Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about borrowed books.
Where do you keep any books borrowed from friends or the library? Do they live with your own collection, or do you keep them separate? Do you monitor them in anyway.
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Before I start my response, I’d like to apologise (especially to the early birds amongst you) for today’s MM being up so late. Had some good old fashioned family dramas today that got in the way – this will teach me for not scheduling like usual won’t it! ;)
I have two narrow shelves, about waist high, that sit in the corner of my bedroom, inbetween my dresser and the wall. They don’t hold a lot of books, which is good because it acts as a check for my book borrowing – shelves won’t hold any more = gotta read some borrowed book.
For the most part any borrowed books I may have in the house are library books, as there aren’t a lot of people I trade with. If I do borrow from friends however, they sit on one side of the shelf so they don’t fall in with my own books. Not that I don’t trust myself to give them back (or my friends to remind me about them) but I have a tendency to get distracted by other shiny books if the borrowed ones aren’t in plain sight.
As for monitoring them, all books in the house that I don’t own get written up on a whiteboard so I know who/where I borrowed them from and, in the case of library books, when they’re due back.
What about you? How do you handle borrowed books?
33 comments :
Great question! I don't get many books from other friends. I read more than any of them!
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2010/01/book-mingling.html
*smiles and happy new week to you*
here's mine....
http://addlife21.blogspot.com/2010/01/please-return-promptly.html
Musing Monday
Mine's up:
http://wellmanneredfrivolity.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays_25.html
mine this week http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/mondays-at-the-library/
Here's mine
Today's Musing Monday
Good ??..I really need to get to those TBRs and try to stop my addiction of buying more books
My answer is here
Like Kim, I don't tend to borrow too many, but it does happen once in a while.
Here's my answer: Monday Musings @ The Wobbly Bookstack
My musing: http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/musing-mondays-jan-25/
Ooo, a whiteboard -- that's a good idea! I should do that for library books, as it'd be a lot faster than logging into my library account to check, all the time. ;)
~MizB
Here is mine:
Mondays: Musings/Mailbox/Whereabouts
Using a whiteboard is a good idea.
OH, Here's MINE
Friends and family tend to give me books but I don't really trade with them. Library books are the way I go lol.
http://ladytinksblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-monday-borrowed-books.html ♥
Hooray! My first Musings Monday :)
http://wave-of-atla.blogspot.com/2010/01/first-musings-monday.html
I definitely do not let my borrowed books mingle with the regular crowd.
Good question this week.
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-monday_25.html
Here's mine.
http://chelisshelves.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays_25.html
Chèli
Cheli's Shelves
I don't borrow many books....can't take the responsibility... but the library is a bit of An Issue!
Here's mine! Good topic.
http://carolinebookbinder.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays.html
I separate my books on my "TBR" shelf. Read how, here: http://kariannalysis.com/2010/01/musing-monday-125/
Great question. here's my response: http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays-1-25-10.html
Hi Rebecca,
My library books and TBR books are separated. You can see how at my place, Just Books. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Just Books
When someone loans me a book I do have a system! Read about it here:
http://mswallow.typepad.com/the_swallows_nest/2010/01/book-mark-1.html
I usually have a system, but this semester, I seem to have gotten lazier! My answer is here.
I should really start borrowing more books from the library. I just can never seem to get them back on time, because I get distracted or forget about them in favour of other books. The whiteboard thing sounds like a good idea.
My post is here.
http://emeraldfiresbookmark.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays_25.html My postishere
Here's mine http://zetor-mogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays_25.html
I keep loaned books on a separate pile.
Nice discussion question. I tend to keep mine separate too.
http://shannanlovesbooks.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays-12510.html
Great question!
Here's my answer:
http://quitethehuman.blogspot.com/2010/01/musing-mondays_25.html
Here's mine
I don't borrow books either from the library or from friends. I have, in the past loaned books to people from church and have been amazed when they weren't returned even though they had my name on the outside front cover! "I'm sure I returned it" or "I loaned it to xxx!" To keep the friendship I usually let it go but I don't loan out books anymore unfortunately - I can't afford to replace them.
Does this ever happen to you and if so, how do you handle it?
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