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

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

Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "If I had the room, I'd be collecting all my series b/c I know they have them upstairs, and for 50 cents each lol!..."

What do you mean, if you had the room?!? Who needs a sofa or bed, you could always sit or sleep on the floor. Get rid of that useless furniture and just make the room! ;-) lol

Rosalie wrote: "I usually read several books at the same time. I keep 1 book in my purse to read while I am waiting for an appointment or something, 1 book by my favorite chair so I don't have to hunt for it when..."

Being a guy, I don't have a purse to keep a book in, but as far back as I can remember I've always been sure to take a book with me where ever I go in case I have some free time to read. My friends and family actually worry if they don't see me with a book in hand, no matter where I'm at. :-)

I very rarely read more than one book at a time and I also very rarely do not finish a book I've started, it has to be really awful for me not reach the end of it.

Bluemoon wrote: "I love collecting series books..."

Me too! That's part of my addiction "problem." I just have to have complete series, and they're not always series I like to read, I just like to have them, like certain mystery series like P.D. James or Sara Paretsky because they're classics, that sort of thing.

Bluemoon wrote: "YAY! I got two more books. Hahahaha...compared to all of you guys my March purchase is puny. I got The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King and The Poison Study by Maria Snyder ^_^"

King's "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" is a a great start to a great mystery series. She has the next book in that series coming out in April.

Rhonda wrote: " from the library re-sale area."

If you haven't read it already, you're going to really like The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Cevalier does great art-themed historical fiction.

Amy, I definately suggest The A.B.C. Murders. I'm not a big fan of Mrs. Marple, I prefer Poirot, but another mystery that is neither of them that was a great Christie is And Then There Were None.

Picked up another interesting read used from the library: Baseball by the Rules: An Anecdotal Guide to America's Oldest and Most Complex Sport. That brings me to 9 now.

I just learned that Half Price Books http://www.halfpricebooks.com/ will be opening a store this summer nearby and that they buy as well as sell. Anybody every shopped at these stores? Care to share what you think of them? Thanks.

Thanks, Looloo. It looks like I'm kind of getting back up to speed. I bought another 3 books from the library today.

I'm kind of fortunate and unfortunate in the same breath. The nearest used book stores for me are in the city, none in the suburbs that I know of. But there are plenty of local public libraries with used books for sale, and I can resist dropping in to see those when I'm in the neighborhoods.

I picked up 4 more used books from the library.
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Got my first book of March, hope it won't be the last. :-)

New month, new thread. Share your March purchases here.

February's over, os it's time to tally up your purchases. Post the results at this poll: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/30...

Any March purchases post at the new thread: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Welcome to the group, Candiss. I know exactly where you are coming from. Anytime I visit a library, I can't leave without looking over the used books they might have for sale. You say you like used books AND online shopping? Then you might want to check out a new site I learned of not too long ago: www.thriftbooks.com sells used books online. A nice combo, huh? I've only placed one order with them so far, but the book came in about a week and a half, not bad service IMO.

Just when I thought I'd have to suffer the pain of actually going the whole month without a single new book I got my order of The Sound of Blue: A Novel by Holly Payne from www.thriftbooks.com delivered. Hooray! :-)

Rafferty: Fatal Sisters by W. Glenn Duncan, Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original, 1991

The Shamus Awards are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). The PWA defines a “private eye” as any mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent, “a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government. Thus books and stories about private investigators (licensed and unlicensed), lawyers and reporters who do their own legwork, and other hired agents are eligible; works centering on law enforcement officers or amateur sleuths are not.” The Eye Award is given for Lifetime Achievement.

Christine wrote: "Congrats! That is impressive. Have you read all of them??"

I'm afraid not. I'd say about one third of my collection is nonfiction, reference stuff you don't really read cover to cover. The rest of my collection is fiction, one third read and one third unread. I'm just as much a collector as a reader.

Native Angels by William Jaspersohn, Shamus Award for Best P.I. Paperback Original, 1996.

The Shamus Awards are awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). The PWA defines a “private eye” as any mystery protagonist who is a professional investigator, but not a police officer or government agent, “a person paid for investigative work but not employed by a unit of government. Thus books and stories about private investigators (licensed and unlicensed), lawyers and reporters who do their own legwork, and other hired agents are eligible; works centering on law enforcement officers or amateur sleuths are not.” The Eye Award is given for Lifetime Achievement.