{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/the-strange-guilt-of-library-books/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Rope and Tire","author":"Suprada Urval"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"fd67fa99-bfa4-504d-9782-976d14190a4b","excerpt":"I read a lot (said kind of guiltily like it’s not a nice thing to admit). I borrow books from the library – books, e-books, audio books. I read the ones I already have and I also buy books in all formats. In my journey as a reader, I have found…","html":"<p>I read a lot (said kind of guiltily like it’s not a nice thing to admit).</p>\n<p>I borrow books from the library – books, e-books, audio books. I read the ones I already have and I also buy books in all formats. In my journey as a reader, I have found something interesting about myself.</p>\n<p>I have realized that I have this vague ill-defined guilt when I return a library book unread or partially read. Like I am committing a sin. But I don’t feel this guilt for the books I buy. I might feel bad if a book I bought – I haven’t completed yet, but not this sense of committing a sin.</p>\n<p>This phenomenon in myself is very interesting. Why should this be?</p>\n<p>You would think that it should actually be the other way around – I should be hesitant in buying books – I am after all spending my hard-earned money on them. And when I don’t I should be feeling very guilty at almost spending so much money and not reading the books.</p>\n<p>But the library books are free. And I can always borrow them again! So I shouldn’t feel this guilt at all right?</p>\n<p>Why do I feel this way? I am clueless.</p>\n<p>Do you readers, feel this way at all? If so, do you understand why?</p>","frontmatter":{"title":"The Strange guilt of library books","date":"October 08, 2014","url":"/the-strange-guilt-of-library-books/","tags":["Books","Thoughts"]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/the-strange-guilt-of-library-books/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/2014-10-06-reduction-of-choosing-200-words-project/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Reduction of choosing – 200 words project","url":"/reduction-of-choosing-200-words-project/","tags":["200-words-project","Thoughts"]}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/2014-10-13-mild-acts-of-kindness-200-words-project/"},"frontmatter":{"title":"Mild acts of kindness – 200 words project","url":"/mild-acts-of-kindness-200-words-project/","tags":["200-words-project"]}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["3128451518","426816048"]}