Book meme - W - Worst Bookish Habit

[byslantedlight]

miwahni gave me W next - Worst Bookish Habit!

Hmmmn... probably buying them... Here, for instance, are three of my current waiting-to-be-read piles - and it should probably be borne in mind that I consider most of my books to be in storage, and my room to be relatively bare... As I was saying to caffyolay just yesterday, I buy books and then they languish... but I will get around to reading them - I will! I should use the library much more - but I do the same thing with libraries too, I borrow books in a fit of enthusiasm, and then they languish until their due dates - often the final I've-renewed-them-as-often-as-I-can due date, too - come around... It's not that I don't want to read them (or any book), I just have to be in the right mood for the right book at the right time...

Probably the book habit that people would think is much worse, though, is something I've always done with paperbacks - only my own, and only ordinary paperbacks... I bookmark them by turning the corners... *g* I just really don't have a problem with it, with ordinary everyday-read books, and I always treat them well other than that - I don't do tatty uncared for books. But I do turn over the corners, if there's nothing else around to use as a bookmark...

What about you? Bad habits with books...?

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[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heee - shelves at high noon! Many of my shelves of shame (ha!) are now boxes of shame in my storage unit, so I do have more than this... I've been trying to be good since I got back from Aus five months ago, but... they build up so quickly! *sighs* It is asking alot of us to say stop buying though... I mean, having the books just that bit closer to us is half the joy... *g*