Do you buy or borrow most of your books? Options

[angelrevelation]

Do you usually buy your books from the store, or do you usually just borrow books from the library?

I really wish I could buy all of mine, but books are so expensive They're usually each around $15 minimum. But then it'd be a waste if I bought a book and it turned out really bad. That's happened a few times. If you sell them to a used book store you hardly get anything for them, that is if they even accept them.

But with library books, they can sometimes be really dirty (who knows who's touched them ), and some people 'dog ear' pages, which REALLY bugs me. Then there are the due dates and fines... And what if you want to read the book again? You have to wait forever to get it again, especially if it's a popular book and there's a waiting list.

[*karmakiller*]

Sometimes I'll buy them. Most of the books I've read lately are ones that I've bought. Most of the time when I buy a book and read it, I won't read it again because I can remember everything that I'm going to read. A lot times when I go to the library I forget to take them back (even the school library), haha. I used to read a lot more than I do now, so I'd wait until they came out in paperback, because then they'd be cheaper.