Do you keep a book after you have read it?

*looks at boxes of books* I need new bookshelves!! I have LOADS of books. My partner also has LOADS of books... *sigh* I never part with my books. I used to borrow books but I'd alway buy them afterwords. It's odd because I don't often re-read books. In fact the only books I have read more than once (fiction than it) are The Chronicles of Narnia and Watership Down. I read sci-fi mostly but also fantasy, horror and classical.

Books are my weakness. I try and avoid charity shops and boot sales otherwise I'll end up with a bag full. Then if I'm feeling down when out shopping I have to try and avoid going into a book shop and impulse buying! And then I hate to part with them. Probably why I have over 200 books, probably nearer 300. Fictionwise I favour Sci-fi and Fantasy, though historical fiction and other bits and pieces occasionally make an appearence. I also have a lot of books on archaeology, classical history, and mythology. I still use the library though. Got three books out this week - one fantasy, one historical and the third is 'modern' whatever that means (it seems more comic historical). Sometimes if I read a really good book from the library I will go out and buy it, usually from a secondhand website. Don't get me wrong, I like new books but I also like cheap books! As long as all the pages are there, I don't mind it's condition.

Generally I don't buy a book after have read it.

Nah, very seldom. Because I read so much, I borrow practically all from the library. No matter how much I like a book, I still don't like to re-read it right away. I will perhaps borrow it again when I feel like reading it months or years later. But if it is a reference book, I may xero the relevant pages. I do this occasionally.

Sure, I like keeping the books I've bought. I like reading. Even if I already finish reading it, I still like to read it some time in the future. Besides, I can also leave my books for my son and I don't think it'll be a waste to have lots of books at home.

My friend told me that she will read a book and then give it away!!! I was so dumb founded. I will read a book put it on the shelf and then come back to it in a few months when I've forgotten exactly what happened in the book. I have a million books it seems. Not that many but alot.

I tend to only read books when I go on holiday or travelling on the train for a long period of time, I used to be an avid book reader until the internet came along, now guiltily I very seldom get the chance to read! Books as you know are soooo expensive to buy new, £7.99 for a new paperback is a rip off! I like to buy my books from Charity shops costing 50p each, it helps the charity and it helps my pocket out, once I finish with the book I will give it to my 88 year old neighbour to read. I love reading detective novels like Rebus and Margaret Yorke as well as a good Martina Cole, I have about a dozen books, I don't like keeping them because they take up too much space. I have still got my reference books from when I was studying at college, they were expensive and I might need them in the future for info etc.

Do you have loads of books or just a few? - LOL I have a fairly decent size collection of books and thats after selling a good 100 books.. Do you keep a book after you have read it? - if I borrow it from the library and like it yes i will go out and buy a copy. Do you go to your local library and borrow books? - Well the nearest decent library is about 25 mins away but when we do get the chance to go... What sort of books do you like to read? - classics, horror, some self help, lots of spiritual stuff and graphic novels (some)

I like reading very much. I usually read before I go to bed reading helps me to fall to sleep. I usually save all the books that I buy. Sometimes I give them to my friends to read and they return them to me.I usually dont go to the library,but I should it would save me some money on buying books. It does not make any difference what kind of book that I read just as long that i enjoy reading them.

Most of the time, I will buy a book that I want to read. I will buy a book from an author I like or that has been recommand by a friend that I know has the same taste as me :) I think I only have between 20-30 books because I start buying some only 3 years ago. I don,t buy a lot of books.

I do not keep the book unless I buy it. I do not normally buy books as I could not have a home for them. Most of the times, I borrow from the library the books recommended by a friend. I no longer step into the library to browse for books to read. Naturally, I shun non-fictions. lol.

Ummm...that really depends if I enjoyed reading that book a lot. It is quite surprising that I don't have a stack of books with me considering how much I love to read. Most of the books that I read are borrowed ones. I can't afford buying all the books that I want to read because it seems faster for me to read than to earn money to buy a book. It falls under my luxury budget for now. I have other priorities. Anyway, a book doesn't stay long in my arms because I read a book as fast as I can once I start reading. However, I really plan to collect the books that I read and I enjoyed reading them. I hope someday, I can achieve that and I'll be surrounded with books I love. Have a great day and enjoy reading!

I keep my favorites. I have probably 100 books that I have read that I hang on to because I think I will want to read them again, some I have already read 2 or 3 times. I need to start getting rid of some, since I keep adding more, and I don't have a whole lot of space to keep many more. I often give them away or trade with someone.

Yes I do - books are like treasures to me, so I keep a lot of them. I have quite a lot of books and I sort through them sometimes in order to make room for new ones, but some books will allways stay with me because they have a special significance. When I pick up these books I remember how they made me feel, when I read them. I borrow from the library but not very often because I would like to own books that are important to me.

I have hundreds of books and if I like when I read it I keep it. I've just started trying to sell some of the books I didn't like that much on eBay but it's hard, I had to list them twice and I've still only sold two. I don't use the local library anymore as I have two books that were due back years ago and it's just too embarrassing to take them back. I don't seem to have enough time for reading anymore I used to read books really quickly but now it can take me months just to finish one. I like fiction and biographies of people who I find interesting, along with non-fiction books about my interests and hobbies.

I like reading books, and I like buying books too. I'm not sure how many books I've bought. When I'm free I'm going to the bookstores. If I find a book interesting after just reading several pages I begin to have an urge to buy it. So I've got a lot of books now. Some of them I've finished and some I just read part of it. I like history very much. The stories of emperors and deologists, the culture of each dynasties let me fell very rich.

Yes, i have load of books and i keep them. But i still go to library to borrow books because there are many collections that i want to read. I like detective novels and funny stories.

I am studying film making and I travel a lot because of my occupation, so it is a luxury to me to have a huge collection of books, simply because I still do not have a place to settle down - but once I have found a nice place to live somewhere on Earth, I will definitely start collecting books again. I used to buy books when I was a student in a philological university, and I still keep them all in my parents' place, and never give or sell them away.

I do keep the books. depending on its content. i normally keep the books that influence me. i sort of read it again to refresh myself. yes i do. i wish i could have a library of choice books that my children's children.

I don't buy many books anymore, I mainly use the local library. I read mostly Christian fiction, but if a particular book is recommended to me that I like, I'd buy it if it was something I'd like to refer to again. Example: Inspirational, nutrition, medical, spiritual, etc