do you loan or borrow books?

After one of my book which i had loan out to my friend, but never see it returned to me, i decided not to loan out my book anymore. But, i do borrowed books for read, since i can save a lot of money but not buying any books. I buy books for reference purposes only. I am happy there is a bookstore nearby, where we can borrow the books that we want to read, by paying a very low fee. Sometimes, i still visit my nearby library to borrow some of the books of my interest to bring home to read.

hi macdinglolinger, you do not have money to buy a favourite book,how much it cost,any hous it is in your mom's hands,after completing she will give to you for reading,i am also borrowing books and giving to my friend,but my reading was sleeping to the net,i do not have money to purchase new books,have a nice day

Theres a website I go on where you put up a list of books you want to get rid of and ones which you would like. You get requests off people for books you have and you can ask others for the books which you want. You just have to pay the post and packing for the books which you send out. I used to use the library quite a lot but prefer now to buy books or do this because it gives you more time to read them.

in the past i used to borrow bokks from friends, so i was obliged to finish it quickly (sometimes i keep awaking all the night to finish it). but now i don't read a lot as the past other wise i buy books for reading instead of borrowing them.

hello,it is a problem! I always borrow book from library,when I buy a book,I will put it on shelves and never take it back.Only borrowed book I will read it quickly. I do not like the book lent to others,many people do not love books,you lend him books when he came back the book became a break!

yeah I really have fun in reading books, especially when the contents of it is very interesting, such as solving a new encounter problem,treasures hunting and history.

i dont like to loan books out because you often dont get them back. what i do is go to the library and get the books that i want to read. its free here and you can get them out for 3 weeks.

I like reading books, but I don't like borrowing them because I prefer to own my books. So I don't have to rush to read them. I can take my time and enjoy reading my books. I love China

I love to read, but am not fond of loaning out my books, unless it's to those I really trust, will return them. I'm just too afraid I'll never get them back, and in most cases, the books that I do have are out of print, and would be very difficult to replace. cdrxo

I've always loaned books and borrowed them. I have many many christian books, and the church I went to for many years, a book would get popular and everyone wanted to read it. I guess you all remember 'The Purpose Driven Life'. That was one. But, I lost so many precious books that way. Let me tell you what I did one time. I almost cried. There was this new couple at our church who had only been coming a short time and we had become as closed as you can just seeing each other at church for a short time. Well, she had some kind of surgery and was gonna be down a few weeks, so I took her my two very favorite christian books, and told her they could help her out to have something to do while she was down. I was loaning them to her, and she thought I gave them to her. I couldn't turn around and say, NO, NO, I was only lending them to you. I could never find the one book again or one even close to it. Oh my goodness. But I'm sure one of the many blessings I got were because of my letting her have them for keeps and not saying anything.

My mother, aunt, and I used to lend each other books all the time. We all really enjoy to read and we have way too many books, so when each of us finds a book that we like we try to share it with the others. We used this method for the Harry Potter books because they were all so expensive when they first came out, so we took turns buying the newest one and then shared it with the other two. It really sucked to have to wait until all of us read it, but at least it saved two of us quite a bit of money! I think lending books is a good idea. I always think of all the books that I've bought that I never read anymore and how much easier it would've been if I had just borrowed it from someone! I would have a little more room in the house, too. LOL!

I really do not like lending anything of mine out to even my closest friends or family. However, if I did loan some things out, books would be at the bottom of the list. I like my books to be treated a certain way, with the respect and dignity that they deserve. When they are being loaned out, there is really no telling what condition they will make it back in. Or even if they will even make it back to begin with. Of course, this road goes both ways with me. I do not really like borrowing books from other people to begin with. Or anything else, as while I am responsible enough, I would feel bad if something would happen to something that was under my care. I even do not like going to the library to check a book out and only do it when absolutely necessary.

im not a big book reader to be fair but there has been times where i have lent books to my sister and shes has lent me some back, but that was quite a while ago. I suppose going to the library is basically lending books too and i really should go find a book to help me with my biology coursework :)

i download mine...if available. before i usually buy my own books but with the technology now, i find my fave books in net.

Hi macdingolinger, I will purchase books which are worth to keep after reading. They are both English and Chinese books, written by my favorite authors. Some are books of travel with lots of fascinating photos. I like to take them out enjoy rereading and looking at the attractive images in it. I feel reluctant to lend them to anyone for they are my precious treasure I had come across friends who had never returned books to me til now. But it doesn't matter if I still get the same book from the market. But, it's really sad that if the book is out of print publication at all My son and nephew will pass books which they have read to me. Yeah, I still have quite a number that I haven't read yet. They are books from different authors. They are books of trading and investment in stock, science fiction, detective as well as novel. Happy posting

No, I do not loan or borrow books. Well, I do check them out from the library if you want to count that as "borrowing", though I don't. Truthfully though, I don't remember anyone ever asking me to do so. If there's a book I want to read, I just check it out from the library or just buy it myself.

I both loan books out and read borrowed books. I prefer to buy books new (hardcover if available) because I like having my own copy and knowing that I'd fed an author and their publishers, but of course I don't always have the money to do that. Most of the books I've borrowed from other people have been "forced borrows" as in, they handed me the book and told me I had to read it. I also use the library a lot. I loan books out the same way (Hand them over and say 'You HAVE to read this!'), or if they request to read it when I'm done or something like that.

My books are like my children, I would never lend them out, my mother always told me you lend them and then they'll lend them to a friend and you'll never get them back.

I don't like lending my books out.When I buy books from the book store it has to be the bloody most perfect one,no dents shelf wear ect... I'm really careful with my new books too so they don't get creases.If I lend them to people they will no longer be perfect...I love my perfect books.

Maybe your can go to the bookstore or library to read these new books. Sometimes your can borrow some books from library use your library card. I like reading book too, i always exchange my reading books with others. :-)