October 2026
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hellenichelona commented...
the first two volumes of Ouran High School Host Club…the person I lended it to claimed to have forgotten I even lended the books to her in the first place and has no idea where the books are! the manga section of my at-home library looks weird whenever I spot that shoujo manga series without the first two volumes, because even to this day I haven’t gotten around to buying a replacement for them! it’s been like this for years..!
Have you lent a book and never gotten it back? Did you forget to ask? Did they just love it so much you gave it away? Did you have to fight for it back? Were you the guilty party who kept the book?
So many possibilities. I have only once gotten back a book I've lent.
In highschool, when twilight came out, I was all about it. I was the nerd who took it to school and was reading it inbetween classes. A friend of mine (or so I thought (Joanna)) asked to borrow it, I said of course! I was excited to share something I loved. A couple of weeks go by and she hasnt mentioned if she was team Ed or Jacob (team Ed myself) and so I asked "did you like twilight?" She acted confused "what do you mean, I've never read it". Well okay then Jo, I was a little upset but whatever, I asked for it back since she didnt want to read it but she insisted I never lent it to her!
So like any completely emotionally stable 13yr old... I went crying to my mummy that I wanted my book back. My mummy took me to her house and talked to her mum, who made Jo give it back. Take that!!! She had even written her name in the front page, the gotdam audacity of this girl. Anyway I got my book back and she didnt speak to me anymore, win/win.
Now I only lend books that I'm happy possibly not getting back. What's your story?
hellenichelona commented...
I do! although, I haven’t done it with all the books I’ve read in the past yet…especially all the manga. I’ll get to it when I feel like it.
Okay, maybe this sounds silly, but another user and I were talking about this earlier!
I was scrolling through quests and noticed there are a handful of books marked as unread for me, that I certainly have read… in fifth grade. I’m almost 28yo now, with little to no interest in rereading middle grade books.
But I’m a little purist about it, I only began tracking about two years ago, in real time. Now I’m hesitant on whether I want to add books from almost two decades ago for completionist sake. 😅
What do you guys like to do?
hellenichelona commented...
I’ve always liked to do both, but it also really depends on my mood…and my mood these days most often seems to lean into the “read to escape” kind of reading.
Personally, I read to escape the real world - I pretty much refuse to read anything too heavy or heartbreaking! I suffer with terrible anxiety and OCD, so reading silly or happy books helps me cope.
Do you guys do the same or do you like books with heavy subjects?
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