I miss my books... :(

Aww that's too bad. Sorry about that. I think it's better to just keep your favorite books to yourself or just lend it to someone who you can truly trust. I also have books and I don't lend it to people if I'm not comfortable about the idea of lending. If someone's reading my books, I'm also very strict with the way they handle it. I don't want them opening my books too much as it causes creases. Perhaps there are still available copies of the books you lost. Just go and buy it and keep it to yourself now.

When I lend a book, I prefer to think that it is lost : sad to say, but generally my friends forget to bring them back, and I prefer to forget to ask them -- friends are friends --. I am also a Jules Verne fan, and you can download a pdf version easily of "Around the World in 80 days" online. I know it is not the same feeling to read on a screen than on a true paper page, but the words are the same...

Hi friend.... I have thousands of book in my library but i never let anyone to borrow as i have not received more than 200 books till now. If someone comes to read then i have my study room and i say him/her to read here. You can do that. have a nice day

That is really sad. People should learn to return things when they borrow them.. They should be responsible enough, and take responsibility if ever they did lose the book. But at least you learn from your mistakes.

Aw. I'm sorry to hear that! I remember I let my friend borrow a book from me once and it came back with jelly on the last page with the two pages stuck together! I was so upset. I treat books quite well and if I ever damaged or lost someone's book that they lent me, I'd give them them the money to buy a new one or buy it myself for them.

If I'm honest, I think you should get an Amazon Kindle - you can store 3000 books all on one slim device. That way, you'd never WANT to lend any books to anyone. No, but really, that's kind of sad, you can download the eBooks of those books from the internet for FREE!!

hi lady, there are just people who are not responsible for returning back things. and it is sad for you who values such books. maybe you should remind them. ann

Sorry to hear about your loss. I don't lend things that I don't want to be not returned to me. The other lotter is right. When you lend something, be prepared for when it won't get returned.

"Oh, no, I'm sure I put it back on the shelf when I'd finished with it, have you looked properly?" Never lend anything that you're not prepared to lose is my advice :)