Books: Would you rather buy or get it from the library?

I don't like to borrow books for two reasons. The first is that I wouldn't want to give it back. The second is that I always forget to return them on time and I am always leaving them out (so i remember to return it) which causes it to get lost. I love to buy my books but I only like to buy thme used now. It is so much cheaper to buy a used book than a new one. I like getting them from Amazon.com. You can get some hardcover books for under a dollar, plus shipping which is cheap. I like to read them over and over and I like to show them off. I can't show off a borrowed book. I need a whole room just for my books and I am never going to be done my collection! You should try www.bookcrossing.com I belong there. It is a place where you "catch" and "release" books into the "wild". You read them, comment on the in an online journal on the website then you let them go for another reader to enjoy.

I feel the same way you do about books. I have this urge to own all the books I read and then I rarely get rid of them unless I didn't enjoy them that much or whatever may be the reason, but otherwise I horde them all. lol

I always loved that my family had a couple bookcases full of books growing up. I too have a pretty good library of my own. For now I buy because I want my library to continue to grow. However I do take my son to the library from time to time. He enjoys it there and it is a way to teach him how a library works and how to check out books. Me, I buy, my son, he gets plenty of books bought for him and checks out library books too.

I would rather purchase books too!I am a big Stephen King fan and try to buy all of his books.If I borrowed them from the library I would never take them back! lol

for me? I would have to say I buy them, for my wife there is the liberary. Now before you start yelling chauvinist, let me explian. My wife can tear thrugh a five to six hundred page book in about seven hours. We already have 2 1/2 bookshelves overflowing with books, While I haven;t read them all she has read them two, three, four, or more times apiece. We would spend our entire paycheck on books if it weren't for the liberary

i also have a impulsive buying for books whenever i see a nice book i have to buy it, people buy clothes when shopping i buy books i dont know why ?

I also like to buy my books. I dont like getting it from library at all. Books I read, somehow, I have to keep it for good. My hubby always tell me no more books for while since I dont have a open space for books anymore.

I'm a library nut. I go at least once a week. We get books and rent movies. I like to read but don't always want to buy a book. If I like a book I'll go and buy it. I usually buy used or really discounted books. I try to read at least one a week.

I always prefer buying books or anything else instead of renting or borrowing. You are definitely not odd. There is nothing wrong with buying books, especially if you like it. I don't want to have to worry about returning things and getting charged late fees.

No your not odd. I prefer to buy my books too. That way you can read them in your own time not the librarys time. As it is I bought Narnia last yyear and I still havent read the whole book yet. I am glad I own it that way I don have to pay the library for the late fees.

i would buy my books rather than borrow from a library, coz i want to maintain a track of the books i read, and i also underline important quotes and words and maintain book tags too...

I would rather buy the books. Becuse then I could read the books at my own pace and if I wanted to read the book again, I could. Plus by the time I returned the book back to the library I would probably have almost as high of a fee as I would if I just bought the book.

I prefer buying them, so I can read them as many times as I want.:)

dont worry dear.. i too purchase books either first hand or second hand rather than going and getting it from library... don't know why...

I mostly buy my books because I always forget to return them to the library til they are very late and I don't like to get the evil eye for it. I buy books from Half Price Books which is a book store near me or from half.com which is their website where you can get most books at more than half off. I can't resist the new releases at Target also.

I love to buy books, not just from stores but from auctions, and yard sales and such. The library here just doesn't have much. When i find a book i love then i have to make sure i keep it, i swear i have read some of the books i have over 20 times each, i just love to read!!! I will always buy books, and i will buy my children all the books they can read as well!!!

Sometimes I borrow from the library but if I am in the middle of a series I like to buy it rather than wait for it at the library...

yes

There's something special, to me, about owning a book and having it on my bookshelf, even though I know I could get it from the library anytime, and even though I know I may not ever read the book. Sometimes if I like an author I'll buy their books in hardcover. I had a friend whose father was a big reader and his bookshelves were filled with hardcover first editions of Hemingway, John Cheever, etc., and that always seemed cool to me.

I'd rather buy books because you can have all the time to read them.