I find that library deadlines leave me panicking to finish a novel and the late fees when I do not succeed… Well, let’s just say that it is more convenient for me to buy the book from the store and read it on my own terms than on those of the library.
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There are some books that I take and read but they aren’t as good as I would have hoped. Some books there are just so bad it makes me cringe. And everything in unorganised.

It is sad but true: libraries are not what people make them out to be.

Also, many libraries in my area close very early so I can’t go in the evenings but I have to get there before five and I am only free usually from four thirty so half an hour in a library isn’t enough for me.

Another reason is that I just love touching new books. It feels weird but reminds me of my dream to be a published author one day. I love old ancient books even more but I have many of them at home so I don’t feel the need to get them from the library.

And another reason is that I like having books that I like to myself so if I find a good book I have to own it and if I don’t own it I feel empty and incomplete.

I may sound sad and pathetic if you are reading this but it’s all true to me. And because my library is too quite and we can’t take food or drink in so I have to go to the library first and then a coffee shop or something to get a drink. And I like being around books when I have a frappucino from Starbucks!
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Owning the book allows me to read it at any rate I desire, without having to go back and recheck it, keep it in my book case as my own reference, or re-read it when I feel like it without having to make a trip from one library to another to find it.

Soft covers at $10 each and getting to keep them for as long as I want seems to make more sense to me than a gallon of gas each way, paying for an hour of parking, and precisely the same expenditure on the trip to return the books. I’d need several books, for several weeks at a time, to make that a worthy expenditure.

Since it can take me 3 weeks to read a book sometimes, depending on what’s going on in my life, you treble the cost if I have to go re-check the book.

By owning, rather than borrowing the book, I can re-read it or dig something out of it that I needed to know rather than hunting it down again after I’ve returned it to the public library. I can find it if I’m up in the middle of the night, when the library is closed, or in the middle of rush hour traffic when I’m home.

I think public libraries are an excellent way for children and budget limited to study, just read, but I already recieve so many gift cards every year, and my campus’ library is already part of my tuition, (which is where I’m already going most nights,) if there’s a book I want, it’s basically free to use the cards when you consider the convenience or make 15 minutes of extra time to raid the stacks.

DGI
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However, there could be other reasons people don’t go to the library. For instance, some people don’t have a public library close to them. If that’s the case, it would be easier to either buy a book or read a public domain book online.

I still think the public library system is a wonderful institution. It allows you to read books of every kind even if you don’t have the money to continually buy books.
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~Tia
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Also, I am completely incapable of choosing just one book that I want to read. One of the things that keeps me reading is having a large selection of books to chose from in my own home. Sometimes I’ll grab a book to read, and then I’ll get something to eat before I start it, and by the time I get back I want to read a different book. Or sometimes I’ll go to the book store and by the time I get home I don’t feel like reading that book. Today I bought four books. It might take me anywhere from 1 week to 1 year to read them – just depends on how I feel.
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TW K
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