tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post6906999364053900297..comments2024-01-27T03:42:09.622-05:00Comments on A Bookish Affair: For the Love of LibrariesMeg @ A Bookish Affairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-87141916046968763062011-04-17T10:36:38.681-04:002011-04-17T10:36:38.681-04:00@christao408 I would be sad about not having a lib...@<a href="#c3015747432503090090" rel="nofollow">christao408</a> I would be sad about not having a library around to rent books from. I would definitely miss it!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-60705161629650162332011-04-17T10:35:40.701-04:002011-04-17T10:35:40.701-04:00@DCMetroreader This area has a wonderful library s...@<a href="#c7896815634677663001" rel="nofollow">DCMetroreader</a> This area has a wonderful library system!Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-30157474325030900902011-04-15T20:39:41.161-04:002011-04-15T20:39:41.161-04:00Well, being in Bangkok, we don't have any sign...Well, being in Bangkok, we don't have any significant English language libraries. I get my books through a combination of new bookstores and used bookstores.christao408https://www.blogger.com/profile/03717297857513680136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-78968156346776630012011-04-14T19:30:19.644-04:002011-04-14T19:30:19.644-04:00I'm a big fan of the public library too!I'm a big fan of the public library too!DCMetroreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229456529059098518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-17088616454199176402011-04-13T20:53:33.202-04:002011-04-13T20:53:33.202-04:00Thankfully, I don't think the Borders here is ...Thankfully, I don't think the Borders here is closing. I hope it stays that way! (I'd be stocking up, too, though, if it was closing!) <br /><br />I'm like you - I do NOT mark up books. Big no-no in my book (pardon the pun). I do the post-it thing, too! LOL Great minds think alike, right? ;-)ham1299https://www.blogger.com/profile/04571203527388227830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-21706384526012886912011-04-13T18:26:49.321-04:002011-04-13T18:26:49.321-04:00@zakiah Yay! Thank you for finding me here! I'...@<a href="#c4980970274071939643" rel="nofollow">zakiah</a> Yay! Thank you for finding me here! I'm really weird about marking up my books. The most I will do is put post-its on the pages to mark things I want to remember.Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-44397956553591236302011-04-13T18:25:17.247-04:002011-04-13T18:25:17.247-04:00@ham1299 Borders (a bookstore chain if you don'...@<a href="#c7053730960235137876" rel="nofollow">ham1299</a> Borders (a bookstore chain if you don't have it by you) is going out of business by us so I've been stocking up on books as well. I need to be on a book buying moratorium too :/Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-37941847919348190602011-04-13T18:23:16.953-04:002011-04-13T18:23:16.953-04:00@-The Cranky Anthropologist I also try to save my ...@<a href="#c366040350710824625" rel="nofollow">-The Cranky Anthropologist</a> I also try to save my buys for books that I really, really want or series.Meg @ A Bookish Affairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15634397276714805455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-49809702740719396432011-04-13T11:09:57.659-04:002011-04-13T11:09:57.659-04:00I don't have time to go to library and browse ...I don't have time to go to library and browse or borrow books. I do that rarely. I love to buy books and have my own stamp on them and collect them.zakiahhttp://www.xanga.com/zsa_mdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-70537309602351378762011-04-13T10:30:19.488-04:002011-04-13T10:30:19.488-04:00You know, I don't why, but I don't use the...You know, I don't why, but I don't use the library as much as I should. Given the number of books I've BOUGHT that are just collecting dust, unread, I should stop buying for a while. And get new books via the library. <br /><br />I do like the library for books I'm not sure about or authors new to me. I actually have read two library books in the past couple of weeks, and that's a LOT for me. I'm trying to get to where I support my library more.<br /><br />When I do go, I look for books/authors I've been wanting to read for a while. Usually in doing that I find something I hadn't heard of before but that sounds good. So, it's not only good for saving money, but also for broadening my horizons!<br /><br />I love Cranky's idea of a library bag. I might have to start doing that.ham1299https://www.blogger.com/profile/04571203527388227830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8091584537195738879.post-3660403507108246252011-04-12T19:51:06.105-04:002011-04-12T19:51:06.105-04:00Depends on the book-
Once a month, I go to the pu...Depends on the book-<br /><br />Once a month, I go to the public library and fill up my "library bag" (which I purchased for $.99) and what ends up in there is usually whatever looks good. <br /><br />Sometimes though, I find a reader I adore, like Mary Higgins Clark, or Phillippa Gregor, or a series I like (or want to like), like Twilight or Harry Potter, Little House on the Prairie and I want a hard copy for my bookshelf, so I buy them (either on clearance or at Amazon).<br /><br />I did get a kindle for Christmas, but I'm sorta stingy- that's where I have all the (free) classics and I'm actually trying really hard to get with the technology and buy more books, that I want to keep, on my Kindle. <br /><br />Depends...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com