Library/Bookstore habits
Hello everyone !
Today I have another conversation post for you all ( .. am I annoying with thoses ? I hope not !! )
If you are like me, and I hope i’m not the only one, you have your own little kind of “rituals” every time you enter a bookstore or even a library ahah .. so I thought we could share thoses together today 😘
I’m usually using bookstores more personally, although now that I got a brand new library card just the other day, I shall go more often hopefully ! it’s not even that far from home so eeerh .. idk what’s wrong with me xD I just hope I can finish reading my current one I loaned before the due date..
My favorite one is always indigo chapters (which is our canadian equivalent of barnes & nobles, if you didn’t knew !) ; Although the french stuff is limited .. I just LOVE the little knick knacks & stationaries, I can’t help myself. 😳 So that being out of the way, I usually start by the knick knacks ahah.. going through with the stationnaries, baby stuff .. AND only after I make my way from the popular books in the middle of the floor to our little french section.
Like me, i’m sure you will feel this; this is where I can stay for. hours. and even then, I can get out of there with no books at all xD
Unlike most of you, however… i’m not judging my books from their covers [or not only the cover, anyway ..]. I skim the shelves, and if a title do attract my eye I will pick it up and read the back of it, then flip the pages and read a few sentences … go back to the back of it .. and basically it take ages 😂 Im so not someone who can just freely buy any book regardless of if i’d let it sit there or actually read it.. I wanna make sure I will read & like it. hence why I take so much time..
((Also .. at this point it’s just like i’m in a trance .. so. calm. Nothing in the world matters anymore .. Just books !!))
Also, fun fact; ANY. books. having dogs inside of it, such as dogs encyclopedias or what have you, I just NEED to stop and flip to the “Dachshund” page to read what it says of my breed.. I’ll then take a picture of the page and share it onto our fb group of local dachshunds parents xD
Now let me know;
° Do you judge books by their covers ?
° Are you more libraries or bookstores ?
° Do you have a more “wierd” habit like me ?
° What’s your usual path inside that “store” ?
I judge books by their blurb…if it sounds intriguing my curiosity is piqued and i just have to read it. Covers are nice but if you don’t get me at the blurb no matter how pretty the cover is i would not care. I am more bookstores because i hate time constraints on my books and i like to write inside them, plus if i happen to really like it i want a copy for myself. I start scanning the bookshop right from the door, i go through the hardback and paperback charts, and then scan every genre. when i am done i look at the stationary before i leave. I always buy something though..but it could be hours before i leave the store
Yep same! First the title and/or cover attract me .. but if the blurb dont satisfy me it’s not going anywhere ..
Oh I hear you fir time constraint!! I need to read my remaining 40% in two days .. woops. And being a mood reader it can be hard to juggle 🙈
Thanks for the comment! xx
I like both bookstores and libraries. When I go to libraries I have a particular way on how to browse. I browse the new stuff first, then move onto mystery, then onto fantasy/sci fi and then off to YA and MG.
Bookstores, if it’s Powells I look at the stationery stuff and then move onto sci fi fantasy (I don’t explore much in Powells. It’s a very dangerous place to be) 😀
Barnes and Noble: I go to sci fi and fantasy, then off to YA
Hehehe it is very dangerous indeed 🙈 last time mom kicked me out of the bookstore when I picked a second book!! Granted we were away from home and wanted to see something else but xD still, ahah
Thank you for sharing ! Xx
Interesting discussion post. I go to libraries and charity shops more so than book shops. But I love being in all of them. I love the cooking section and the general fiction. I can browse and leave with nothing too! I just enjoy being there. I love that you picture the dogs. 👍😉
Amanda.
Heheh thank you!
I had it planned along with pictures of my finding of my dogs… but I got a moment and went eeeeeeh, idk… not sure it’s that great 😪 so I actually deleted them, but finally wrote the post like a month after ahah
I like bookstore and libraries, but I find I go to bookstores more. I usually head straight to the YA section and browse the books, then I make my way to the games and other knick-knacks.
I have to admit that you will find me in a bookstore way more often than in a library. And I do judge books by their covers, a little bit. Althought I do give covers I am not a huge fan of a chance as well 😀 Also, I totally get you!! I love the stationary section even though I don’t need anything 😛
I never know what i’d do with them .. but imma buy them nonetheless xD
sometimes, a plain cover can have an amazing story ! hence why I don’t judge 100% on it, heheh.
Well, dunno if this is weird, but…
I tend to not go to bookstores, cuz I know i won’t buy anything there anyway. The books there are super expensive, and i’d rather buy them on my kindle.
When i go to the charity shop (books are usually £1-3), i would only buy a book that looks new. If it looks like it’s been hit by a truck, eaten then spat out, i won’t touch it.
Also, if a charity book is like £2, i have a sneaky look at the kindle version, and if i’ts going for £0.99, i will always choose that.
When i see a book with a nice cover, i search for it on goodreads and read the description, reviews… if it was positively reviewed by someone i know, i’m more likely to pick it up.
So yea, it does take ages… 😀
hahaha “hit by a truck, eaten then spat out” .. our charity shop only has english books most times.. so if I want something in my language it’s not there I shall find it. (even if we are bilingual town .. id have better chance off fb market or yard sales if anything
I love this post!
I definitely tend to go to bookstores more than the library – my usual route is new stuff, then YA and MG, then Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and comics last.
I try not to linger too long, but you know how it is once you start browsing…
Haha ohh yes.. that’s why I usually go when I have NOTHING I shall do afterward 🙈 I still feel kinda eh for my mom afterward though.. specially if I took ages and havent gotten anything, yet she had to put up with me 🙊
Thank you for your comment! Im happy you liked my post xx
Oh yeah, I feel SO sorry for my mum! I usually try to go alone (though that is the most dangerous game), or with my best friend or boyfriend ‘cause they’re almost as bad as me 😂
haha I snag my godmother when I can the rare times she comes aswell ! She can also stay there for ages so it aint so bad; but sadly I got no one else and eh.. I dont drive yet soo ..
Haha once you start, there’ll be no keeping you away! 😂
im terrible and always judge books by their covers, its what draws me in.
however if something comes to me highly reocmmended i’ll do what you do and have a flip through and figure out if its for me