May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
-Neil Gaiman
I just discovered a new (well, new to me) website that focuses on reviews of health supplements. They have a lot of good information.
Nutritional Tree "Healthy Learning, Healthy Living"
I usually (90% of the time) buy my books from Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com. I'm not sure why I usually buy my books. Maybe it's the instant gratification I get from buying a new book. I like the way they smell new and they look good on my shelves. Admittedly, that's not a good reason considering how much I spend in books every year. I've been a member of Paperbackswap for a couple years and I used to swap regularly but I haven't swapped in a long time. This question has me reevaluating why I buy when there are perfectly good alternatives. I may just start swapping again. :-)I’ve asked, in the past, about whether you more often buy your books, or get them from libraries. What I want to know today, is, WHY BUY?
Even if you are a die-hard fan of the public library system, I’m betting you have at least ONE permanent resident of your bookshelves in your house. I’m betting that no real book-lover can go through life without owning at least one book. So … why that one? What made you buy the books that you actually own, even though your usual preference is to borrow and return them?
If you usually buy your books, tell me why. Why buy instead of borrow? Why shell out your hard-earned dollars for something you could get for free?
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