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

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

Valorie wrote: "They had 8 paperbacks for $1! Can't beat it!
Total so far...27! (I'm trying to give Joseph some competition!) ..."

Valerie, nice deals! But you're gonna have to do better than that to catch this bibliomaniac. ;-)

I just brought home 15 more used books from the library and got 4 delivered from Bookdepository. That brings me up to 49 for the month, so far. :-)

Shannon, you've got a Borders coupon burning a hole in your pocket, too, huh? I must say I love your logic!

Welcome all new arrivals. You're going to fit in just fine.

On another note, I just noticed we are over 100 members now! When I started this group, I never expected it to take off like it did. So nice to know you're not alone, isn't it? :-)

Oh sure, I get X-y after you guys just took off with this one, again. ;-)

Xylophones Above Zarundi: A Chaotic Tale of Melody by Geoffrey McSkimming

Kleptomania: The Compulsion to Steal - What Can Be Done? by Marcus J. Goldman

The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology by Owsei Temkin

Okay, I was going to let someone else pick the next theme, but since no one has, I'll get things rolling again.

Here's the twist this time. You can use any title you want, but as well as beginning with the letter you are at, the title must also include somewhere in it the letter that comes next in order.

For example, if you have A as your letter, your title must also have a B somewhere in it after the A.
So you can use:
The ABominable Snowman Doesn't Roast Marshmallows
or
Adam Bede
or
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The next person has B and must also have a C somewhere in their title after the B. After that, the next person has C and must have D somewhere in the title after the C. To finish when we get to Z, that title must have A somewhere after the Z. Got the idea? Have at it. :-)

LooLoo wrote: "My total for Jan. is already at 13 and it's only the 6th of the month. Uh-oh!

Looloo, I'm here to make you feel better, again. I went to work this afternoon and came home this evening with 29 various works of used juvenile fiction we withdrew from the library's collection. And to think, I actually thought I might bring home very few books this month. Yeah, right. Sheesh. A leopard definately cannot change its spots, huh? :-)

Ooooooh, Looloo, you're going to like Rosemary and Rue. One of my favorite debut works. I can't wait to read the next in the series.

Got my first purchase of January yesterday. Found an interesting read used at the library: Free Speech for Me--But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other by Nat Hentoff

Ilean wrote: " I will promise not to pay full price for any book! That is definately doable. ..."

Definately. I haven't paid cover price for a book in at least a year. There's just no need with the coupons Borders gives out weekly and the great discount prices at Amazon and BookDepository.

Here's a Y. Let's get a Z so we can get to a new subject. This seems to have been a tough one.
Youth and War: World War I to Vietnam; An Anthology. by Don, Comp. Lawson

Kathryn wrote: "Spend less money on books and more money on the heating costs, else I might have to start burning books to keep warm!!"

Kathryn, you really don't have to do either one. Just do what parents have been telling kids to do for decades, just put on a sweater! ;-)

The War in the Desert by Richard Collier

Valorie wrote: "I made a trip to my local used book store today and bought...

[bookcover:A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest|3..."

Cool Valorie. But since it's a January purchase, add it in here http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2... Ok? :-)

Looloo, it is a bit strange. Bone Magic is still %50 off but most of the other UF I fortunately did already order have really shot up in cost.

Looloo, yeah, I noticed some like that. But I also have seen others where the prices have dropped way down or just stayed the same. I don't think it is anything different than usual.

LooLoo wrote: "I ordered Kitty's House of Horros from Bookdepository.com but I'm not counting it as a purchase until it arrives...."

Looloo, me too! Great minds think alike, huh?

I just wanted to share this really neat reading challenge I discovered in another discussion group, The Next Best Book Club, http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1....

Check out Diane's Around the World in 80 Books challenge at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_... The challenge is to basically read by Sept. 15, 2010, 80 different books that take place at least partially in 80 different countries. If you still want to join, you can backtrack and count books you have read since the challenge started on Sept. 15, 2009.

You can see where I've been at http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Rene wrote: "Any comments on any of these?..."

Rene, you are going to love The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. One of my favorite works of Historical Fiction.