Oh! Beyond possessive. I’m crazy. I don’t lend my books out and if i order a book and it’s damaged I’ll send it back to get a new one. I love my books to be beautiful and well taken care of so they can last through my lifetime and beyond!
I always wrap it in plastic to protect it from dust and water and I tend not to lend books unless he/she is someone I trust. And I always get passive aggressive when I remind them to take care of my books being borrowed. So yeah. Possessive
I only keep certain ones !! I give the others to the library and my daughter and grand children if it’s something they may be interested in sooner or later !!!
I’m not. There are a couple that are special because of who gave them to me but the rest are “things.” Things I love but want to share with people so the book can continue to live (the adventure too!!).
I love my books and want to share them, but they are MINE! (I solve this dilemma by picking up extra copies of books I like at thrift stores and library sales. Then I can just GIVE the book away, but still keep MINE!????)
I don’t lend books. When contracters came to repair LR ceiling after winter of snow I told them one drop of paint on a book, they would be sopranos. I have some first edition signed books by Asimov, Clement, a signed bibliography of Heinleins work. Those are carefully shelved. I will sell some books to be able to buy others.
Depends on how expensive it was and how easy it would be to replace. When you lend something out, you’re accepting the fact you may never see it again, regardless of whether it’s a book or anything else.
Very. I lend my moms book to my classmate since they saw me reading it and got interested with the title. And its been like a week and tomorrow my classmate who borrowed it will return it cuz like i cant stoo thinking if she’ll remember to give it back or not?. Shy me cant say no to saying i am not allowed to lend books. So starting today. I will. Or my grandma and mom will kill me.?
No. One. If you touch my books without my permission I will not speak to you for a long time. My mum asked me if I would let my nan borrow a book and I started to cry.
I have a large collection of hardcover bios/memoirs/letters and friends often look at them when they visit which is fine by me. While I am rather possessive of these, I generally give away paperbacks either to friends or the library.
I will loan most of my books but there are a few like my Harry Potter’s and old books from when I was a kid that I hang onto very possessively. Otherwise, I will give freely and even if I don’t get them back I will be happy as long as they get passed on and read by someone else. Share the love I say!
I buy them on my Kindle so I have an excuse not to loan them out. Everyone in my household is on my Amazon account so they each have their own copy of books. This works great when my husband and I want to read the same book at the same time. I only have to buy it once!
I have stickers in them to know it’s mine and I do lend them but not easily. I gave my friend a book and she smokes and I usually don’t mind but it was my favorite series and she wasn’t reading it yet, it was just laying there and I didn’t want it to smell like smoke so I got my baby back
I believe in,if you have loved it,set it free.I love donating my read books to my local Open Bookshelf. I have been exposed to so many great books by picking up other people’s donated books,and I hope to share the literature love with my fellow bibliophiles in my neighbourhood. I keep very few books,except for my collection of children’s books,which are now my sons books
I also donate. I pretty much have a system. Certain books on my book shelf, some I will keep on my Kindle as I loved and want to re-read (this helps because I have a no-clutter policy) and ones I bought for fun and I donate after.
I’m extremely obsessive, I only lend one of my books (if I ever do) to someone I know well and who shares my opinion on how books should be treated and almost worshipped.
I’ll “talk your ear off” about my books, but they are MINE! (If I can easily get another copy of a book, I will be happy to give it to you, then WE can talk about it, but not MY copy!)??
I love books. I also love to be able to help others discover that love and so I will only keep books that really impacted me. We have Little Free Libraries here, where you can leave books for other people to take and/or take ones that other people have left.
Very. I got burned when i loned out a complete set. She folded back the pages spilled coffee on a few and used a french fry as a marker on one of them!!!
i give away books that i’ve finished reading…i keep the ones that i love ,but i never loan out a book i haven’t read yet..i have a ” to be read ” wall , not a ” to be read ” stack
I have friends and family that refuse to borrow my books because “it’s too much pressure ” Lol!!!! I practically have them sign a contract and we have a “discussion” before they borrow?
Very I have them all organised in the order I am going to read them in and don’t like anyone else to touch them and get upset when someone messes them up and made them out or order
One of my cousins came from the South to visit and started shopping through my book collection. She doesn’t even like to read. When I went to visit her, she didn’t even mention the book. It was up for show.
I am very possessive of my books! There is only a couple of people that I would trust with my books and that is only because they love books as much as I do.
Oh! Beyond possessive. I’m crazy. I don’t lend my books out and if i order a book and it’s damaged I’ll send it back to get a new one. I love my books to be beautiful and well taken care of so they can last through my lifetime and beyond!
My mum ordered a manga novel for my niece once and sent it back because it was printed back to front… not gonna lie, I was crying with laughter! lol
Hahahaha! She didn’t know! Poor thing!
Yeah, but I never miss an opportunity to wind her up ?
I always wrap it in plastic to protect it from dust and water and I tend not to lend books unless he/she is someone I trust. And I always get passive aggressive when I remind them to take care of my books being borrowed. So yeah. Possessive
Very, I should have a sign that says: Danger! Do not touch my books!!
I only keep certain ones !! I give the others to the library and my daughter and grand children if it’s something they may be interested in sooner or later !!!
Jumping in front of my bookshelf while reading your post ….question answered ? 😀
Possessive like a mad lady worse after fire…only person allowed besides my kids is my dad to touch them i get jumpy if i loose one
You know you’re special if I lend you one, put it that way 😮
Yep extremely possessive and very blunt about telling people no when they ask if they can borrow my books lol
I’m not. There are a couple that are special because of who gave them to me but the rest are “things.” Things I love but want to share with people so the book can continue to live (the adventure too!!).
I love my books and want to share them, but they are MINE! (I solve this dilemma by picking up extra copies of books I like at thrift stores and library sales. Then I can just GIVE the book away, but still keep MINE!????)
Moderately.
Over possessive!! They’re all mine!!!!
Very lol
Well, that depend on which of my books, all 650, of them., we ate talking about 🙂
yes indeed!
Oh my, í´d better get a move on, if I ever want to catch you up. 🙂
Don’t touch them lol
I don’t lend books. When contracters came to repair LR ceiling after winter of snow I told them one drop of paint on a book, they would be sopranos. I have some first edition signed books by Asimov, Clement, a signed bibliography of Heinleins work. Those are carefully shelved. I will sell some books to be able to buy others.
Only person I would lend one of my books to is my daughter who loves reading just as much as I do
Same here, I know my daughter wouldn’t ruin my books as she loves her books to be perfect 🙂
Depends on how expensive it was and how easy it would be to replace. When you lend something out, you’re accepting the fact you may never see it again, regardless of whether it’s a book or anything else.
Mine *hisses*
Very. I lend my moms book to my classmate since they saw me reading it and got interested with the title. And its been like a week and tomorrow my classmate who borrowed it will return it cuz like i cant stoo thinking if she’ll remember to give it back or not?. Shy me cant say no to saying i am not allowed to lend books. So starting today. I will. Or my grandma and mom will kill me.?
I am possessive. Lol
Very
@Layla
Crazily possessive.
Don’t touch my books ; don’t look at my books ; don’t breathe in the direction of my books ; don’t even think about my books. ?
Very very possessive!
All mine are first edition
So yea possessive and won’t lend any of them out
No. One.
If you touch my books without my permission I will not speak to you for a long time. My mum asked me if I would let my nan borrow a book and I started to cry.
I have a large collection of hardcover bios/memoirs/letters and friends often look at them when they visit which is fine by me. While I am rather possessive of these, I generally give away paperbacks either to friends or the library.
Giving books is the ultimate love way to go Kevin!!!
Very. All are embossed with my name. Harm my books and I WILL find you ?
Nice
Very
I have learned to be. I’ve loaned out some and never gotten them back.
Very.
I like to share my knowledge but yes, there are a few I just won’t let people even touch, my babies!!
No one can touch them without my permission
To the point, I won’t loan any in my collection. I’m happy to find a used copy for someone … just can’t be mine.
About a 9 and 3 quarters, I’d say
Always room for more possessive-ness ?
Love the reference ?
I will loan most of my books but there are a few like my Harry Potter’s and old books from when I was a kid that I hang onto very possessively. Otherwise, I will give freely and even if I don’t get them back I will be happy as long as they get passed on and read by someone else. Share the love I say!
I buy them on my Kindle so I have an excuse not to loan them out. Everyone in my household is on my Amazon account so they each have their own copy of books. This works great when my husband and I want to read the same book at the same time. I only have to buy it once!
Very
Very very possessive.
Very
Very possessive!!!
I have stickers in them to know it’s mine and I do lend them but not easily.
I gave my friend a book and she smokes and I usually don’t mind but it was my favorite series and she wasn’t reading it yet, it was just laying there and I didn’t want it to smell like smoke so I got my baby back
Veryyyy possessive!
I don’t let anyone borrow them
I’m ashamed to say I am very possessive. BUT, I will buy a book that I like to give to a friend, instead of lending mine. :/
Don’t touch!
Depends on the book.
I’ve bought new copies because someone didn’t give back a book. Then that’s it…its a coveteted. ?
Annoying isn’t it?!!!
They are my children. No one messes with my children.
very!
Mine all mine and nobody touch them, EVER. 🙂
Very
Very much so
depends on the person — there very few people I will loan a book to
My precious…
Smeagol and his “Precious” comes to mind! ?
to the point i don’t lend them to anyone 😉
Same here, what is mine, STAYS mine lol.
….my precoius…..
Try not be….but it’s sooooo difficult
Very
Very
I believe in,if you have loved it,set it free.I love donating my read books to my local Open Bookshelf.
I have been exposed to so many great books by picking up other people’s donated books,and I hope to share the literature love with my fellow bibliophiles in my neighbourhood.
I keep very few books,except for my collection of children’s books,which are now my sons books
I also donate. I pretty much have a system. Certain books on my book shelf, some I will keep on my Kindle as I loved and want to re-read (this helps because I have a no-clutter policy) and ones I bought for fun and I donate after.
Oh, and I love to do the donate to literacy programs at the book store or other places — I get excited about those.
Well, I’m sure we all do some or all of that…
@Jeanette tell.me about the Donate to Literacy programs please.it sounds like an interesting concept,and I haven’t heard of it before.
Very possessive
VERY….
I avoid lending my books.
My precious!!!
Not once I read them
Very.
I’m extremely obsessive, I only lend one of my books (if I ever do) to someone I know well and who shares my opinion on how books should be treated and almost worshipped.
Ha, I saw that I wrote “obsessive” instead of “possessive” but it’s an adequate description.
As long as you eventually remember to give it back, I’m okay with loaning. I know where all my books are.
Extremely
veeeery!
Very
Very
I don’t want anyone to touch them, breath on them or take them away without my supervision. ??
Extremely possessive!!! My pride and joy
Absolutely jealous!
My precious!!
Very possessive I have a hard time letting people borrow them even if I’m not reading them…
I’ll “talk your ear off” about my books, but they are MINE!
(If I can easily get another copy of a book, I will be happy to give it to you, then WE can talk about it, but not MY copy!)??
That’s me I would rather get you a copy then give you mine.
Me too! I stopped lending out books because it was like pulling teeth to get them back. If I got them back they were in terrible shape.
On a scale of 1 to 10… 1000. ?
Very
Very
Very much so
I love books. I also love to be able to help others discover that love and so I will only keep books that really impacted me. We have Little Free Libraries here, where you can leave books for other people to take and/or take ones that other people have left.
Very. I got burned when i loned out a complete set. She folded back the pages spilled coffee on a few and used a french fry as a marker on one of them!!!
i give away books that i’ve finished reading…i keep the ones that i love ,but i never loan out a book i haven’t read yet..i have a ” to be read ” wall , not a ” to be read ” stack
hehehe i have one of those too!!! dang!!!
????
Any friend who takes any to read I write down witch books and if anything happens they buy replacements for me.
Once. I have read a book I love to let it go
Not I share always. Come on ovet
My books are my books!
We are moving and I marked all of my book boxes as Fragile LOL
Very
Very
Not very possessive. If I love a book, I want everyone to read it so I’m happy to lend my books out.
Great to know I’m not alone!!
Death will come fastly to those who steal my books, or Karma is just as good.
Very!
Look..do not touch
Well, they ARE mine….
Ohhhhh… totally lol
I think sharing is a must but one also need to take care of the books
Very….
mine…mine…mine….
I only share with my dad ? he respects my books.
Not at all they belong to the public library!
On a scale of 1-10. One being the least bit worried, and ten being the highest of possessiveness, I’m about a 32. ????
I’m terrible.
Mine!
Very possessive!
Mine. Mine. Mine. All mine!
Very.
Exactly
I share them with a close friend only! He broke the spine on one though – so now I’ve lent him a hardcover 😉
I have friends and family that refuse to borrow my books because “it’s too much pressure ” Lol!!!! I practically have them sign a contract and we have a “discussion” before they borrow?
That’s something Sheldon would do !!! He always has a contract ready !!
Very. I treat them with the utmost care.
Very!!!
Not very. I like books for the story, not their physical paper form. I give away books that I know I won’t read twice.
I’m possessed by the very thought! ?
Um, very!!!!!
Sorry to have to admit to it – very, too! I will lend @Sue them to very special people occasionally.
Very I have them all organised in the order I am going to read them in and don’t like anyone else to touch them and get upset when someone messes them up and made them out or order
Very
Not at all, I donate mine when I’m done with them. I have about 15-20 that I will keep….Harry Potter ?
Very.
Very
I don’t want someone touching my treasure…
One of my cousins came from the South to visit and started shopping through my book collection. She doesn’t even like to read. When I went to visit her, she didn’t even mention the book. It was up for show.
Yes, I am absurdly possessive of my books.
Im so possesive hate lending out books because never get them back ?
I am very possessive of my books! There is only a couple of people that I would trust with my books and that is only because they love books as much as I do.
I no longer loan/lend my books. I have been burned too many times. Finally learned my lesson.
Me too!!
Very I dont lend them out! ?
Very!