Doing just for the love of it...

i am also a fan of books of any sort but i dont get to read much mainly because of my kids(i dont get anytime except to run after them) and my in-laws dont like to any books other than religious stuff,but i do manage to read atleast one or two of them.but recently i did go to library to browse through my favourite books.the experience was so exhilarating.

I want to visit my school in Sri Lanka very badly.I have to make it at least once in my life time.It is like a pilgrimage for me.It is going to be of great help for my soul which yearns to to live my childhood moments right where I spent them.

We used to have this record player which plays LP's till recently. There was a friend who had started a lending club for it. Although it was quite far, the thrill of getting to listen to the those records made me sign up. I would go there once in a month and get some of the music of the 60's and 70's to listen to. Although the music was easily available through the internet and in the form of cd's, the thrill of having to listen to them in this way made me joing the club.

Ah well, you have aptly picked a topic that finds similarity in my behaviour too.In the place[ a town called Trichy] where I lived earlier, there was no proper lending library in the vicinity and I had to travel quite a bit to get my books for reading.These --I just could not not be without.So, I used to travel the distance and get a few books from that lending library[it was in the bazaar on the main road far away]The owner was a bit of a rude man[some people are impolite for no legitimate reason] and I did not fancy transacting with him, but I had no choice.One day, I don't know why I got so irritated, I was totally cheesed off with him and decided to open one on my own.I dd not have too much of my own money at that point of time but soon I got some savings out of my earnings and then I bought a few books of my own[all second hand ] and rented a small outhouse [I was teaching music and decided to pay my rent from this and started on my own.I knew that it would not bring me any profit ,but I just justified myself saying that I was doing it out of my own meagre savings ;I have never ever regretted it because it gave me so many friends, and later this library was shifted to my own residence [though rented it had space]in the same compound. I had many young girls coming to my place.I adored the chats I had with them [I could read whatever I wanted ];Whenever, I went to Chennai[to see my sister]I used to go to her library[I had been a member here when I had spent a few years in CHennai] and bought all the books of my choice at second hand.I recalled all my favourite titles and bought them.[in M&B]I loved them all.On top of this my sistersinlaw used to send all the books that they HAD read. I may have spent some money but they were all funded by my own freelancing efforts and savings.It gave me a few friends ..When I relocated I packed my favourite ones [all close to my heart] and brought them here. I sold a negligible few but I gave piles and piles of books to my friends.wELL, When I started doing it I knew I was just being impulsive and that it could not be a profitable venture if you had to look at it objectively, but I really did not mind.My husband encouraged me becasue I was only attempting to do soemthing based on my strengths and it was all withiin my means. AS I told you I did not opt for very expensive ones [I used to go for crazy bargain hunts in lending libraries.] It was exclusively meant for women.[Tamil and English novels]I loved it mimpi! And whatever you may download on the net, keeping a book and flicking through the pages and reading it is totally different[especially if you do it lying down on a rainy day --aaa! there is no equivalent to this'mimpi !]

Hi!Mimpi!Good Morning and Good Friday! I love visiting libraries and now a days it is my office library, which is accessible to me. I sometimes go there not for the sake it or just for passing my time. When I visit the library I intend searching my choice of books from the various options available over there, it is great fun searching books and sometimes it so happen that even after searching for considerable time I do not find book of my choice and sometimes it so happens that when I require only one book for issuance I find more than two and then it becomes difficult to make a choice. Borrowing books from a Library has its own charm and I love reading those books and we are supposed to finish and return those books within a prescribed time limit.

Hi mimpi!Even I am a member of a couple of libraries in town.Its not that I plenty of time to read but I dont want anyday i am free and dont have anything to read.Also I have a weakness for certain magazines which are related to home and spirituality.It does not have the same standered as it use to have earlier when it was launched,but I still buy them.

Well hun I haven't checked a book out of a library for about 15 years but I still make sure I have active library membership - just in case LOL! I tend to buy books that I want to read and then give them to friends or family or to charity shops (if I don't want to keep them in my permanent collection). I think my husband would say that I buy shoes and handbags just for the love of it too hahaha but come on, a girl can never have too many shoes or handbags nah? x

Hello dear mimpi. Hunted by a nostalgia of good old days, quite a few of us would be very happy to revisit those places where we used to stay and live. I have to say that I am not an exception, either. When I go back to my hometown during the summer vacation, I also like to pay a visit to those places and my old acquaintances where I used to visit a lot. I miss those happy old days and acquaintances. Good day to mimpi.

You never know what is going to turn out to be of help to you. It is all a matter of perspective. Sure! I go with hunches every chance I get. I highly recommend it to anyone :-) PS: Good for you!

As much as I enjoy the internet, there is nothing like going to a bookstore or library. The energy of those who have been there before, thumbing through and reading the books, the overwhelming amount of books to go through, it is great!

i love reading as well. although i know i can just download ebooks anytime at home and just read in my room but i still spend most of my free time in our college library before. i love books. sometime i borrow them just to bring one whenever i go. i have a desktop before so that would be impossible to read an ebook anywhere.

Hi mimpz! I haven't been in the library for a long time, I can't even remember the last time I have! And to be honest I am strange when it comes to reading, there are times I like it so much and there are times that I don't, moody I guess, lol! I can't really think of something that I've done something for the love of it at the moment, probably eating, lol!

Yes I have done things like that before; they have been small things that appear insignificant at the time and there have been times when I have learned their value later. Talking about the library; my daughter and I wondered in one day for no apparent reason only to find they were having a book sale and mountains of books were on sale for next to nothing. We spent $20 and came home with two bagfuls of books and my daughter was the proud owner of excellent classic books some of which I had read as a child, so this exercise was very worthwhile! There's a reason for every inkling!

Hahaha, i guess the feelings of nostalgia are pretty sweet and lovely feelings to have...It's okay to go back to places you simply have lots of memories about or that it reminds you of your time when you were young... =D Like me, sometimes i secretly go down to my primary school where i had spent 6 years of my life studying kiddy stuff and it makes me smile just visiting the place...So it isn't a bad thing, what you did... =]

What a coincidence...I just re-subscribed to my library after 5 years of no touch and no reading besides the occassional magazines! I really miss going to the library and feeling and seeing the books before I pick one up. Even now that I have re-subscribed, I don't think I will be going to the library....I'll be using their online facility where I can pick my book on-line and they deliver it at home. I know it's not the same as going to the library but I get to hold a book and read it without having to do the reading online (which I'm not very comfortable with). A small price to pay for being a working mom!!! And as far as your question goes, I hardly have the time even if my 'haunting instinct' is strong enough. There are so many things I want to do (knowing it's not going to help me in any way except bring back some pleasant memories)....but I just can't do it for lack of time.

life is not all about money, it is all about doings things that makes you whole, things that would make you happy to make you do things, things to inspire you, to fire up up your life unto doing other things. architects started dreaming of shapes to do buildings, inventors started tinkering everything to see how things works, painters do it because they love to share their impression of their perception of the world. everything that we do are productive.

ilove reading but the past few days I have been very busy with a lot of things and miss reading already. Though i have no time for books i still read alot of things on the internet. Have a niceday and take care!

I guess it is human nature. Once a while, we do like to indulge in what we feel and this includes doing things which we all know is doing for the sake of doing. It could be just a haunt, it could it be out of no choice - whichever it is, there is an intangible benefit behind it. We do not really do things that is of no help. It is just we do not realise it. Recalling a memory is a good nutrient for the soul, my friend.

We dont have that may libraries here. Mostly are school libraries and then only one public library I think. Our school library is already big enough so I wouldnt have to go to other libraries for any other research work. I have to agree with you that the internet makes everything more accessible to almost all people. Everything is definitely on the internet and if there's that rare case that it doesnt, there are a lot of people who might know where to guide you. Well, I did get a library card out of the public library so I could take out a book that I needed for my thesis in high school. We need the actual books because it was going to be checked by our teacher. Anyway, I have done lots of things just for the sake of it. Its mostly when it comes to purchases like food and a few knickknacks. I just have the habit of buying at least one item whenever I go in a shop just to look around. It would be fine if there were a lot of people but if I was the only one, Id buy a cheap something that I could also use.

sometimes i had experience like that,everytime i am in my childhood place.i can remember my old day and where we sat before is like my mind fast back ward that reminded me,and felt some sad sometimes and at the same time looking to my present life is like a dream can't imagine how life is good for us, i agree with you.