やっぱ、本は買えない

i'm not the kind who buys books, i guess.

sunday: went to kino with my $40 voucher, walked round for 1 hour and in the end, my mum went to exchange it for cash with some other people who were going to pay for their books.

=.=

i think bookoff has further dissipated any previously present book-buying inclinations.


well, for one, there are always the libraries (singapore's libraries are excellent, i must say). or you can always borrow it off someone, but that's harder.
for a person who grew up holeing up with my sister in libraries across the island (the libraries at jurong east and woodlands were my favourite), searching for books in libraries is what i do when people go to the movies, sing kbox or play pool. P:

two, if i buy new books they're books i really like. and if i buy new books i usually can't bear to read them more than once lest i smudge them with my grubby fingers.
they're more for collection.
so they hang around in some shelf or drawer where they'll be safe and treasured, aka left alone for years yellowing in the bad environmental conditions my house has.
sometimes i take them out and read them, but i probably know the story and what everyone says by heart, anyway.
and there are some books that can only be read once. after that, all the thrill is gone.

third, the good books are always so frikkin expensive and by the time that paperback version comes out or the price drops you can easily find it in the library already.


the only books i'll probably buy from now on are those which i can get new things from every time i reread them.
... they're ... not what i have been reading.

so i guess i won't be buying books for a while.
especially not after 4 books for less than $10.

Labels: books, random

Monday, November 30, 2009 9:57 PM