Bookaholic etiquette

[montuos]

When someone in your house has been given a new book as a gift, of course it's rude to read it before the recipient does. But how long should one wait before asking, "Have you read it yet? May I read it now?"???

Comments

[jaine_parr]

If they don't know you read it, then does it matter? And if they could have read it twice over and haven't, I'd say it is fair game.

ROFL

[alscott93]

I buy books to read and just automatically hand them over to mom first so it saves all the "Are you done with that yet?" Even the gift books well except ones I know she wouldn't get than I get those first :)...

Re: ROFL

[driia]

I like your icon - is it your's? Can I use it too? or where can I go to ask.... or copy it? inquiring minds and all that....

Re: ROFL

[alscott93]

you can hit my usericons and snag it - I don't mind I found it on a google search for "book icons"

[ulfrslady]

If it's in the house, untouched, for more than 3 weeks it's fair game.

I cannot relate to this....

[dragonazure]

ealdthryth and I have tremendously different reading paces. At a rough guess, I crunch through about 3 times the number of books that she does. Although our literary tastes once overlapped significantly, I think the only books we both read are the home-improvement/organizational/diet books. When I was living with my parents, there was ZERO overlap in our reading material. That being said, if someone were to give ealdthryth a book that I was also interested in reading, I'd probably wait until she finished her current book before asking when she was planning to read the newly gifted book. Typically, that is 3 weeks, though....

Re: I cannot relate to this....

[driia]

I kinda agree with the wait until they are done with what they are currently reading to ask about the desired object of your current obsession. Because everyone has their own pace. And some people don't like to be pushed - or they may not care that someone else gets to it first. Me ? hmm - I'm possessive, but I'm also mood driven in my reading preferences. So I won't be pushed into reading it until I'm ready - but if I can tell I'm not going to get to it soon - I'll offer it up - so long as it doesn't get buried or lost in the house.