Idle curiosity begs me to ask: where do you guys get your books?
Most of what I read comes from the library; second-most of what I read comes from the stack of books my dad and I bring back from NCTE each November (for the last three years, anyway). I'm a high school student without a job, so I don't have a whole lot of money to spend buying books -- and I have even less shelf space for them.
Most of the time, this system works really well. But when a new book comes out and I can't buy it and the library doesn't have a copy... then I run into trouble. (Last Sacrifice, for example. I STILL HAVEN'T READ IT and it's kind of killing me, because I need to know what happens, likenow.) If a friend gets it, I'll borrow it from them, but if no one I know has it... I either keep pestering my librarian until the library gets a copy, scrounge up the funds to buy the book and pray that I'll find shelf space, or simply don't read it. I really hate that last option, but it happens all too often.
What about you? Do you ever have trouble getting your hands on a book you really want to read? What do you do when that happens?
I get all of my books from Barnes and Noble, mainly because I love going there and sitting there for hours. If I have trouble getting the book I want, I order it online. But I'm not much of an online shopper at all, so I really only do that as a last resort.
ReplyDeleteI borrow most of my books from the library too :) And if I spot a good title in a op-shop, then why not? My library has most of the books I want, but sometimes they won't have the hyped-up new US releases, which bothers me because it's everywhere on my blogfeed but I can't get my hands on a copy :( My library did have a free inter-library loan system (if they don't have a book you can request it from a totally different library that's not within your council/shire/county) but now it charges $10.
ReplyDeleteSo I have to stick it out... by not reading. Like you, I can't buy too many books (especially new releases) nor do I have the shelf space :(
What's the NCTE?
I either borrow/order my books from the library or I order some from Chapters/Indigo online since the nearest book store is over 3 hours away.
ReplyDeleteAnd oh my gosh! I'm in the exact same boat as you. I'm dying because I have not read Last Sacrifice yet! None of the library's around me have it. :(
I get mine from the library and giftcards that people get me for my birthday/Christmas. Plus, I bring in some from givaways :)
ReplyDeleteI buy most of my books at the bookstore (the Canadian equivalent to Barnes and Noble, Chapters). I'll go there 3 times a week usually. If they don't have what I want I go to Amazon. I'd be better at going to the library but my library has NOTHING.
ReplyDeleteI buy most of my books at a used bookstore called Half Price Books, but it's only in specific parts of the US, so it depends on where you're located. Sometimes new books show up here after only a few weeks, and they are always half off the cover price. A great place to find cheap books. But any other time, like when new Sarah Dessen or Meg Cabot comes out, I get it from Barnes and Noble. If you join their membership, you get free shipping and online discounts.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a high school student with limited funds (and yes, running out of shelf space!). I end up either going to Barnes & Noble and sitting there and reading for hours or scraping together the money I need for the book and buying it, usually from Amazon because they have generally low prices. There's also this thing called dealoz.com which compares all the available online prices for a book, which is pretty handy :) I don't go to the library very often because the ones near me aren't very well stocked. And sometimes I do end up not being able to read a book I was really, really anticipating for a long time after it comes out. But I have read Last Sacrifice by sitting at B&N for about six hours, and it was amazing!
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