Do any of you just buy books to add them to your library?

Knowing you may not get to them for a while?

What do you do, do you only add it to your library if you read it?

Do you limit yourself when you see books and say you already have a waitlist at home?

Edit: typo

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    I used to hoard and display my books, thinking they represented me as a person. About 8 years ago I made a hard decision that I didn’t like my walls lined with shelves and I donated all of them except for a few that I couldn’t part with. Now almost everything I read is on an e-reader and my house only has a couple of occasional physical books out. I’m glad that I did it, since I prefer my new decor.

  • Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I have a strict set of rules, and I’ve managed to hold on to them for over 15 years now.

    • I never buy books I do not intend to read in the near future.
    • I have a “to-read pile” that never exceeds more than 10 to 12 books.
    • No book gets to go on the shelf of my library unless I’ve read it.
      • Vrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        ‘Whatever works’ is always the best rule. I kind of started doing it because I hated going to peoples houses, glancing at every single book in their bookshelves - as every sane person does - asking about a title and hearing ‘oh, I haven’t read that one’.

  • zakomo@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    I buy books, most of the times I read them. ebooks have been my salvation space wise, project Gutenberg saved me money wise, at least for the classics.

  • LiberalSoCalist@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Don’t look at my spines. DON’T LOOK AT THEM

    but yes, I’ll read books on my computer and then get a physical copy if I like it. I tell myself I get them so I can re-read them or lend them out, but I never do lol.