Book-buying

I have often wonder myself, why do I buy so many books?
What's the point of buying?
There are e-books online and more environmental friendly, space-saving.
The thought is even more pertinent when my bookshelves....erm.....collapsed a bit.
Then I realise there are two reasons.

Reason 1

Just to quote what Rose said in Titanic the movie, " It has been 34years since I boarded the ship. I could still smell the fresh paint."

I adapt this line to my own. "It's been 17years since I had my first storybook. I could still smell the fresh ink on the book, the fresh glue that is binding the book together."

Guess you know why I prefer buying and keeping the book because of the smell.

Sounds weird to you?

Well, not at all to me. I still remember the excitement that I had whenever I bought the book.

Reason 2

Well, this is rather a personal reason I guess. To me, reading a book especially by those famous people or researchers always gives me a sense of achievement.
A kind of social or cultural capital.
It makes me feel so cultured and knowledgeable that it makes me feel good psychologically.
And what does this got to do with buying books?
Well, When I bought a book or books, I make it a point to finish the whole book even though it may not be nice or even dry. But whenever I took a look at the shelves, I feel a sense of achievement and satisfaction.
Because I have read them all.
It feels so good.
Especially when it is names like Herbert Schiller, Robert McChesney, Joseph Straubhaar, Koichi Iwabuchi, Paul Du Gay....
Those big names of researchers.....haiz....
That's why I even bought the textbooks and so on when I don't really read it after that semester.
That might be a waste but to me it is not.
Buying them gives me a dominant feel over what I possessed.
Yeah you may called it in a weird sense the social psychology of material possession.
haha....