I was pleasantly surprised when the Dallas public library didn’t have late fees I was used to as a kid. They allow 99 auto-renewals which seems absurd. Unfortu

I was pleasantly surprised when the Dallas public library didn’t have late fees I was used to as a kid. They allow 99 auto-renewals which seems absurd. Unfortunately you don’t get an alert when a hold is in place you get an alert letting you know the book is due. We did lose a book. And there is a restocking fee UNLESS you provide a new mint condition book, ANY book, to replace it. The librarian was thoroughly confused when I insisted on paying the fee so I could check out. Only “con” is I no longer have a real excuse for my kids to return their books so I instead just have to be honest that I don’t want to read the same Curious George story for the 100th time.