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

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

Melanie wrote: "I'm a re reader so I keep my books..all of them also if i borrow a book and i really like it i tend to go out to buy it haha :D
my house is slowly being over run by books not looking forward to the..."

Melanie, you sound like you could be me! I'm the same way, a chronic rereader who often borrows first and then goes out to buy for my own library if I like it. If I do ever move, I'm going to need a separate truck just for my books! :-)

Melanie wrote: "I HATE MOVIE COVERS!
I'm terribly picky all my series have to have the same covers I cant get a different printing and i can not stand movies covers also I try to make all my series the same hight which is hard when they bring out the last one in a super tall book for no apparent reason then two year later they will bring out the small ones..."

To be honest, I've never come across the problem of having to buy a movie cover, but that's probably because I very rarely buy a book because of the movie.
I know what you mean about trying to match heights, though. I like to do that as well as matching cover styles with copies I already own, but if I can't I just live with the differences. As they say, don't judge a book by its cover! ;-)

Caitlin wrote: "ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "How many threads in our group did Nick spam this on? I've noticed on two so far. :(
I've flagged it."

I've seen 3, 4 counting this and I think there is more."

I believe I did delete at least 10 of these spams. I will not tolerate this annoyance and will delete them as well as the poster of them from the group as quickly as I can. Please do keep flagging them as you find them, hopefully this will help as well. Sorry I can't do more.

Most of you likely have notice lately we seem to have been invaded by annoying spammers who keep posting identicle messages in multiple threads that have nothing to do with the subject of the threads. As I see them I am deleting them as well as the poster of these from the group. I will do the best I can to get rid of these annoyances as quickly as I can, but you can probably help by flagging these messages for the Goodreads staff. Thanks.

Where I shop often depends on what I am buying.
New paperbacks I often buy from Borders with their coupons since Amazon doesn't offer anything off on paperbacks.
New hardcovers I buy from Amazon since they usually have the best deals and I'm sure to spend enough for free shipping.
I'll browse for used books at Half Price and the public libraries and if I am looking for a particular used title I'll also check out Thriftbooks.com.
If I'm nearby and have the time I'll also stop in to Andersons Book Shop to look for autographed books and at Barnes and Noble to check their clearance shelves.

I went to Anderson's Book Shop and got to hear Lois Lowry and Eric Rohmann talk about the book they worked on together Bless This Mouse as well as get an autographed copy of it by both them, plus I picked up already signed copies of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen and Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John.

I just got home from having a blast! I went to Anderson's Book Shop and got to hear Lois Lowry and Eric Rohmann talk about the book they worked on together Bless This Mouse as well as get an autographed copy of it by both them, plus I got Lowry's autograph on my copies of The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, AND Number the Stars PLUS I picked up already signed copies of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen and Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John. Sweet!

"We don't need any thanks," I said. Around us, the thyme that Hanna had planted was blooming, each bush covered with bees gorging themselves on the fragrant nectar. I thought of an old bit of folklore I'd heard once- that each thyme blossom contains the soul of a dear departed one- and felt glad that Jessica would be around to take care of the garden and carry on Hannah's tradition of growing thyme.

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I detest lending anything, especially books. They never come back in the same condition they went out, if they come back at all. I haven't leant anything since high school because of this. IMO, if a person wants to borrow a book, they can go to the public library, not my private library. Maybe I am being a bit selfish, but I spent the money to buy these books for my library and I want them well taken care of. Nobody can do that as well as I want but me.

At Half Price I picked up and . I hope to get a book signed at Andersons later tonight by Lois Lowry.

Mira wrote: "I have a signed copy of Rivermarked and met patricia briggs three weeks a few weeks ago"

Lucky you. She's one of my favorite urban fantasy authors whose autograph I don't have, yet.

I've got two books a friend loaned to me over a decade ago that I've been hemming and hawing over what to do with them. I lost touch with him long ago and at the moment have no idea where he is, so I can't return them without a lot of digging. I've been tempted to sell them since I really don't want them, but I feel guilty about doing that since they really aren't mine. Got any suggestions?

I saw these on the used book shelf today at the library and just couldn't leave them there, they needed a good home. Mine. :-) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World and Encyclopedia of North American Railroading: 150 Years of Railroading in the United States and Canada

I came across this article this morning that I thought fellow book buyers would find interesting:

So you like to eat, and you like to read...sometimes you may like to mix the two in a place called a bookstore. Which got us at the Tribune thinking, where are the better bookstores in the nation, now that places like Borders is down-sizing. Here are some recommendations. --- Jeff Cercone, Dan Shumski, Stephan Benzkofer, Ross Werland, and Brian MacQueen

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/...

Holly wrote: "Bluemoon wrote: "Most of what I know is YA so here's what I have

The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong
The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
House of Night Series by P.C Cast

(I only got through the first House of Night, and didn't care for it, but to each their own, right?)..."

Absolutely. As they also say, one person's trash can be another person's treasure. That is definately often the case with books. :-)

I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but please don't forget that you can get books for free from your public library, you just have to give them back after a little while, but at least you don't have to stop reading just because you stopped buying. Read the books from the library and when Lent is over, then go out and buy them! :-)

Raindog wrote: "Hi, I'm Raindog... I hopped from buying 6 books on Amazon to the Goodreads group page to see BBAA as the top featured group... fate slapping me in the face, right? So, I joined."

Top featured?!? Really? Wow! :-)

I just bought &

Got a delivery of . I don't know what to read first!

Jack wrote: "Still, it's kinda hard not to be when my friend pointed out I have more books than proper office clothes... Ek..."

Jack, when your friend does that, just quote the wise scholar Desiderus Erasmus at 'em: "When I get a little money, I buy books. And if any is left, then I buy food and clothes." :-)