Welcome to another Booking Through Thursday, a day for exploring bookish topics.
Today’s Questions:
Do you lend your books? Are any out on loan right now? Do you have any that have been loaned to you? Do you put a time limit on these? Do you think people should make an effort to read the loaned book quickly?
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I don’t make a practice to lend books, but I have one friend who lives in Northern California, and we do swap books on loan. She has a couple of mine, and I can’t even remember which ones. But she always returns them.
It takes awhile, because she doesn’t travel down here as much as she once did. And I don’t go there much, either.
I have four books of hers: the Nora Roberts’ Brides Quartet.
We haven’t discussed when they should be returned…and I am sad to say that I haven’t even started reading them yet. I’ve had them for almost a year.
My plan was to read them, one after the other. I should probably do that.
I don’t know why I didn’t jot down the names of the two books she borrowed, but there you go. A casual exchange, which is not at all like me…lol; in fact, as I write this, I feel a bit guilty about it all. And for awhile, the books I borrowed were sitting on my nightstand so I could be reminded of them…but now they’re tucked away on a shelf at the foot of my bed.
But she has always returned the books she borrows, and so have I. In fact, she borrows more than I do.
What about the rest of you? A casual kind of lending, or something more formalized? Do you have time tables?
I lend when or if someone asks me if they can borrow a particular book. Most of the time after I finish books I make piles and mail them out to my Sister-in-law and then take the rest to school to give to one of my friends. The books that I thought were horrible I put on the donation cart at the public library !
Yes, I’m more likely to give away or donate then to lend….the books are taking over my house! lol
Thanks for stopping by, Staci, and enjoy your week.
I do loan out books that I have already read. However, I draw the line with books I haven’t read yet.
Oh, me too, Gigi Ann…the books I haven’t yet read are definitely off limits! Not even my closest friend or family member would get their hands on those puppies…lol.
Thanks for visiting!
I rarely lend as my reading friends are far away, and my library system is so good!
Here’s my full BTT Post On Lending Books
That’s my situation, too, Harvee…thanks for visiting and enjoy your book collection!
That’s a good friend. Usually loaned books fail to appear again.
So far I’ve always gotten them back, which is why I felt comfortable enough to lend without writing down the book titles. In the future, I will probably note the titles, just so I know. I don’t have a system of documenting the books I own (I have so many!), so sometimes I’m looking for a book and wondering where it is!
Thanks for stopping by, Anthony.
Dont have a formal arrangement, I’m probably about as casual as you are but it gives me much more anxiety wondering how my babies are faring out there in the real world.
My BTT: http://www.isolemnlyswear.com/2013/01/booking-through-thursday-lending-books.html
I’m going to start writing down the books lent out, just so I’ll know. I also occasionally lend movies to family, but learned the importance of writing things down, as my daughter has moved several times and lost track of some of them!
I have around 900 movies.
Thanks for visiting, Manda.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I should say there is one kind of book I lend out freely to friends who ask. The ones on my Kindle
I’m going to have to learn how to do that, Ambrosia…it’s probably pretty easy. Thanks for visiting.
I usually don’t have a time limit after I have read them.http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2013/01/booking-through-thursday_31.html
Yes, I think having read them makes a difference…but I never lend books I haven’t read yet! I’d be too annoyed if it took a long time to get them back. Thanks for visiting, Tribute Books Mama.
I haven’t been asked to loan any books, but if I were asked, I would only lend out ebooks because I’m afraid it’ll get lost or something else happens that’s bad.
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~Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts
I think it’s probably best not to, and I only have lent them to the one friend….thanks for visiting, Sophia, and enjoy your book collection.
I generally don’t lend books, but nobody asks for any either.
Yes, come to think of it, the only one who ever asks is the one friend to whom I lend the occasional book or two…lol
Thanks for visiting, Yvonne.
My max is one month as I have learned before, if it exceeds that, it is never coming back to you, ever!
And yes, I do lend them to people I trust, who treat the books like their kids or something. LOL
Here’s my Booking Through Thursday post
Oh, yes, the borrower must treat the books like the treasures they are! Thanks for visiting, Zeee….
At the moment I have books loaned out to my mum, daughter and 2 friends. I keep a list on my iPad of which books I’ve lent and who has them. If they don’t come back in a few months I ask for them back read or not. Over the years I’ve lost quite a few through lending in a more casual way.
I need to do that, too, Daystarz Books…I know I can’t trust my memory as to which ones are out there! Thanks for stopping by!
I think that I like just giving them away…I know I am never going to have the time to reread anything and now…with a Kindle…it’s too easy to get any book I want!
I used to reread a lot more than I do now…probably because I’m reading more new books. Thanks for stopping by, Patty.
I’ve never swapped books though I think it’s a nice idea. Now if I have someone to swap books with….
(Sorry my internet was acting up)
Oh, that’s too bad about your Internet…I hate when that happens! Thanks for stopping by, Hazel, and have a good weekend.