The mystery of borrowed books. The question is always who had the book, what was their experience, how did they treat the book and so on.
I personally am not a fan at borrowing a book from anyone, nor the library because I get attached to the book I read.
Yet, for these following 5 reasons I consider lending/borrowing books or even just taking part at a library a plus:
1. You get to read as many books are you wish if you get them from a library. Usually libraries allow for people to borrow between 4/6 books depending on the library and the request. At my university I can borrow 6 books, yet at the nearest library where I live I can get 4.
Often books can be extremely expensive!
2. Donating books you make sure that other people can actually read and choose among a large variety. And it seems a fair exchange. And if you’re trying to make some space in your home library, you know they will be well treated!
3. You could get to meet other fanatic readers like yourself and exchange opinions about books! In a book shop people tend to keep to themselves, buy a book and leave, whereas even in the most silent library some people stay to read or in those where talking is allowed the atmosphere is less tense and chatting with a complete stranger seems easier.
4. Funny enough having to return a book with a deadlines makes so that if you’re an avid reader, yet sometimes lazy, having to return a book in little time makes you want to read it fully! Or it is just me?
For the entire year I took between high school and college I borrowed books and read novels and classics that I never thought I would exactly choose, yet did because I didn’t worry about the number of books I would have to buy (and money to spend) and that I wanted to finish them. If you take time a little every day there is no rush in reading them!
5. Last, but not least, if you’re interested in doing something valuable in your area in your free time, many libraries like to have volunteers come over and help. And as in my local library, free language classes are offered for adults, children and events are organized. Many volunteers help also in those classes.
So even if the books are not yours, libraries remain a major contribution to the world to keep up with the reading community.
The books in the photograph that I borrowed are: Patrick Suskind The Pigeon Daniel Pennac Mr. Malaussène
- Elia.
