If someone gives me a book, I feel like I have no deadline for reading it. Which sometimes means I never read it. If it’s a loan, it’s more likely I’ll read it at all.
The flipside of this dynamic is that I’m unlikely to accept a book if I don’t think I’m likely to read it, or if I’m interested in reading it, but know that I won’t have time for a while.
If someone gives me a book, I feel like I have no deadline for reading it. Which sometimes means I never read it. If it’s a loan, it’s more likely I’ll read it at all.
The flipside of this dynamic is that I’m unlikely to accept a book if I don’t think I’m likely to read it, or if I’m interested in reading it, but know that I won’t have time for a while.