Collecting Books and Magazines ..

I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..

I too have the habit of collecting books. Earlier I used to lend to people whoever asked me. But as you said, many of them would forget to return them, misplace them somewhere or pass it to others without my knowledge and ultimately lose that book. I have lost many books that way. So, nowadays I don't lend books unless I trust that person to return it.

I have the habit of never throwing any books or even magazines if I can help it.I have some really old Woman and Home , Illustrated weekly of India and Film India , all passed down to me by my great Aunt who was an avid reader.
The pages are brittle, and I got them all bound together.my children love to go through them ...I cut out interesting pages from magazines and get them bound together before disposing old magazines since it takes up a lot of space, as it is my house is overflowing with books and bound copies ... :cheer:
Also, I never give away any of the novels or books that I buy.However, I see that when people borrow books from you they conveniently forget to return the same or when you ask them, they have forgotten where they have put it...
Books are like legacies that you can pass down to your children ..

I too have the habit of collecting books. Earlier I used to lend to people whoever asked me. But as you said, many of them would forget to return them, misplace them somewhere or pass it to others without my knowledge and ultimately lose that book. I have lost many books that way. So, nowadays I don't lend books unless I trust that person to return it.

Same here jabeen, I too have stopped lending books to anyone these days except my own children and my sister and brother.Sometime back I went to one of my cousins house and saw two of my books there, with my signature in between ,on the pages...

today I found a good collection of magazines from my hidden treasury ... and found many very old magazines... :cheer:

Well, I don't used to read books and magazines more, but if it is my interest related, then i go for it sometimes... I like to collect technology related stuffs.

I have collected few Novels of Chetan Bhagat, shiv Khera.
As well as i have few books of Competitive Examinations.

I like your habit but the problem we face while constantly changing places. i had been posted in too many places during my service that would not allow me to keep old mags but books, yes I have a good collection although I have disposed my Bangalore collection while leaving Bangalore this April for ever. I had a good number of books there.

I like your habit but the problem we face while constantly changing places. i had been posted in too many places during my service that would not allow me to keep old mags but books, yes I have a good collection although I have disposed my Bangalore collection while leaving Bangalore this April for ever. I had a good number of books there.

It must have been very painful to let go of that collection.In my own case we have changed homes so many times and I have had to keep taking all the books around,since we had a permanent residence in mangalore , I could periodically dump everything there..

I like your habit but the problem we face while constantly changing places. i had been posted in too many places during my service that would not allow me to keep old mags but books, yes I have a good collection although I have disposed my Bangalore collection while leaving Bangalore this April for ever. I had a good number of books there.

It must have been very painful to let go of that collection.In my own case we have changed homes so many times and I have had to keep taking all the books around,since we had a permanent residence in mangalore , I could periodically dump everything there..

I am unfortunate in that too as I lost share in my parental home in October 2010 after the death of my father although, I never claimed my share since I am not willing to go for a long court affair. Besides I do not need it as I am disposing my present property to go settle in Australia soon.

I like your habit but the problem we face while constantly changing places. i had been posted in too many places during my service that would not allow me to keep old mags but books, yes I have a good collection although I have disposed my Bangalore collection while leaving Bangalore this April for ever. I had a good number of books there.

It must have been very painful to let go of that collection.In my own case we have changed homes so many times and I have had to keep taking all the books around,since we had a permanent residence in mangalore , I could periodically dump everything there..

I am unfortunate in that too as I lost share in my parental home in October 2010 after the death of my father although, I never claimed my share since I am not willing to go for a long court affair. Besides I do not need it as I am disposing my present property to go settle in Australia soon.

Thats too bad to have lost what was rightfully yours,but every wrong also has a right and I am sure that you will be compensated in time ! It is good that you are planning to migrate to Australia, you can be close to your daughter and grand son :)