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

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

My first buy of April:

I'v read 87 books toward my goal of 365 books. At my current pace, I'm 7 books (2%) behind.

I'm not on the same pace I was last year and to me it seems the reason for that is I seem to be starting but not finishing a lot more books this year than I did last year. I figure if I'm about 75-100 pages into a book, usually about a third in, and the book is just not grabbing me that it's not worth finishing so I just put it aside and start another, but that means I've wasted an hour or so that I could have spent reading toward actually finishing a book.

April showers bring May flowers, what do the booksellers bring us? Share your April purchases here.

Just got and delivered.

In this week's Printers Row Journal, reporters Mark Caro and Christopher Borrelli discussed film adaptations of literary works. How closely should a film stick to a book's plot? Must the characters look as they are described in the book? Here http://www.chicagotribune.com/enterta...
are some of their choices for on-screen literary characters that hit the mark, and others that definitely missed. Do you agree or disagree? Any others that were perfect or completely wrong in your opinion?

Just got a delivery from Thriftbooks:

Also picked up:

Lea wrote: "I think I spend about $3000 to $6000 per year on books -- but if I add in my kids books it might be higher? Just this week I've spend something like $300 in various bookstores around town.

I defi..."

Thanks Lea, it's nice to know I'm not the only one who spends in the four digit range. :-)

Picked up , , and at Half Price Books.

You just had to ask? Taking a deep breath, I admit that I tend to average $150 a month which ends up totalling about $1800 a year.

I just discovered the coolest site. We know that there are others out there like us thanks to Goodreads and Book Buying Addicts Anonymous, but for more evidence, check out: Bookfessions

A couple of examples can be found in B.B.A.A.'s photos. Enjoy. :-)

I bought today:

You might also like North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley, as well as more of her works since she is a Taiwanese-American author. A good part of this story is about the Chinese-American boyfriend of the main character, who was adopted by Americans and goes back to China to see where he was born.

Bought Undead and Unwed used and it was signed by MaryJanice Davidson.

Gained today:

I think I might have gone just a wee bit overboard at Half Price yesterday. I had a long week so I thought I would treat myself. I ended up coming home with:

I'm at 56 of 365 (15%), 5 books (2%) behind.

March on! Share here your purchases made in March.

This should be the last of my book buying for February. Of course, saying that probably ensures I buy a bit more in the next couple of days. ;-)

Tori wrote: "I met Lauren Willig and Tasha Alexander yesterday and got my copies of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, The Garden Intrigue, and..."

Lucky you, I would really like to get Tasha Alexander's autograph. Where was she when you got it?