Posted by alexandra_k on May 25, 2005, at 23:38:37
In reply to Do you own or borrow books?, posted by Daisym on May 25, 2005, at 10:31:22
Hmm. Both. I usually borrow first and then if it is something I think I would like to read again and again or something that I would like to refer back to then I will buy it.
I did a cull on my books last year :-(
It was a very sad time for me.
But I was thinking that I hope to be moving overseas in the near future and didn't want them to rot in storage and so better to give them to a good home.Most of them were books I got when I studied English Lit. Or novels.
Most of the books I have now are reference books...
Specialist Dictionaries (though ya don't really need those anymore with internet access)
DSM
Textbooks
Stuff like that...
I won't buy novels anymore unless I really really like it.
I have a few pop science books that I could probably have done without.
Just trying not to accumulate too much stuff...
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