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

Went to a book signing today and got The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings signed by Raymond Benson.

Picked up used today:

More orders arrived:

Another used book order arrived signed! :-) This one was Buried signed by Linda Joy Singleton.

I love it when this happens. There was no mention online of it being autographed when I ordered it, but another book I ordered used arrived signed! I got The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell.
I also recently received as a birthday gift Apprentice: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery and Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda's Daughter both signed by Maggie Anton.

Ok, how many of these fit you?

20 Things That Happen When You’re a Book Nerd
BY REBECCA JOINES SCHINSKY
DEC 2, 2013
http://bookriot.com/2013/12/02/20-thi...

Being the Designated Book Nerd in your family or social circle is an important job. And it brings with it–especially at the holidays, filled with parties and gatherings–a certain set of expected experiences.

You pack twice as many books as you can realistically read for any trip because you’re afraid of running out.

While talking to strangers/your partner’s coworkers/anyone you don’t know very well, you mention something about reading in hopes it will turn out that they love books too.

You have go-to recommendations for people who tell you they loved last year’s Big Book.

You can find in any conversation an opportunity to say, “Oh, I read a book about that!”

When Great Aunt Sally asks someone to explain what The Hunger Games is about, you volunteer as tribute.

You get cranky when it turns out that your airline hasn’t implemented the new FAA rules allowing use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing. You need all the ereading time you can get.

You wish you could call in “curled up with a good book” to take the day off work.

People who know you’re into books assume you know about ALL the books and constantly ask if you heard that one interview on NPR with the author of that one new book whose title they can’t remember.

Sometimes you pretend to be texting so you can sneak in a few pages on your phone.

You don’t like to admit it, but you’ve actually said, “Not tonight, I want to finish my book.”

You panic if you discover you’ve left the house without something to read.

It drives you nuts when you can’t see what other people are reading.

You buy everyone books as gifts, but no one knows which ones to buy for you.

Sometimes you get so lost in your audiobook that you drive right past your destination without realizing it.

You’re not even a little bit flustered when your grandma says she read Fifty Shades of Grey. At this point, it’s more surprising when someone hasn’t.

You’ve had crazy dreams caused by a book you were reading at bedtime.

You can sniff out the closest bookstore in any city you visit, and you put it at the top of the itinerary.

You anticipate book release dates the way other people anticipate movie premieres.

Nothing makes you roll your eyes like hearing someone say, “I wish I had time to read, but I’m just sooooo busy.”

You know books aren’t dead.

Some more deliveries:

A bunch of goodies to start the month:

Well, it's that time of year again. First round of voting has begun and I'm a little bummed because out of all the categories, there are only two categories where I've read any of the books nominated. I wrote-in nominations in the other categories, but I'm not holding my breath that those write-ins will get past the first round. How about you? How does your been read list compare to the nominations?

To be honest, that's what I figured the General folder could be for. Feel free to start a thread there if you want.

New month, new shares. Share your November purchases here.

Thriftbooks.com has made a change I like. Now, you save 50 cents on every additional book you add to your cart. It used to be, you only got that 50 cents off for every book you bought from the same state from Thriftbooks's used bookstore partners. This change makes things way better. They're probably going to have me shopping from them more often now, that's for sure.

EDIT: 2/4/15 Apparently this was quite temporary, and other not so nice changes have been made. Read further down the page for more info.

Some more orders from Thriftbooks arrived. I went maybe a wee bit overboard this month ordering from them. Oh well.

Found lots of good books used today:
And I picked up a couple new from the school's book sale:

Got another package:

Got a delivery I've been really looking forward to getting:

Kiera wrote: "Hey, so I actually exited a book shop empty handed yesterday! Omg!"

Kiera, are you ok? Do you need us to call a doctor to treat the shock? ;-)

I got another delivery today:

Got some more luck! A book I ordered used online arrived autographed! Storm Warrior signed by Dani Harper.

Lupe wrote: "October Purchases:

The Maze Runner, The Scorch TrialsThe Death Cure, The Kill Order, Amulet, Vol. 4: The Last Council, ..."

Problem? What problem? ;-)

I just had a nice size order come in today:

Thom wrote: "Keep it at 250 and add some whipped cream with a big red cherry on top. No pressure, just pleasure."

So far that whipped cream is 25 books high and still growing. :-) It's going to be interesting to see what the final book of the year will be for that cherry on top.