Book Buying Habits Tag

 Hey guys, this is Abi here, 

And I'm here with the Book Buying Habits Tag, a tag from a few years ago that I have yet to do. 

So I thought I'd give it a try. 

I hope you enjoy it. 

Oh! It was created by booktuber Megan Olivier. 

~Book Buying Habits Tag~

~Where do you buy your books?~

I'll usually buy my books in Waterstones, or Amazon, or if I'm after a grpahic novel I'll go Forbidden Planet in Leicester. 

But I'm going to be doing a day of scouting out independant bookstores in London when I go next month. 

~Do you ever pre-order books and if so, do you do this instore or online?~

If I'm going to preorder, I'll do it through Waterstones. Though it's rare for me to preorder my books because I know that if I'm in the mood to read it, I'll go out and get it when I can next. 

~On average, how many books do you buy a month?~

I don't really have an average. I actually only started buying books again this month because I was nearing the end of a re-read of a long series. Sometimes I go a couple of months without purchasing a book. 

~Do you use your local library?~

When I was young, and couldn't afford to buy books, the library was my second home. It was where I did my homework all the way up to the end of secondary school, it was like a comfort. 

Then when I started working, and they sold a bunch of books so they could expand/ rebuild the library, so now I rarely go in, especially in the last couple of years. I'd love to start going back, even though it's not the same as the one I grew up it. 

~If so, how many books can you/ do you borrow at a time?~

I used to take 8-9 books when I was a child, and because I started off small and they gradually grew in size, I could almost always finish all of them within the three week deadline. 

~What is your opinion on library books?~

As you can probably tell by the last couple of questions, I think library books are awesome. They can help you come to terms with difficult issues, they can be an escape, they can make you laugh, or cry. Library books were my outlet then I was younger, and my opinion on them hasn't changed. 

~How do you feel about charity shops/ second hand books?~

I always like venturing into second hand bookshops/ charity shops, you never know what you might find. I've found full series' in charity shops (Mortal Instruments series!) 

So, in my opinion, it's always worth a look. 

~Do you keep your read & TBR pile together/ on the same bookshelf or not?~

Depends. If it's the latest book in a series, then I'll keep it next to the rest of them- up until I pick it/ them up. Standalone? It'll go in a pile of all the other standalone TBR books. 

~Do you plan to read all the books you own?~

Always. But I frequently keep only a small number of unread books. Right now I have one ending to a series, and two sequels, and that makes up my TBR. 

Saying that, as a reader, if you do ever manage to finish all the books on your TBR, that won't be it for reading forever, there'll always be more books on your TBR, even if you don't own them. We'll always be trying to finish that unread pile. 

~What do you do with books that you feel you'll never read/ felt you didn't enjoy?~

When I feel like I've read a book for the last time, or I DNF'ed it, or didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would, I'll either sell a few of them on Facebook (if I think I might be able to get a few pounds), or I'll donate them to a local charity for someone else to enjoy. 

~Have you ever donated books?~

Yes! I'm due to donate some more in the next couple of weeks! 

~Have you ever been on a book-buying ban?~

I've never really needed to, to be honest. I've always been pretty sensible with my book buying. (Aside from the odd splurge after a birthday or Christmas- and I'm not even sure if they count, as most of that will be from gifted vouchers.)

~Do you feel that you buy too many books?~

Nope, not at all. 

(P.S. Book buying is a different hobby to reading books. Although I love buying books, I doubt I buy enough to consider book buying a hobby of mine.)

If you want to do this tag, consider yourself tagged! 

And comment where you've done it in the comments, so I can read them! 

Okay! That's the Book Buying Habits Tag! I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll see you all soon! 

Byeeee! 

-Abi xxxxxx