Joseph ’s Comments (group member since Jul 28, 2009)

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

I had a pretty good weekend. Went to Chicago's Printers Row Lit Fest Saturday and Sunday and picked up:
And at a garage sale I got:

I like to read Dear Abby and came across a letter to her this morning that I thought would be interesting to get your opinions on. What do you think of Abby's response? How would you have responded?

DEAR ABBY: I love to read. I have kept every book I have read, so I probably have close to 600 books in my library, which is actually a small room, overflowing with books and nothing else.

Why do you think I can't let go of them? I lend them out to only a select few, and I always make sure they are returned. I could do lovely things with this room if my books weren't in the way, but I can't seem to part with them. -- BOOKWORM IN NEW YORK


DEAR BOOKWORM: It's probably because your books have become an extension of yourself. Because you would like to do something else with the space they occupy, sort through them and keep only the most precious ones. If there are titles you would like to read again one day, do as many others are doing -- read them on an e-reader.

Hilary wrote: "I've been spending $300-500/month, but I gotta stop. We are out of room for more books. :-(" No you don't. Just get rid of that unnecessary furniture like the living room couch, kitchen table, bed and dresser... You'll have plenty of room then for more books. ;-)

Share here your book purchased in June 2013.

I'm not feeling 100% at the moment, I've had a bit of a sore throat all day so I thought I would make myself feel better by treating myself to some books at HalfPriceBooks Memorial Day sale. :-) I did pretty good for myself. I found several new ones as well as quite a few replacements for books I lost in my flood:

One more:

Two more I got delivered:

I came across this question in an interview of authors (found at http://www.chicagotribune.com/feature... ) and thought it'd be fun to ask here.

My favorite first line: "Call me Ishmael" Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
My favorite last line: "It is not often someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both." Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Another delivery arrived for me:

Here are some of my favorites:

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

I got , Dan Brown's newest!

Got in the mail yesterday:

I consider this a lucky find. I just happened to find on the public library's used book shelf this replacement for one of my flood-ruined books.

I think the problem is not really the scanners per se, it's the rudeness that SOME scanner users seem so OFTEN to have. When they are using those scanners, they sometimes seem to focus more on the machine and not on the people around them. People period tend to forget their manners when they have a machine like that, be it scanner, Ipod, cell phone, etc. I think it's not the scanner users we don't like, it's the rudeness we sometimes encounter at book sales, rudeness from anybody. I've been bumped and stepped on by non-scanner users, too, without an apology given.

Sorry I'm a little late getting this one posted. Share here your May purchases.

My first two purchases of May are:

Tracy wrote: "I know I've paid a lot for books over the years, but the one I remember best wasn't the actual price as much as the fact that I couldn't afford it. I was shopping at Costco (parents' membership), ..."

I know where you are coming from. We book buying addicts often tend to follow the wise words of Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus: “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."

I'm on a pretty good pace. I've read 122 books toward my goal of 315 books (39%), putting me 20 books (6%) ahead of schedule.

Shannon wrote: "If you feel the need to DNF a book do you count it in your totals or do you only count books that are completely read?"

I only count books that I finish. With how much I read and how few I find I tend to not finish, it's no big deal for me to not count those DNF books toward my goal.

Amber wrote: "I have a habit of getting out other books or getting on a computer and looking up people, places, artwork, maps, monuments, etc. when they are menyioned in a book I'm reading. Sometimes this is to..."

I hadn't thought about that, but I find I do the same thing, pull out other books or get on the internet to do research in the middle of reading.

Got back from the first day of C2E2, The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, with a copy of , signed by one of the illustrators Nei Ruffino.