Don’t do it if you’re planning to move house any time afterwards.
Make sure both you and the person you’re borrowing from write down what the book’s called.
Don’t do it if you’re planning to move house any time afterwards.
Make sure both you and the person you’re borrowing from write down what the book’s called.
Call me greedy, call me stingy, but I love my books and movies. I DO NOT loan them out, for fear of either never getting them back, or getting them back in a condition that is less than what it was when loaned. I used to be pretty generous, but I love my books, and after having so many not returned, or damaged, I just put a halt to it. I am no longer a lending library…lol. 😀
So, in that mind frame, I never ask to borrow from others. If I want to read something bad enough, I’ll go buy it…lol.
However, I saw someone somewhere on the interwebz who had a very clever idea…when you borrow something from someone, or they borrow from you…take a pic holding the item. You’ve got proof, and you know what it was…lol.
Hope you get it sorted! 😀
My books are scattered across the country. Some have moved house with their borrowers multiple times. Maybe one day they’ll return, but if not it’s only a book and knowing me it cost £1.49 from Oxfam. More often than not, when someone returns one I’m often like ‘wow, I’d forgotten I owned this, you know, I bet XYZ would love this book’.
However, I rarely repeat read so I’m not overly precious about most books.
Amen.