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Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about lending books...A few weeks back we had a question about borrowing books, this week I was wondering what your policy was on lending books. Do you lend books to anyone? Just friends? Only big readers? How long are they allowed to have them?
PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Musing Mondays post, or share your opinion in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks.
Okay, I'll come clean, I have an ulterior motive for asking this question. I lent my copy of Twilight to a friend... but cannot for the life of me remember who it was I lent it to. So if it's you can you PLEASE let me know? I don't need it back, I just need to know who has it so I can stop going crazy.
And on to the real answer.
I tend to be a little bit of a book pusher - I'm aware that I do it and I try to curb the impulse, but sometimes I just can't help myself. Occasionally someone will head home with a little pile of books and a face that clearly says 'I'm not quite sure what happened there, and hey look! how did I get these books?'
As for people who actually WANT to borrow the books, I'm pretty easy going. I don't really like lending out books to people I don't know (friend of a friend borrowing) but people I know can borrow whatever they want and (as my mini-rant above may show) as long as I know who has what they can have it as long as they want. I usually just write up the list on my whiteboard so I don't go looking for them - I spent many a week looking for a book that wasn't in the house before I started this system.
37 comments :
Great question!
Lending books
Great prompt! Here's my link:
My Muse and Me
Lol. I do that too. I lent my first couple of Undead books by MaryJanice Davidson to someone and now that I'd like to re-read the darn things I can't remember who I lent them to :(
Mine is scheduled to go up in the morning.
I need to make a list of all the books I have lent out to people because it's starting to get complicated!
http://www.ddubsreads.com/DDubsReads/Blog/Entries/2009/1/25_Musing_Mondays%3A_Lending_Books.html
Here is mine
Musing Monday 25
Here is my posting: http://debbiesworld.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/musing-mondays-january-26/
I know what you mean about forgetting that is why I usually only lend books out when asked. I pretty much have only 1-2 friends I actively offer books to so it's a pretty safe bet they are the ones who have my favorite books.
My answer is up. This is a thoughtful question, although I don't often lend out books.
Great question Rebecca! My answer is up.
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-lending.html
Happy Monday!
Kim
It's hard to let my books have sleepovers...I worry. See more here
My post is up here.
Good question!
I would lend books to anyone that wanted them, as long as they came back eventually! My post is HERE
Mine is
here
Good question! Here's my answer:
http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/musing-mondays-lending-books/
Mine's Here.
http://steph3891.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_26.html
Here's mine!
I have a hard time lending out books... and I'll tell you why here! :)
Happy Monday!
Hi!
I have done that also. Loaned a quilt book out a few years ago, I still haven't gotten it back and can't for the life of me remember who has it. My Musing is posted here:
JUST BOOKS: MUSING MONDAYS
Have a great day!!
Sherrie
My post is up here!
Mine's up!
www.southerngal-lisa.blogspot.com
Happy Monday! My post is up at:
Musing on Lending Books
Have an incredible day!
Great question! I do the same thing, when loaning out books - I bombard people with all kinds of recs. I just can't help myself!
Anyway, my complete answer is here:
http://greatbooksandfreshcoffee.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_26.html
Great question!
http://kissmybook.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_26.html
Interesting question. My post is here .
I like this question!
http://susanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/
Mine's up, too.
http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/musing-mondays-5/
Great question. Here is my answer...
http://bookpsmith.blogspot.com/2009/01/here-is-this-weeks-question-from.html
Here is mine: http://mybeetlebugs.blogspot.com/. I hope you enjoy it since I usually don't lend my books out!
My Musing is here.
Here are my thoughts!
http://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays-january-26-2009.html
Short and sweet...
http://ilovemybooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays_26.html
I think that after years of lending and not getting books back or getting them back in terrible condition, I have just stopped lending. I give books away. I have about 450 books in my collection that I am trying to read through and decide whether or not they are keepers. There are some books that I really enjoy and want to keep, and there are some that I like but I don't care so much about keeping and those I will let go.
http://marineko.blogspot.com/2009/01/musing-mondays-lending-books.html
Here's mine! :D
http://antipodeanowl.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/monday-musings-loan-policy/
I'm late, but here's my answer.
I just found your blog and I love it. I saw this musing and had to answer it! Here's the link to my answer:
http://sheerysplace.livejournal.com/7750.html
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