Go to the library for the books. If there is a particular topic you find yourself engrossed in, then go to a Half Price Bookstore and buy some books.

i read my books multiple times, so to own it really helps when i want to go back to a story i really enjoyed.

Well, if you live in big city, there’s probably a nice city library. If you can’t buy the books then why not go to the library? That makes much more sense to me than trying to read a book in a store.

Aside from the pleasure of reading a book, for me, its also the pride of owning and being able to keep such good books
plus, sometimes i read them again

hi i am assuming you live in malaysia since you used RM, well today is my last day vacationing in malaysia i had a great time and the book stores here are amazing. what i liked about the boookstore here is that they have a cofeeshop for you to sit and relax, who said that you have to buy the book there are no rules on that right so just go to a book store and get a book and relax in the cofee shop and have fun i hope someday that you can aford all the books you want and make a nice library for yourself inshala
another thing is if you have local library’s that you can barrow books from that way you can give them money but they will return it when you give the book back i dont know about here but thats how it works in my country the problem is that they dont have really good books
anyway good luck and try to read as much books as you can the way want to read them