[General Discussion] Reading Habits

I am ALWAYS reading a book. I used to keep my books in great condition, but then I found a used book shop near me and started buying recent used books for under a buck each. Some were in crappy condition, but I found paperbacks much easier to read when I bend the spine back, so now I do that even with my new books. The covers and pages are in excellent condition, but the spines are all creased. I mean, who am I keeping them in good shape for?

The fastest book I have ever read was The DaVinci Code. I must have finished the whole book in two days.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Matt

See, I can't really justify spending any money on used books when I can get them for free from my local library.
Yeah, that stuff is ragged too, but why pay for ragged books when you can just get them for free?
Creating your own ragged book on the other hand, that's like breaking in a pillow. It's your damage, so its like your personality embedded in the book you've been reading.

So far most everyone doesn't mark up their books at all. I wonder why that is?
It's not like we buy books to speculate on the market, and later resell them for a profit. Granted, some books' margins are too small to write much of anything in, but underlining is always possible.

I borrow from the local library on occation, too; but I don't like to be under a time restraint to return the book. I would rather spend 75 cents and keep the book, than worry about overdue book fees on a book I have to return anyway.

I think most people here grew up reading comic books and there is a great resell market on that. (I bought my first new car out right by selling my comic book collection) I think it carries over to books. I know when I first started reading books, I used to keep them in perfect condition, but then I started thinking "why am I doing this?"

Now I take my books to the beach, to the pool. I throw the damn thing around my car, who cares; as long as I can still read it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.