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

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

Thought you might be interested to know this topic has been brought up before. Have fun checking out some previous answers to this question: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

, jumps right to mind. I believe most if not all in Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series have owls on the cover.

Just got from Amazon.

N. L. wrote: "Started off April with a decent sized purchase (darn you Borders.com with your BOGO 50% off on paperbacks along with a 33% off coupon & Borders Bucks)...."

Tell me about it. I just got and with that deal. Today I also bought at the library , , and

Shannon wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I don't necessarily hide them, but I don't announce them either. I just very quietly try to slip them into a spot on the bookshelf and hope he doesn't notice. :)"

EXACTLY! No need blowing a trumpet and announcing a new books arival! lol Okay I just pictured that in my head...."

Shannon, I know there's no need, but for some reason, even though I know it's going to get them nagging, I just love to announce a new addition to my library. :-)

Afsana wrote: "I have way to many books

I have one shelving unit with three shelves 2 of the shelves are 2 up 2 across with books- and the other 2 across. the top shelf hardbacks and the bottom shelf

I th..."

Afsana, you can never have too many books! What you really mean is you don't have enough bookcases! lol :-)

Shannon wrote: "It's still March so nothing yet. ;o)"

Sheesh, give me a break, I wanted to be sure this was here and ready for those up with the sunrise buyers. ;-)

Usually I'll read and buy new books in a series I really like as they come out. If I'm not sure, I'll read it from the library and then buy it. If I've just discovered at the library a series that has been out for a while, I'll usually try to buy as many of the older books as cheaply as I can as quickly as I can after I have read them from the library and then start buying the new books as they come out. I like to have complete sets in my library, be they series or trilogy, because I really like to reread.

April showers bring May flowers, and hopefully lots of trees that will someday become paper pages for lots of books. While we wait, what have you bought this month?

Thom wrote: "Many of my friends think I have too many books. I can't imagine what constitutes too many books. If my collection could rival the Library of Congress I wouldn't feel guilty about it. Proud; yes but..."

Thom, funny you should mention the LoC. Since I love to collect books anyway, one of my goals is to one day match the original number of books Thomas Jefferson gave the LoC to get it started, 6487. And at the moment, I'm only 2307 away and I don't plan to stop buying anytime soon. :-)

Thom wrote: "I wonder if there are people out there like me that have multiple copies of the same books? Joseph Heller's Catch 22 is one of the best books I've ever read. I have at least four copies of it as I ..."

One of the things I like to collect is multiple copies of my favorite titles, primarily for the illustrations. For example, I have four copies each of Treasure Island and Kidnapped and three copies of Huckleberry Finn.

Check out this great advice I found at http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Gadgets... regarding gadgets to keep or get rid of.

BOOKS Keep them (with one exception). Yes, e-readers are amazing, and yes, they will probably become a more dominant reading platform over time, but consider this about a book: It has a terrific, high-resolution display. It is pretty durable; you could get it a little wet and all would not be lost. It has tremendous battery life. It is often inexpensive enough that, if you misplaced it, you would not be too upset. You can even borrow them free at sites called libraries.

But there is one area where printed matter is going to give way to digital content: cookbooks. Martha Stewart Makes Cookies a $5 app for the iPad, is the wave of the future. Every recipe has a photo of the dish (something far too expensive for many printed cookbooks).

Complicated procedures can be explained by an embedded video. When something needs to be timed, there’s a digital timer built right into the recipe. You can e-mail yourself the ingredients list to take to the grocery store. The app does what cookbooks cannot, providing a better version of everything that came before it.

Now all Martha has to do is make a decorative splashguard for a tablet and you will be all set.

I used to prefer paperbacks over hardcovers, but that was when I didn't have a job and couldn't afford the more expensive hardcovers. Now I prefer hardcovers since they are sturdier and tend to last longer since I am a chronic rereader. When I buy new, I prefer the hardcovers, but if I am buying used I'll buy what is available. But above all, I want paper, not electronic, it's just not the same. You just can't admire an e-book sitting on a shelf like you can a real book and I love to collect almost as much as I love to read.

Just a suggestion, but if you are fortunate to have one nearby, selling used books to Half Price stores is not a bad choice, either.

I'm not a parent, but IMO, books are the best gift you can buy a kid. And even though your daughter might not be old enough to understand a book, just being read to can be a plus, so go ahead and read aloud YOUR books to her as well as her books to her.

I don't think books will ever be a thing of the past. Booksellers might be, unfortunately, but books will always be available.

Today I picked up at Half Price and & at Borders. I think that will do it for the month. Maybe. :-)

When I was a kid I liked to design my own bookmarks for certain special books. I'd print them out on the computer and then I'd cut out cardboard from cereal boxes and tape the bookmarks to that. Nowadays I often just use poker cards for bookmarks.

Daisy, I know what you mean. There are so many classics I would love to be able to say I have read, but I just can't read them! Les Miserable, Sense and Sensibilities, The Phantom of the Opera, etc. etc. I've decided for now I will just settle for owning them so that if one day I feel I can read them, I at least will have them at hand.

I found this Baldo comic strip on Yahoo last Monday and it represents my feelings to a T. What do you think? :-)
http://www.goodreads.com/photo/group/...

While in the group photos, check out some of the other book-related comic strips I've come across. Enjoy.