Is reading a hobby? Yes!

So my new hobby is going to second hand stores and buying books for real cheap! 

For years, I didn’t really read many books. But since going on a trip to the LifeLine Bookfest, which you can read about on my travel blog: https://melanietoyetravels.blogspot.com/2025/02/venturing-to-lifeline-bookfest.html?m=1

I have really fallen back into the love of reading. Interestingly enough, I just had to find the books and topics that I enjoy and that’s how I feel back into reading. Plus, you learn so much from books. Yeah, some books I skip sections because they are not relevant to me (non-fiction books). But generally, I try to read the whole thing. I guess what I am trying to say is, you do you. 

I don’t tend to buy a lot of fiction books. I do struggle to read them. But sometimes I borrow them from friends and they are easy reads. But again, it still takes me a month to read.

I guess that’s why I stopped getting library books. Because I would borrow about ten books at once and have one month to read them all - the pressure to do that is exhausting and at least half or more don’t even get read. So that is why I know buy them second hand.

I bought about ten books of all different topics for about $15. Talk about a bargain! I even got offered five magazines for $1. But I could only find one I liked so I paid 50 cents for it. 

See you don’t have to buy a heap of books, you can buy one at a time. I just prefer to buy a stack and slowly read them and then go back for more. Because the hunting for interesting books is just as fun as reading them. 

I hope this inspires you to buy some second hand books and fall back into the love of reading. 

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