Let's Talk Bookish; Do You Buy Books With Intention?

It's Friday, which means it's perhaps time for another Let's Talk Bookish post, courtesy of Book Nook Bits and Dinipanda Reads, and today's topic is "do you buy books with intention?".

Here's the further prompts for today.

Do you buy books randomly or do you think about what to buy? How do you decide which books to buy vs which books to borrow or just save for later? For books at the top of your TBR, is your go-to buying a book or do you check your library first? What book formats do you own most of—physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks?

Sometimes I think about what to buy, like when I'm in search of the next book in a series, but sometimes I do buy randomly, depending on what strikes my fancy. There's a secondhand bookstore in Stavanger called Løvås bruktbu, which almost feels like going on a treasure hunt whenever I visit.

When it comes to books to buy versus books to borrow first, I tend to divide it into what language the book is in - if it's in English, I automatically buy it, but if it's in Norwegian, I might borrow it first if the local library has it. As the local library has so few titles in English (I live in Norway), it's easier and faster buying books in English, rather than hoping they "might" have it.

I gotta admit the vast majority of books I have are physical copies, as it's my preferred format.