Can too much be a bad thing?
I now have officially more books to read than I have ever accumulated in my life. I usually have at least 5 new paperbacks by the side of the bed ready to devour but for the last couple of weeks I've been lured, tempted and seduced by the offer of free ebooks to download - legally I might add. I have to stop it. If I had an ereader I wouldn't mind but they're on Kindle for PC which means I have to lug my computer to bed if I want to read them. And plug it in because the battery life is very short. And that disturbs the sleeping monster at my side.
I'm also steadily re-reading my paperbacks and giving them to charity once I've read them, unless I love them too much to give away. I used to wonder about the point of reading a book twice, but some of mine, I'm on the third read because I adore them so much.
Kiss Chase - Fiona Walker
Unsticky - Sarra Manning
Almost all of Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Derik's Bane - Mary Janice Davidson
Most of Jenny Crusie's early stuff
Most of Jill Mansell's, Adele Parks, Lisa Jewell, Freya North
oh I could go on. I'm still going to have hundreds on my shelves.
I'm also steadily re-reading my paperbacks and giving them to charity once I've read them, unless I love them too much to give away. I used to wonder about the point of reading a book twice, but some of mine, I'm on the third read because I adore them so much.
Kiss Chase - Fiona Walker
Unsticky - Sarra Manning
Almost all of Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Derik's Bane - Mary Janice Davidson
Most of Jenny Crusie's early stuff
Most of Jill Mansell's, Adele Parks, Lisa Jewell, Freya North
oh I could go on. I'm still going to have hundreds on my shelves.
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(last edited Sep 05, 2013 06:43PM)
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Sep 05, 2013 06:43PM
Honestly, it's not even great to download 1,000's of freebies that you'll never read even on an ereader. I finally had to admit I had a problem and stop doing it unless I knew it was a book I wanted to read.
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I'm signed up with AMC (Author's Marketing Club) and I get emailed DAILY a list of freebies. I used to download every freebie I see with an interesting cover, even in genres I don't read. I mean, c'mon, it's FREE! But after a while, I just stopped because I almost never end up reading any of them, not just because writing cosumes all of my time, but because it's just soooo easy to get distracted on goodreads with all the exaggerated hype around other books. I dunno, that one click button on Amazon is pretty addictive.
Wow...i am just so like you Barbara...reading on my pc kindle which is truly a drag...but i have to read all those books...and yes...i love my paperbacks...i just can't get rid of them...i'm too attached...keeping reading them over and over again.:)
