Basically I have two hobbies. I am both addicted to reading & buying gorgeous books. I want to have a nice library with classics to pass on to my future children. It just makes me happy seeing all those shelves.
So I prefer buying books in English since it’s the most spoken language but I prefer reading in my own language (Dutch). Is it weird to buy them in English but to borrow them from the library to read in dutch?
I just feel like I’m wasting my money because I don’t even read the specific books I bought and have them in case I want to re-read. But then I think spending money on books is never wasted.
Basically I want confirmation that I’m not wasting my money and maybe to know others do the same so I don’t feel bad lol
It is your money and joy, so you can do whatever you want.
Buying books to put on a shelf is just as wasteful as any other home decor item that just sits on a shelf without a use. And I want to ask follow up questions. Do you feel like you need them for aesthetic purposes, because social media has told us our bookshelves should look a certain way? Have you actually gone back and read any of them in English after reading them in Dutch, or are they purely decor? Would you consider buying the books in Dutch or do you only borrow them from the library? Would you be more inclined to re-read them in they were in Dutch?
In my opinion - yeah it’s pretty wasteful. It wastes your money, it wastes that space on your shelf. It wastes resources producing and shipping to you.