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]

I should so be better with library books, because as you say, there's only limited time to read them, but... I'm not sure what happens!

I must also admit to keeping many many bookmarks by my shelf too - and to my third Worst Bookish Habit. See, I'll very often start a book, not be immediately grabbed, and, um...bookmark it. So my Shelves of Shame actually bristle with bookmarks, and I end up still folding down corners. But never of books with any heft, or of quality paper, or that aren't mine, or anything. Just the everyday-have-fun-reading-me kind... *g*

Rather relieved to hear that I'm not the only person who lets books languish... *g*