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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Booking Through Thursday: Own or Borrow?

This week Booking Through Thursday wants to know: All things being equal (money, space, etc), would you rather own copies of the books you read? Or borrow them?

For the most part--own. Absolutely no question. I'm not just a reader. I'm a book-lover. Full-blown biblioholic. That would be why I currently have over 2,000 books. What I'm in need of is my very own private library so I can have all of them displayed instead of most of them boxed up.

The only exception to this would be current books. Most of the books I read are classic or vintage--less than 25% of the books I read are current. And I'm very picky about the current ones. I'd probably read them first and then go buy them if I really loved them.


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7 comments:

  1. gautami tripathyJune 9, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    I am all for selective hoarding. I already own more than 2500 books!


    Here is my BTT: Own or Borrow post!

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Wow! that is a lot of books.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/06/booking-through-thursday_09.html

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  3. Gigi AnnJune 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    I don't do a lot of re-reading books, when they begin to overflow, I donate some of them to the local library. Some of my friends borrow books, with no pressure to read them quickly. Now they will re-read some of the books. There is one book I want to re-read, because my friend liked it so well she read it 5 times, before returning it to me. So I think I must have missed something the first time I read it.

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  4. llevinsoJune 9, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Oh my goodness, 2000! That's sooo many! I'm jealous :) I'm also a classics lover!

    Here's my response: http://femalebookreader.blogspot.com/2011/06/me-buy-books.html

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  5. SallyJune 9, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    I’m a big re-reader so I like to own my books. I too have about 2000 books and not a lot of room left for more unfortunately.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/06/booking-through-thursday-21.html

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  6. CMashJune 9, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    I prefer to owning but won't pass up borrowing a book if a friend offers.

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  7. YvetteJune 9, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Oh, I always come down on the side of 'owning' or 'hoarding'. :) As it is now, I've got (own) tons of books though not nearly enough for me. But my budget being rather more of a fixed thing these days, I'm using the library more and more. Tomorrow I'm picking up about 19 or so books that they're holding for me. Ha!

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