[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by Apache

My wife says at least I don't spend money on alcohol or cigarettes.
Apache

lol! That frees up money for more books! I could never pick up a habit that took money away from my books.

Originally Posted by fjtorres

1- I'm a book hoarder. If it ever caught the interest of my past self, it stays. (Even dreck. As a reminder if nothing else.)
2- Authors I like have my trust until they lose it. When they lose it they never get it back.
3- I have few friends who recommend books to me but their tastes are good.
4- I buy my reads. If they're worth reading, they're worth paying for. Of course, if the list price is zero...

Which means, no: I haven't checked out a library book in decades.

edit: Oh yeah: there's about a dozen books I revisit every other year or so. Usually on dreary winter days.

I’m like this, too. I can’t walk away from a freebie but I rarely get library books anymore. I tend to buy them and I have since I moved here. Library wasteland that this place is. Once it became a habit…well, I kept the habit. And the books. But libraries still hold a special place within my heart.

Originally Posted by Joykins

I read like this too. Running into cash constraint, I actually put a lot of effort in trying to score free reads from new authors, but I'll also try by buying way too often.

I do some rereading but probably the majority of books i buy I read once. I do reread my favorite books a lot. If I *really* like a book, I will reread it immediately.

Yeah, I’m trying to do that, too. I get tons and tons of free books whenever they are offered. Sometimes I luck out…others I’m SOL.

But I’m getting better about it! I think. Ok, I’m not.

Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

I'm a book hoarder. I like to keep all the books I buy. I reread my favorites at least once a year (LOTR, Harry Potter, The Dresden Files will be added to this list as soon as I get caught up on the series ).

^This. I am a book hoarder. I keep 99.9% of the books I buy. And usually re-read about 99.9% of those.