What kind of a book shopper are you ?

I often wonder if it is possible to predict what kind of a person you are by analyzing your book shopping habits. Some types of shoppers I have seen are listed below

• The confident shopper : They come in looking for a specific book. If that is not there, they would probably leave not even bothering to browse
• The perennial browser : The kind who spends couple of hours browsing, in the end does not buy any book. Most of them tortured and lost souls :)
• The superfast shopper : Before you blink he / she has 3-4 books under their shoulder and ready to check out. Not a common species, I must say
• The iterative shopper : Scan the book shelves multiple times, often going over the same section more than once before making final choice. Often slow to pick up books.

I am more of an iterative shopper. I usually put down mental markers on which ones I want to buy while browsing, but I don’t pick them up till I am fairly close to checkout. Average shopping time is around an hour and maximum I buy at a time is no more than 4 books.

And I hate store staff lurking near me while I am browsing. I hate crowded bookshops also. I boycott the Gangaram’s in MG road for these very reasons. This is also why I love Crosswords.

I have bought some more books for reading this Friday, however the mind is not quite there yet ……..……