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Question: Do you like buying and owning books or borrowing them from the library!? Why!?
I like to buy because I can't ditch a perfect story!. I find that books have a sentimental value for me and I love to collect!. Plus, it's like having a child you wanna keep and love forever!. also, If I buy books, I have more time to read them and I don't have pressure to finish and return them too quickly!. I like to take my time with a good book/novel!.

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Honestly, I like to do both! I also love to collect books that are my favorites but I'm running out of shelf space in my office/library so I have to be more selective in adding books!. Unfortunately I have too many favorites I want to add!.

I also enjoy going to the library to see what new books are out there!. I rarely purchase a book that I've never read which is why, personally I never get books online!. I need to at least skim through the book and read it briefly to see if it's worth adding to my collection!.

Happiness is a library or bookstore :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I usually buy books that I'm reading for class, especially if it's a good one!. I like to make notes and whatnot in the margins!. For books I'm reading merely for pleasure, I usually get them at the library first!. If I really love the book, I buy it because I love to reread old favorites!. I'll also go ahead and buy books by favorite authors without getting them from the library first because I know there's a very slim chance that I won't enjoy it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Depends on the book; a good book should be read over and over!. I have a leather-bound copy of the Count of Monte Cristo, a hardback War of the Worlds, Burrough's works, Pride and Prejudice, several Shakespeare titles, along with Greek plays, Mrs!. Mike, My Family and Other Animals and Einsteins Ideas and Opinions!.

Space is a big factor!. If you have just one bookshelf that is stuffed to capacity, then the library is suddenly a more attractive place to store your favorite tomes, and in a more cared-for environment!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to mostly get books from the library!. If I bought all of the books I read I would spend over $3000 a year on books!. also I don't like every book I read enough to want to own it and read it over and over again!. I usually have 15-25 book checked out from the library at a time!. For every 100 books I read I might buy one!. I read too much to buy all of my books!. I work well with a time limit!. IWww@QuestionHome@Com

I own a lot of books, because if I had to wait for some of them at the library I would be really impatient!. However, I do exchange ones that I don't think I will even reread (at a used book store)!. I also go to the library, but it is more inconvenient for me!. I think libraries are great and a wonderful way for people who can't afford books to have access to them!. I do find it hard to let go of favourites!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to buy them for many reasons!! First, I can read the book fast enough when I get them from library but I can never return them on time, so I have ended up paying upwards of $50 for a library book!.!.!.very wrong!! Second, there is always strange things in the pages of the library books, ie boogers and other unidentifiable things!! And lastly, I do like to keep them and share good ones with friends!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I do both!. Some books I just want to skim, or test out, so I'll get them from the library!. But most of the time, I buy books and read them actively, pencil in hand to mark passages I like or write my thoughts!. I like to read books over again after I've let them sit for a little while - I get something new out of it on every read!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would love to be able to go to the library and read a book if I wasn't sure I'd like if I thought I wouldn't read it again, but my library closes at 5pm on weekdays and isn't open at all on the weekends!. I get home at 11pm on weekdays, so that option is pretty much out for me!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I tend to collect certain authors, so I buy those books!. I also do research for my stories in the same books (usually psychology) so I also buy those books!. Aren't second hand bookstores grand!? If I'm just looking for some good escape literature, I visit the library!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I buy my books i love finishing a book and then putting it on my bookshelf!. My bookshelf is my favorite thing in my room I think it says so much about me!.

also you can read the book at your own pace and as many times as you like!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i go to the library and borrow it and come home and read it!. if i love it i go to barnes and nobles and buy a copy!. i mean whats the point of buying a 20 dollar book that someone recommends to you if you end up hating it!. !?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

When a new book comes out, i like to borrow it from the library first and read it and then if i really like it i will go out and buy it, it saves me buying books and finding that i don't like them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to buy!. I like to look at Amazon!.com because you can get a book for real cheap and some are virtually new!. For some reason I think that books at the library are not as "good!." I don't know why!. Its crazy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to go to a library and pick out a book, if it seems interesting enough to own then i'll usually go out and buy it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

wow, your reason is really nice, looks like you have an emotional connection with books!?

I like to buy the books and then read them, so that i have my own library :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to buy books, but if my library has them, then i won't spend the money unless I really love the books, since I already buy way too many!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I collect them like their precious pieces of gold!. I love my books and I love owning them!. I'm like a crow who collects shiny pieces of treasures!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I prefer to borrow them from the library!. Only because, once I read them, I will not read them again!. It's kind of a waste to buy it then!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Borrow from the library, to me it makes absolutely no sense to spend good money for something that is free!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I buy some books, but since I read a LOT of novels I get them from the library!. That way I save money and space!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I read online, and I think all books should be able to be read online with the new technology out, I don't see why!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love buying books!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i like buying and owning my own books!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like to buy my books, I always end up rereading most of themWww@QuestionHome@Com

i like to buy books because when you know it's yours you can read it over and over again and I also love the sound of a new hardcover book opening for the first time!. It's a tiny crackle of the binding and it sounds so good to a book lovers ears Www@QuestionHome@Com