BTT: Lending
Booking Through Thursday - following regency_cate 's most excellent example of the past few months, I'm stealing this meme :)
This week's questions brought to you by Deb, reader extraordinaire. Thank you, Deb.
This week's questions brought to you by Deb, reader extraordinaire. Thank you, Deb.
- Do you lend your books to other people?
Oh yes, and often :) You can always see what's out of my library on the right-hand side bar right on my LJ, or via LendingThing for my fellow borrowers, else on my PDA. How else can I politely raid my friends' bookshelves? Besides, would I dream up something like LendingThing if I didn't? - If so, do you get them back?
Almost always. Popoli and I have an extremely good record in particular, espeicially for books we don't think we want, and end up returning to each other. There are a few exceptions though: I'm missing 2 of the 3 Old Kingdom Books, and Peter and I are absolutely awful: I essentially stole his copy of the Godfather, and he had my A Game of Thrones hostage for a year. Then again, he's got my loaner set of Patrick O'Brian novels as well - let's hope we gain another convert! - What do you do if they're not returned? Send the police? Stop speaking to the borrower? Storm the house and take them back?
There has been only 1 book which I've bought again after it went misisng (Sabriel, which looks to be going in for a third round if I don't get it back this year. The box set is quite inexpensive for three books) General harrassment is my usual key. In many cases, however, I'm willing to let a book go for longer if they promise to read and finish it.