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...?

Comments

[etain-antrim.livejournal.com]

I see your puny stack of unreads and raise it. I'm try to work down our shelf of shame (now shelves of shame) but it would help if I quit buying more. I don't know, that's asking a lot...

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

That was one of my bad habits , turning the page and using it as a bookmark until I forced myself (AND IT WANT THAT HARD BELIEVE ME) to buy a bookmark off eBay printed with lovely bodie pictures , so now it's a pleasure bookmarking my books xx

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

I'm exactly the same with library books... they languish as much as my own. As you said, sometimes up to the end of the three renewals. *g* Sometimes even the books I've paid 50p to reserve go back unread because I was all enthusiastic when I reserved them but something happened in the meantime and I've no idea what... That really is a bad bookish habit! I look upon it as my donation to the upkeep of Devon libraries. *cough*

I wouldn't worry about turning the corners down, I always used to do it. Not so much now since I somehow ended up with a huge collection of bookmarks. LOL!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Your pictures look a lot like my night stand. But not only do I have a small shelf on it filled with books, but I've also added a modular shelf next to it that holds a few dozen more. I do manage to grab one from time to time, but, yes, they do tend to languish.

But I'm much better with library books. I suppose it's because I know I only have a limited time to read them, I do read them. Another reason why I have—mostly—stopped buying books.

You turn the corner on pages?!! Bad person, bad, bad person. *g* You need to keep a stack of bookmarks next to the books. I keep about half a dozen in my nightstand drawer just for that reason. I never know when I might actually grab one of those languishing books, as I did recently because none of the books I'd put on hold had come in from the library (and don't think I don't have a long list for that!)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Impressive heaps of books to be read you've got there *g* And yes, I do exactly the same with turning down the corners - never on borrowed books, or books that are 'posh', but paperbacks are made to be lived in and with, and treated with less dignity. I scribble and doodle and make notes in margins too :D

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

I totally understand the languishing waiting-to-be-read pile! Mine doesn't seem to get any smaller.

I think my worst bookish habit is not being able to part with them. I have sporadic cleanouts of my shelves, but lately the cleaned-out books just get moved downstairs into storage. Over the years I've parted with a lot of books that I've ended up re-buying so I've stopped getting rid of all but the most unloved ones.