the book back… but lo and behold, in true errant fashion, DQesque, (you might say), I looked up the first reference to bees in the index and the book drew me in (it’s interesting) and I am wandering in it and now wondering if I can possibly read the whole thing by the time that I have to return it to the library – NO RENEWALS is stamped on the hot pink order paper taped to the front cover.

Wandering and NO RENEWALS represent such cross purposes. And it really does take me quite some time to read a book…