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

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

Chrissy wrote: "It's wonderful knowing that you helped put on a program that encouraged kids to read and learn a love of reading/books."

I know what you mean. I'm a Youth Services Librarian and we do this sort of thing every summer for the neigborhood kids and it is really rewarding for everyone involved in so many different ways.

Picked up a couple used at the library:

Katie wrote: "My parents always made a big deal out of the fact that in kindergarten I tested at a 7th grade reading level. So I've been reading as long as I can remember. My school participated in this reading ..."

Katie, talk about bringing back memories. I remember doing that Pizza Hut reading program. Scholastic was a big part of my start in reading and collecting books, too.

Marsha wrote: "I've been reading for a very long time - I distinctly remember stockpiling books from a local used book store as young as 12 (when I started babysitting and making my own money). There's one book ..."

Marsha, Goodreads has a group that is set up to do just what you are looking for, help you remember the names of books. Check out What's The Name of That Book??? http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/185

Three more for me. One new and two used

Got from Amazon:

Went to Anderson's Bookshop once again, this time to get my copy of A Discovery of Witches signed by the author Deborah Harkness and I also picked up already signed copies of The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale signed by Carmen Agra Deedy and The Vespertine signed by Saundra Mitchell.

Got my first purchases of the new year: Autographed copies of and

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Are you taking part in the 2012 Goodreads Challenge?
I am. I amazed myself and actually ended up with 387 books read last year. My goal was just 300. I knew I loved to read, but didn't realize I read SO much as at least a book a day. So this year I am going to aim for 365 and see where I end up. How about you?

Happy New Year! Please share your new purchases here with us.

Ok, this is probably my last purchase of the year:

Shannon, only 57? ;-) Nice haul!

I made my last purchases of the year today (maybe). Got at Half Price:

JC wrote: "Moby Dick.

I don't care what ANYONE says I hated it so much.

It may be tied with Scarlet Letter though. Those two are worse than any indie book I've ever read... and I've read some pretty terribl..."

JC, since you have read Moby Dick already, you might be interested in this new book that just came out,
Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick. I enjoyed Moby Dick when I read it, but I must say reading this other book I learned some things about Moby Dick that got me to enjoy it a bit more. You might too, and it is a relatively quick read, also.

I guess what people have said here does make a bit of sense, but I still hope that after an author does enough of these novellas and short stories they can combine them into one collection and publish them the old fashioned way, paper-wise.

Added to my collection.

Have you noticed any of your favorite authors writing new novellas or short stories but only offering them as ebooks? I have and it is really bugging me. I want to read these new works, keep up on what they are adding to my favorite series' storylines, but I want them as good old paper, real books. I don't like reading on screen so I find I am probably missing out on something because I don't want to download these works. I'm hoping that sooner or later these works will be collected and published the real way, on paper, like I've seen some authors do already. I think I'll wait and see. What's your opinion? How are you handling these situations?

Just received delivery of a great YA novel signed by the author: Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi

My orders from Cyber Monday finally arrived: What Difference Does It Make, Danny?