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

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

Got another deliver:

Kimberly wrote: "My fiance gets freaked out about it. I would buy books every chance I had but since money got tight I try to keep it under $20 or $30 a month. The hard part was last year when I worked for a used b..."

Kimberly, I don't know if this will help or hurt your "argument" with your fiance, but I'm going to be 35 in November and I currenly have over 4500 books. Think you can another 3000 or so in about 15 years? :-) (Another reason I am kind of glad I am a bachelor, no one to really stop me from my love of buying and reading books. Although mom and dad do still tend to nag.)

Sorry about the late posting. Share your October buys here.

I just got in the mail:

Got today:

Brought home yesterday.

Shannon, may I suggest you investigate at your local public libraries if they might have some e-readers you can take out for a "test drive" to see which you might prefer?

Bazzie1967 wrote: "Hi everyone. I work as a Library Manager and have always worked with books. Maybe this is why I tend to buy books upon books! So much so, that currently the collection at home stands at 850! I've ..."

I kind of know where you are coming from. I too am a librarian and love to buy books. When I was in school for my Masters I designed my own database using Access so I could practice my cataloging using my own collection. I still do it for the fun of it and considering I have been doing this now for about six years on a collection that has almost doubled in size from its original 2500 to about 5000, I still get plenty of practice. :-)

Went to Anderson's in Naperville and got and signed by both authors.

Just got home from Anderson's in Naperville where I got both and signed by both authors, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson.

I usually read series' books as they come out or as I get hold of them from the library, so I'm often reading multiple series at one time.

Danielle wrote: "Only one! Does it count if I won it?
Just My Type: A Book about Fonts"

Lucky you. :-) I just finished reading it myself, an interesting book.

Batsap wrote: "I'd like to read The Night Circus, but the book that's really tempting me at the moment is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake."

"The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" is a very interesting read, it's kind of a bizarre story but still interesting.

Are you serious? Really? Wow! Although for most of us, every day is buy a book day. :-)

Heart Of Stone- stone

Believe it or not, I was actually out Labor Day Sale shopping for something other than books, but when I was done, I still could not resist stopping in one last time at Borders where I picked up:

Shauna wrote: "Hi everyone,
New to this group and I definitely am a book-buying addict. I'm currently trying a book buying ban since my birthday was recently and my TBR pile nearly doubled. I want to last till H..."

Shauna, I just finished "Sweetly" and to be honest, it wasn't any special. It was a good read, but waiting for it to come out in paperback would not be a bad idea, I don't think it is worthy buying hardcover anyway.

Regarding books I want to buy but am resisting, my list is about 150 books long. I have a special list of books I would like to get, but only if I can buy them used for a good price or new for a used price. They're books I'd like to have, but I can survive without them until I can get them really cheap.

Share here your September purchases.

Got a great delivery to finish the month:

Kathleen wrote: "We are talking about bookshops not libraries, right?"

At the moment, yeah, but a child should behave the same way in a library as in a bookstore and a parent should be the one to make sure they behave.

Instead of scooting over, Madison got up and started for stairs. She might not be able to leave the house, but that didn't mean she had to stay in the same room with them.
"Please don't go, Madison," Dodie said in a soft, pleading voice.

Murder in Vein by Sue Ann Jaffarian