The Great Bookstore Debate: A "This or That" Exploration

When it comes to buying books, many readers have their own unique preferences and habits. In this article, we'll explore some interesting insights from a reader who participated in a "this or that" game about book-buying behaviors.

"I'm going to buy it so I will do that if I love the book and I know I'm going to read it again I will buy it so it's a good way to test things out so my answer is like kind of split I'll buy it if I know I love it I'll borrow it if I'm just kind of iffy on it or actually I'll borrow anything I can actually whatever my library supplies I'll try to get it I know that's probably the longest answer number eight bookstore or online I see bookstore I've bought plenty of books online but I love book searches so you can look at it you can walk around the bookstore it's just something about the bookstore that I don't think you can ever replace with online one time number nine one time or trilogy this is a this is a tricky one I'm gonna say trilogy I don't I love reading books that are just one book and that's fine but uh there's something about a sequel to that book that you're so anticipating about it number 10 monster read or short and sweet I'm guessing short and sweet means like kind of lovey and monster read scary i kind of leaning towards short and sweet I like short and sweet books I like I like sweet books but I like monster books too I don't know I don't know what the answer to this one must be let's just call it a tie number 11 starry eyed romance are full of action can i take both can i put can i have a book with starry eyed romance and full of action i picked that answer but um it depends on what type of romance it is if it's just like boring romance um no it was just full of action I like my books to have a lot of action and a lot of stuff maybe maybe a little less of a love than more action case employee divergent was a great book that book had so much action and it had plenty of love and it kept me on the edge of my seat as well as the hunger games those are the perfect ways to do it i'm not answering these questions right um i don't know to this answer either is it hard that'll be like this or that this or that i can't pick this or that i want the middle number 12 curl up in your snuggie or bathe in the sun I don't own a snuggie and I'm gonna be honest I really don't like curling up with a blanket reading because I get all hot and stuff I like having I'm such an ocd person I like having like a nice open space to read I like not bathing in somewhere it's hot but going out in the cool weather and just sitting on the deck and just reading so I guess if I could I would pick I would probably pick bathe in the sun that would be me number 13 hot chocolate or latte oh my gosh another hard one it depends on what type of latte it is I don't like coffee that much but I do like lattes but also like hot chocolate I think I like lattes more I pick latte all right the last question number 14 read the review or decide for yourself I totally read the review first before I buy anything you should see me in the bookstore oh my gosh you guys know I have a list of books that I always want the other day I was book shopping which by the way a haul is coming up soon yes I have another haul I can't believe it but I spent more my birthday money and I want a lot more books I don't know how I win so many books I don't know how I just enter tons of contests and I just get lucky so I don't think I'm like trying to steal anything it's just by pure luck anyway um when I'm in the bookstore I'm totally like if I see a book that kind of interests me and I'm like man I should get this but I'm like wait it could be a really awful book so I totally good reads it's first on my phone I'm like if people if five or more people gave this a four out of five I'm going to buy it so yeah I do that I totally check it out what other people think before I buy

In the bookstore, readers have their own unique preferences and habits when it comes to buying books. Some readers, like our participant, are unsure whether they should buy a book or borrow it if they're not entirely sure about it. This reader suggests that they might take a hybrid approach, buying only if they know for certain that they'll love the book or re-read it again.

On the other hand, some readers swear by online shopping. Our participant mentions that they've bought plenty of books online but still enjoy browsing through physical bookstores to search for titles and explore different sections. They appreciate the tactile experience of handling books in person and don't think you can replicate this feeling with online shopping.

Trilogies are another point of interest, as our reader admits they're intrigued by sequels to their favorite books. This suggests that some readers get invested in a series and are eager to continue reading once they've finished the first book.

Another aspect of book-buying habits is the preference for different types of romance novels. Some readers enjoy classic romances with minimal action, while others prefer more thrilling stories. Our participant seems to be part of the latter camp, preferring books that have plenty of action and excitement.

Some readers, like our participant, have an affinity for cozy settings when reading. They mention not wanting to curl up with a blanket in a snuggie-style setting due to getting too hot, but instead prefer relaxing outdoors on a cool day. This highlights the importance of personal comfort when it comes to reading habits.

Lastly, our reader expresses difficulty in deciding between two seemingly equally appealing options: buying based on reviews from multiple people or trusting their own instincts and purchasing without reading the review. This is a common dilemma many readers face, highlighting the ongoing debate about whether to rely on others' opinions versus trusting one's own taste in books.

In conclusion, the "this or that" game provides an insightful look into how readers approach book-buying habits. By understanding these differences, we can better appreciate our fellow readers and develop more effective strategies for finding new titles to enjoy.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys heather k here with bookables today and i'm doing a tag it's called this this or that book tag i just saw it on little book owls um channel so i just thought i would do it too she said she typed everybody so here i am being tagged so i'm just gonna go right to it sorry from looking down a lot my ipad's right here so i don't have like a computer screen in front of me because i'm in my living room so just go with it um one number one audio or book in hand um i've never even listened to an audiobook before place i foresee me listening to an audiobook would be in my car and i really like listening to music in my car just not trying to think but um so the obvious answer to this question i'm taking forever on would be a book in hand 100 for sure number two soft cover or hardback now for just the prettiness and just the i just like the size of hardbacks and like you know the prettiness and the durability i definitely pick hardback but for fundage purpose money purpose i definitely pick paperback because this book is 18 where i can get a paperback for 10 bucks so it's it's whatever whatever you choose buy a hardback if it's on sale if it's a paperback whatever i don't know it's a tie there's my answer number three fiction or non-fiction um fiction i do i've read non-fiction before i like to read biographies by i read the tina fey biography i want to read the ellen degeneres biography i mean i've read them before i've read other non-fiction books but obviously fiction is my number one go-to or fantasy or real real life issues um this is a tie i like i like contemporary and i like fantasy i don't know which one i favor more it depends on my mood like i just finished a fantasy book last night and so i'm reading a real life like contemporary book now so it just depends i like to switch it up i don't like to keep on one genre too long but um overall i think i would go with fantasy just because i've read and i own a lot more so i think that would i think that and wins by like a sliver so number five harry potter or twilight what what what kind of question is this i'm sure some people answer twilight but the answer is harry potter duh without a doubt or six kindle ipad or other um i picked an ipad i haven't read a book on this yet but i can foresee it oh look at my face it's all eliminated i can foresee it being really nice and easy because this is the hugeness of this ipad i'm not trying to brag about this episode by the way i use it for my business i'm not i didn't buy it specifically for my books borrow or buy this is actually a very good question um i just put it in my library um video from my channel i think a week ago or something like that and i'm katie from grazing pages which by the way if you're watching katie hi i tag you i thank everyone for the thank you specifically um was saying like you know she's i think she's getting the process of getting a library card and everything and i was talking about i was talking to her about the pros and stuff of it i think it is very wise to borrow first just so you can test out the book reading a couple pages of this book which i borrowed from the library i don't i see myself liking it i don't foresee myself loving it which means i really don't think i want it in my collection sorry that was my phone ringing so deposit real quick but um what was i saying oh crap i was saying it's a good way to like get books just to try them out like because you could like buy a book and not like it at all and i've had that and i've sold it because i don't like it i don't want to keep it that's just me i mean other people they just want to have all the books in their bookshelf which is totally fine i mean that's that's great do whatever you want like if you want to keep it keep it but if i don't like it if i'm not going to read it again or even like be like oh i really love that book no i'm not going to keep it i will keep it if i like it but not that so but the good thing the good thing about libraries i so i do rec i do my answer is kind of both i do like to borrow and i like to buy i usually buy books i think i'm probably gonna definitely like sound kind of weird but um it's also the library's good way to test books out that you will want to buy after you read them i've talked about duff i got that from the library and i bought it that week because i loved it that much and i will buy this book and i just finished this book it's jessica's guide to dating on the dark side i got it from the library and i absolutely love this book um and by the way um i think her the sequel to this is coming out in freaking 2012 or something and i know tons of people on goodreads have already read it it's i think it's jessica's guide to ruling on the dark side so if you have it and you want to let me borrow it i will totally love you for it because i don't think i can wait until 2012 i want to read the second of this book the second series of this book so yeah if you're watching and you own it send it on over and i will send it back when i'm done anyway so as i said i just finished this book and i love it so much i'm going to buy it so i will do that if i love the book and i know i'm going to read it again i will buy it so it's a good way to test things out so my answer is like kind of split i'll buy it if i know i love it i'll borrow it if i'm just kind of iffy on it or actually i'll borrow anything i can actually whatever my library supplies i'll try to get it i know that's probably the longest answer number eight bookstore or online i see bookstore i've bought plenty of books online but i love book searches so you can look at it you can walk around the bookstore it's just something about the bookstore that i don't think you can ever replace with online one time number nine one time or trilogy this is a this is a tricky one i'm gonna say trilogy i don't i love reading books that are just one book and that's fine but uh there's something about a sequel to that book that you're so anticipating about it number 10 monster read or short and sweet i'm guessing short and sweet means like kind of lovey and monster read scary i kind of leaning towards short and sweet i like short and sweet books i like i like sweet books but i like monster books too i don't know i don't know what the answer to this one must be let's just call it a tie number 11 starry eyed romance are full of action can i take both can i put can i have a book with starry eyed romance and full of action i picked that answer but um it depends on what type of romance it is if it's just like boring romance um no it was just full of action i like my books to have a lot of action and a lot of stuff maybe maybe a little less of a love than more action case employee divergent was a great book that book had so much action and it had plenty of love and it kept me on the edge of my seat as well as the hunger games those are the perfect ways to do it i'm not answering these questions right um i don't know to this answer either is it hard that'll be like this or that this or that i can't pick this or that i want the middle number 12 curl up in your snuggie or bathe in the sun i don't own a snuggie and i'm gonna be honest i really don't like curling up with a blanket reading because i get all hot and stuff i like having i'm such an ocd person i like having like a nice open space to read i like not bathing in somewhere it's hot but going out in the cool weather and just sitting on the deck and just reading so i guess if i could i would pick i would probably pick bathe in the sun that would be me number 13 hot chocolate or latte oh my gosh another hard one it depends on what type of latte it is i don't like coffee that much but i do like lattes but also like hot chocolate i think i like lattes more i pick latte all right the last question number 14 read the review or decide for yourself i totally read the review first before i buy anything you should see me in the bookstore oh my gosh you guys know i have a list of books that i always want the other day i was book shopping which by the way a haul is coming up soon yes i have another haul i can't believe it but i spent more my birthday money and i want a lot more books i don't know how i win so many books i don't know how i just enter tons of contests and i just get lucky so i don't think i'm like trying to steal anything it's just by pure luck anyway um when i'm in the bookstore i'm totally like if i see a book that kind of interests me and i'm like man i should get this but i'm like wait it could be a really awful book so i totally good reads it's first on my phone i'm like if people if five or more people gave this a four out of five i'm going to buy it so yeah i do that i totally check it out what other people think before i buy wraps up my tag i hope it was a short and sweet sorry my dog's right here hi only she's still asleep anyway so that wraps up my this or that tag i tag everyone who wants to do it leave a video response because i love watching tags and i do watch them at the gym just yesterday i was watching a chapter chicks tag while i was on elliptical because it helped me get off the pain from being on the elliptical but um anyone who wants to do it go ahead and do it and um i hope to hear from you guys soon have a great day byehey guys heather k here with bookables today and i'm doing a tag it's called this this or that book tag i just saw it on little book owls um channel so i just thought i would do it too she said she typed everybody so here i am being tagged so i'm just gonna go right to it sorry from looking down a lot my ipad's right here so i don't have like a computer screen in front of me because i'm in my living room so just go with it um one number one audio or book in hand um i've never even listened to an audiobook before place i foresee me listening to an audiobook would be in my car and i really like listening to music in my car just not trying to think but um so the obvious answer to this question i'm taking forever on would be a book in hand 100 for sure number two soft cover or hardback now for just the prettiness and just the i just like the size of hardbacks and like you know the prettiness and the durability i definitely pick hardback but for fundage purpose money purpose i definitely pick paperback because this book is 18 where i can get a paperback for 10 bucks so it's it's whatever whatever you choose buy a hardback if it's on sale if it's a paperback whatever i don't know it's a tie there's my answer number three fiction or non-fiction um fiction i do i've read non-fiction before i like to read biographies by i read the tina fey biography i want to read the ellen degeneres biography i mean i've read them before i've read other non-fiction books but obviously fiction is my number one go-to or fantasy or real real life issues um this is a tie i like i like contemporary and i like fantasy i don't know which one i favor more it depends on my mood like i just finished a fantasy book last night and so i'm reading a real life like contemporary book now so it just depends i like to switch it up i don't like to keep on one genre too long but um overall i think i would go with fantasy just because i've read and i own a lot more so i think that would i think that and wins by like a sliver so number five harry potter or twilight what what what kind of question is this i'm sure some people answer twilight but the answer is harry potter duh without a doubt or six kindle ipad or other um i picked an ipad i haven't read a book on this yet but i can foresee it oh look at my face it's all eliminated i can foresee it being really nice and easy because this is the hugeness of this ipad i'm not trying to brag about this episode by the way i use it for my business i'm not i didn't buy it specifically for my books borrow or buy this is actually a very good question um i just put it in my library um video from my channel i think a week ago or something like that and i'm katie from grazing pages which by the way if you're watching katie hi i tag you i thank everyone for the thank you specifically um was saying like you know she's i think she's getting the process of getting a library card and everything and i was talking about i was talking to her about the pros and stuff of it i think it is very wise to borrow first just so you can test out the book reading a couple pages of this book which i borrowed from the library i don't i see myself liking it i don't foresee myself loving it which means i really don't think i want it in my collection sorry that was my phone ringing so deposit real quick but um what was i saying oh crap i was saying it's a good way to like get books just to try them out like because you could like buy a book and not like it at all and i've had that and i've sold it because i don't like it i don't want to keep it that's just me i mean other people they just want to have all the books in their bookshelf which is totally fine i mean that's that's great do whatever you want like if you want to keep it keep it but if i don't like it if i'm not going to read it again or even like be like oh i really love that book no i'm not going to keep it i will keep it if i like it but not that so but the good thing the good thing about libraries i so i do rec i do my answer is kind of both i do like to borrow and i like to buy i usually buy books i think i'm probably gonna definitely like sound kind of weird but um it's also the library's good way to test books out that you will want to buy after you read them i've talked about duff i got that from the library and i bought it that week because i loved it that much and i will buy this book and i just finished this book it's jessica's guide to dating on the dark side i got it from the library and i absolutely love this book um and by the way um i think her the sequel to this is coming out in freaking 2012 or something and i know tons of people on goodreads have already read it it's i think it's jessica's guide to ruling on the dark side so if you have it and you want to let me borrow it i will totally love you for it because i don't think i can wait until 2012 i want to read the second of this book the second series of this book so yeah if you're watching and you own it send it on over and i will send it back when i'm done anyway so as i said i just finished this book and i love it so much i'm going to buy it so i will do that if i love the book and i know i'm going to read it again i will buy it so it's a good way to test things out so my answer is like kind of split i'll buy it if i know i love it i'll borrow it if i'm just kind of iffy on it or actually i'll borrow anything i can actually whatever my library supplies i'll try to get it i know that's probably the longest answer number eight bookstore or online i see bookstore i've bought plenty of books online but i love book searches so you can look at it you can walk around the bookstore it's just something about the bookstore that i don't think you can ever replace with online one time number nine one time or trilogy this is a this is a tricky one i'm gonna say trilogy i don't i love reading books that are just one book and that's fine but uh there's something about a sequel to that book that you're so anticipating about it number 10 monster read or short and sweet i'm guessing short and sweet means like kind of lovey and monster read scary i kind of leaning towards short and sweet i like short and sweet books i like i like sweet books but i like monster books too i don't know i don't know what the answer to this one must be let's just call it a tie number 11 starry eyed romance are full of action can i take both can i put can i have a book with starry eyed romance and full of action i picked that answer but um it depends on what type of romance it is if it's just like boring romance um no it was just full of action i like my books to have a lot of action and a lot of stuff maybe maybe a little less of a love than more action case employee divergent was a great book that book had so much action and it had plenty of love and it kept me on the edge of my seat as well as the hunger games those are the perfect ways to do it i'm not answering these questions right um i don't know to this answer either is it hard that'll be like this or that this or that i can't pick this or that i want the middle number 12 curl up in your snuggie or bathe in the sun i don't own a snuggie and i'm gonna be honest i really don't like curling up with a blanket reading because i get all hot and stuff i like having i'm such an ocd person i like having like a nice open space to read i like not bathing in somewhere it's hot but going out in the cool weather and just sitting on the deck and just reading so i guess if i could i would pick i would probably pick bathe in the sun that would be me number 13 hot chocolate or latte oh my gosh another hard one it depends on what type of latte it is i don't like coffee that much but i do like lattes but also like hot chocolate i think i like lattes more i pick latte all right the last question number 14 read the review or decide for yourself i totally read the review first before i buy anything you should see me in the bookstore oh my gosh you guys know i have a list of books that i always want the other day i was book shopping which by the way a haul is coming up soon yes i have another haul i can't believe it but i spent more my birthday money and i want a lot more books i don't know how i win so many books i don't know how i just enter tons of contests and i just get lucky so i don't think i'm like trying to steal anything it's just by pure luck anyway um when i'm in the bookstore i'm totally like if i see a book that kind of interests me and i'm like man i should get this but i'm like wait it could be a really awful book so i totally good reads it's first on my phone i'm like if people if five or more people gave this a four out of five i'm going to buy it so yeah i do that i totally check it out what other people think before i buy wraps up my tag i hope it was a short and sweet sorry my dog's right here hi only she's still asleep anyway so that wraps up my this or that tag i tag everyone who wants to do it leave a video response because i love watching tags and i do watch them at the gym just yesterday i was watching a chapter chicks tag while i was on elliptical because it helped me get off the pain from being on the elliptical but um anyone who wants to do it go ahead and do it and um i hope to hear from you guys soon have a great day bye\n"