Books - Borrow or Rent?

Ok, still on books and reading. Sorry, it's my favourite pastime, besides eating. Hahaha. So just bear with me.

To my Bookworm Secret Admirer (Aiyo, really can't disclose who you are?! It's becoming a mouthful now to address you. Hahaha.):

"Now explain something to me, dear hweiming - why 'buy' from Sunny?" Yar, you are right, for almost the same price, I can buy the books new. Let's see: I borrow the books from the library and return them after reading. If I like the books, I wait for the 20-30% discount offers from Border/ Kinokuniya to get them. You see, I am a very lazy person. Hahaha. It will be far easier to just rent from Sunny (but I will often get the brand new ones and bonus, they are already wrapped) and if I like the book, I don't even have to return to the shop. So if I like the book, it is 3 trips with the library option versus 1 trip with Sunny option. Hahaha. Happy with my answer? =)

Hmm...George R R Martin's Fire and Ice series. How many books so far? I gave up reading Eddings' The Belgariad after the 4th book, lost patience. But I like Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series (actually I prefer the books to the movies) and the appendices were really interesting read by themselves. So if it is along Tolkien's line, can consider. Hahaha. Yup, I have heard of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders series but this series has got like what, 18/19 books and still counting! Remember, me no patience. Hahaha. Why not, you just give me a summary of each book? Hahaha.

Hmm...it seems you are more into fantasy and thriller. What about Sci-Fi? Any interest there? I have only managed to read a few books here and there of the "Star Trek", "Star Wars" and "Dune" series. But for my first intro to Sci-Fi, it was the Battlestar Galactica series. I read all 14 books of the BG classic series. BG now has a new series of books, have yet to look at them.
What about comics? You read comics?

PS. I am down to a few names on my list, not many people read so extensively and on such genres. Hahaha.