So many moons ago ( about 4+ years) I had a book friend who shan't be named for obvious reasons, so one day we decided to swap some books so we can enjoy some books we each love. The person gave me a few books to read including The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins amongst rough 5 books she lent me.
The conditions were that the books were not meant to be kept and that we would give the books back after we finished them. I gave the person who shan't be named a whole bunch of books including books that actually meant something to me and ones I had fell in love with.
So a few weeks pass and the person who shan't be named asked for The Hunger Games back which I said sure too since at that point I wasn't interested in reading the trilogy at all. Months went on and the person who shan't be named hadn't read any of the books I lent to them nor did they seem that interested to anyway.
A few years had past and we had both gone separate ways, moved house and other things. In 2014 I was so upset with what had happened as I was willing to give back the few books I had left from the person who shan't be named had lent me but they hadn't even contacted me about giving back the books I had left to them. Anyway in 2014 I sent them a message basically saying how appalled I was with them not exchanging the books back or trying to do anything to resolve the situation. Especially since they were a book person too who was meant to cherish books and reading.
To this message I get a reply where I have to do all the running about and collecting of the books because she was at Uni, this was sort of fair enough but the fact that they never once apologised for this nor when they were clearing out to moved to Uni did they think that maybe they should get in contact regarding the books that they knew were mine and should of been given back.
This was such a bad experience and I am so careful now with lending out books which I have to say i haven't done since as I don't want this to happen again not only did they keep books that meant a great deal to me but also these book cost money which I choses to spend on books because why shouldn't I.
So the lesson of this story is be really careful when lending or borrowing because if they lend you a book it does not mean it is automatically yours and you should look after the book and make sure not to ruin it.
Anastasia x
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