Is What They Say Wrong??

@else34 (13515)
New Delhi, India
December 30, 2015 6:11am CST
Everything has a bright and a dark side,they say. On my way back home from evening walk I visit book stores.There are many book shops on the road and I visit each of them everyday.Owners of these book shops have become my friends.They keep informing me about new books that are available with them.Often they help me get the book which I want to read,but which is not available with them. Do you see anything bad or objectionable in my habit of visiting book shops everyday?My friends say I waste too much time in the shops.I tell them that I use my spare time only in visiting these shops.They say,'Love for books is good,but there is a dark side of everything.'But they never tell me what is bad in this habit. Do you see what's bad in this habit?Or,is it wrong to say that there is a dark side of everything?
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
30 Dec 15
So long as they are real book shops and not the guys on the side of the street with the illegal copies who are stealing from the publishers and writers, then I see nothing wrong with it at all.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Dec 15
@boiboing,They are real book stores that deal in books prescribed for schools and colleges and books of literature and history.It takes me about an hour to visit all book stores.And like you,I too don't see anything wrong in visiting them everyday.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
30 Dec 15
@else34 I have found that with most Indian book shops, it can take a week to find anything because only the owner knows where he filed things. So well worth cultivating some friendly bookshop owners who know what you are looking for.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
30 Dec 15
@boiboing I honestly can't see what the 'dark side' can be to hanging out in book shops. Unless you are spending your rent and food money on books and letting your kids go hungry, then it's none of your friends' business how you use your free time.
Robert
@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
5 Jan 16
Its better that yiu spend your free time in a bookstore than your doing something like stealing
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
5 Jan 16
@lokisdad,A major part of my spare time is spent in bookstores.And I know it's not wrong.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
10 Jan 16
@lokisdad Yeah,they are idiots.I ignore them without caring what they think and how they react.
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Robert
@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@else34 some people are just idiots makes you want to kick them.
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Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
30 Dec 15
I find nothing bad about reading when you are not reading bad books at all. Reading good books is a way of learning so your friend should know which is right and which is wrong.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Dec 15
@salonga,I love literature,especially Hindi literature.Hindi is my mother tongue.My friends don't have any interest in reading books.Perhaps that's why they think I am wasting my time.
Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
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30 Dec 15
I think it is good that you spend time educating yourself and reading :D
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Dec 15
@gudheart,Thanks.That means neither you nor @boiboing see anything wrong in my habit.I will show your comments to my friends.Let me see how they react.
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
1 Jan 16
I suppose as long as you dont spend money you cannot afford, or time that needs to be used elsewhere i don't see why it would matter.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt,I always have some money to buy books I like,but I get time to read them only at night.My daytime is extremely busy.
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
2 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt Right.I'm fine.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
2 Jan 16
@else34 well then it sounds like you are just fine!
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Joanie
@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
30 Dec 15
I think it is a very good habit especially in these days when everyone is tied to their electronics. I am always attracted to book stores and I spend a lot of time in the local library
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jaishankar
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
30 Dec 15
@Freelanzer,I highly appreciate your interest to reading books.You can understand how it feels when you touch a book of your choice,smell it and read it.I have inherited love for books from my parents.
Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
31 Dec 15
I love books also and have a LOT of them in my home. I also go regularly to the library and also to thrift stores and look for books. I probably read at least two books per week and sometimes more. I'm retired and have plenty of time to read. The Bible has something to say about books that might be interesting to you. Ecclesiastes 12:12 says: "To the making of many books there is no end and much devotion to them is wearisome to the flesh." And then the next verse says: "The conclusion of the matter, everything having been heard, is: Fear the true God and keep his commandments. For this is the whole obligation of man. For the true God himself will bring every sort of work into the judgment in relation to every hidden thing, as to whether it is good or bad." Something to think about. I would like to recommend a web site to you, where you can watch FREE videos and read FREE articles in many different languages. You might enjoy this site: