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Joseph ’s comments from the Book Buying Addicts Anonymous group.

Went from Illinois to spend time in Kentucky Blood Orange and now I'm in North Carolina Poisoned Prose

Shauna wrote: "[bookcover:The Fa..."

Happy Birthday, Shauna! And no need for a defense, I say buy all you want! ;-)

Just got back from visiting Half Price, came home with a load:

My first orders of July arrived: &

Share your July purchases here.

A quick visit to England The Thirteenth Coffin and now back to Illinois Skating Over the Line

A couple more orders in:

Now at two thirds finished! I'm 54 books ahead of schedule with 200 of 300 books read. :-)

I've gone from 1929 Australia Unnatural Habits to 1980s New York Stalking The Unicorn to present-day Illinois Skating Around the Law and back I am in Australia Earthly Delights.

A couple more orders arrived: bought used and bought new.

Do you read colorfully? See if you can fill up a box of crayons with the titles of books you read. Start with good old ROY G. BIV but feel free to add any titles that might have the names of crayons you'd find in a box of Crayola. Exact names or color variations are all acceptable

Examples:
Pink: A Coral Kiss, coral is a shade of pink
Red: The Fire Rose, while it is referring to the flower here, you can use it as a shade of red.
Orange: Blood Orange, again this refers to the fruit, but go ahead and use it as the color.
Green: The Green Mill Murder, this matches exact, of course
Blue: Cocaine Blues, it means the music, but it contains the word.
Black: A Study in Sable, sable is a shade of black.
Peach: Peach Pies and Alibis, may be the fruit but it is a color, too.
Brown: Brownies and Broomsticks, it contains the word so go ahead.

Start with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet and go from there. Have fun.

Done 6-11-16

1. Read a book you bought in May or June. 6-10-16
2. Read a book with a blue cover 6-11-16
3. Read a book with a beach in the story or on the cover
4. Read a book that is of an LGBT or maritime genre. 6-8-16

http://bookriot.com/2014/06/09/10-obn...

10 OBNOXIOUS THINGS HARD-CORE READERS SAY TO PEOPLE

BRENNA CLARKE GRAY
06-09-14

Here are 10 super-cringy things I’ve overhead book people saying to non-book people, and I wish to goodness they would stop.

1. Oh, you watch television. Oh. I read.

2. Uh huh. I didn’t see that movie because I already read the book and 3. obviously it’s going to be better.

3. I only read 100 books last year. I hope to do better this year.

4. Your favourite writer is Jodi Picoult? Oh. Okay. Yeah, no, she’s fine.

5. I would love to buy something like that but I spend all my money on books.

6. Ebooks? Ew. There’s just something about a tangible book and the way it smells.

7. Oh, you’re just getting to that book now? I read an ARC months ago.

8. Tee hee! I just bought all these books and goodness, I feel so guilty!

9. Um, where are your bookshelves?

10. I don’t understand how you fill your time if you don’t read!

Ok, be honest, how many of these, or variations of, have you said to people before? Me, I might have only said 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Just 9 out of 10, that's all. ;-)

http://bookriot.com/2014/06/06/10-obn...

10 OBNOXIOUS THINGS PEOPLE SAY TO HARD-CORE READERS
RACHEL CORDASCO
06-06-14
We hard-core readers have all been there. You’re trying to have a serious conversation with someone about a book you’re reading and then their eyes glaze over and they say something obnoxious. You know, like one of the following:

1. All that reading will destroy your eyes.

2. You’re going to spend all of your money on books and then you’ll starve and you can’t eat books, now can you.

3. You read books outside of class?

4. You read books for fun? What kind of masochist are you?

5. Oh, you read War and Peace? Weeeelllll, guess you’re too smart for me to talk to, huh?!

6. You know, those poor trees would still be on this planet supplying us with oxygen if it weren’t for you and your kind.

7. Why waste time reading books when you could be doing other things? Important things? Like following the latest celebrity gossip.

8. What are you, some kind of nerd?

9. You’ll have to buy a bigger house to fit all those books he heh heh heh heh heh *guffaw*.

10. You should stick to the real world.

How many of these, or variations of, have you heard before? For me, I've heard 2, 3, 5 (But it was Moby Dick), 6, 7, and most often 9.

I've got a load to share! :-) This weekend was Chicago's Printers Row Lit Fest and I had way too much fun. I came home with all these used books:


I picked these up from the library's used book shelf:

And I also had an order of new titles arrived:

Choosing my two most favorite books is not an easy thing to do, but the first two loves that pop into my head are Charlotte's Web and Treasure Island.

I've really been getting around, just left Wyoming (The Doctor and the Dinosaurs) for a visit to Australia (Cocaine Blues)

Year is halfway through, and I'm more than halfway to my goal, 57% to be exact with 171 of 300 books.

Just left Ireland Morrigan's Cross now heading to Tombstone, Arizona The Buntline Special

Duration June 1-June 30, 2016
Rules: Read at least 3 books from the options given below.

1. Read a book you bought in May or June.
2. Read a book with a blue cover
3. Read a book with a beach in the story or on the cover
4. Read a book that is of an LGBT or maritime genre.