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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Booking Through Thursday: Borrowing

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading. This weeks question:

Who would you rather borrow from? Your library? Or a Friend? (Or don’t your friends trust you to return their books?) And, DO you return books you borrow?
This is a wonderful (set of) question(s). The majority of the books I read come from the library. I do buy some books still but have cut way back on my book purchasing. There are reasons I borrow from the library more so than my friends. One reason is the general selection. Another reason is the fact that I can borrow a book from the library for a total of six weeks if necessary.


This is not to say that I never borrow books from friends; in fact, I do.  Just not that often.  I don't have a lot of real-life friends that read (sad, but true).  Of my reading friends, there is only one that I see on a regular basis with similar reading taste.  And actually, I do have a book of hers on loan right now - Eat, Pray, Love.  I really should read it and get it back to her but I've been so busy.  I've been reading the same book for two weeks now, which is so unlike me.  I will read the book and get it back to her soon, though. 

4 comments:

  1. Here's mine: http://wp.me/pFyoG-pi

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  2. Yup!! I don't have enough real life friends who read or at least read what I want to read. The library knows me well and always had what I need. ;O)

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  3. Nowadays, I mostly buy books. Or prefer to borrow from friends.

    Here is my BTT post!

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  4. I would rather get my books from the library, and when I do borrow a book from someone , I do make sure I return it.

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