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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I am a smidge like that. I generally will not read books by my favorite authors back to back, because I do not want to run out. ( a lot of my favorite authors are deceased nfortunately  )
I do not have to own them though. I can wait for them from the library or buy them when I want them. If they are going to take a long time fromthe library, then I can say that the library is hoarding them for me and if I want a book enough to reserve it you can be sure I will have read it within a day or two of receiving it 
With me it is the thrill or comfort or overall enjoyment I experience and I am pretty sure ownership has nothing to do with it. But I have known people who would stroke or pat or gaze admiringly at a book they bought for days or weeks before even opening it, and I had a friend who would borrow the book from the library to read rather than actually get finger prints on her copy, and woe to those who dare to touch her books. Not a collector thing I don't think, just she loved the look of an unopened (virgin) book
Helen |
I'm not as bad as your friend but the fear of creases and broken book spines is why I don't even let my wife borrow my books lol (our taste rarely overlaps so I'm sure she's not bothered too much
). I don't loan out movies or video games either, I simply take pride in keeping my things in very nice condition. If I wreck something that's one thing but the thought of somebody ruining something of mine gives me conniptions.