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

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

What a great quote.
A favorite quote of mine that I always share with anyone who says I buy too many books is from the wise scholar Desiderus Erasmus: "When I get a little money, I buy books. And if I have any left, I buy food and clothes." :-)

Schnaucl wrote: "Joseph wrote: "You guys got me curious. Check out this poll I made to find out from our group what the range of unread books we own are among us: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/22225..."

Are ..."

Sure, will do. In fact, anyone can make a poll. Feel free to do so or to start another thread of discussion among the topics here.

Schnaucl wrote: "Lauren wrote: "I counted them last night and there is 43

I think I have 137ish. They have their own bookcase. They sit there and taunt me.
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You guys got me curious. Check out this poll I made to find out from our group what the range of unread books we own are among us: http://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/22...

Looloo wrote: "Well I went to Borders and took hubby so I could get two books wit the 40% off. I bought Destined For An Early Grave and Faefever. That brings this weeks grand total of books bought to 19. On to..."

Looloo, this is not working right! We're supposed to be trying to help each other stop buying so much, not buy more! lol. I convinced my sister to go back with me to Borders today so I could use two more 40% off coupons to get the two other books I wanted: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and The Jewel of Medina. That makes seven for me now. We don't need 12 steps away, we need 120! lol

Okay, I finally succumbed to the pressure, at least partially. I did go to Borders to use my 40% off coupon to buy Wicked Plants The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, but that is all I walked out with, even after looking at all the specials tables and the other shelves. I swore I would not buy anything at Borders without a coupon, no matter how much I wanted to.
On the other hand, I also walked out of the library today with four used books. That makes five books my total purchase quota for this month. So far.

Thanks everyone for your advice. I did decide to go with the plant book, especially after learning that the author will be visiting a bookstore near me next week. Had to get it so I could get it autographed, of course.

P.S. I succumbed to temptation. I went back with my sister and bought the other two with two more 40% off coupons. lol

Ok, here's the situation my friends. I have a 40% off coupon for Borders burning a hole in my pocket. Should I use it and if so, which of the following books do you think I should buy? I've read them all and would like to have them in my own library because I really like to reread.

Wicked Plants The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities: cover price $18.96. It's a neat referance book on poisonous plants, probably won't come out in paperback.
The Jewel of Medina: cover price $24.95. A good book that I might be able to get cheaper if I could be patient enough to wait for it come out in paperback or maybe get lucky and find the hardcover used.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane: cover price $25.99. Another good book that I might be able to get cheaper if I could be patient enough to wait for it come out in paperback or maybe get lucky and find the hardcover used.

If I do use it, it will probably be after work tomorrow, so quick replies would be appreciated. Thanks.

Lauren wrote: "Haha
Joseph, I went to borders but I swear its the last time unless I have a 40% off coupon. I have about
3 stacks of UNREAD books that I really must get down before I go buy another book. We n..."

Lauren, maybe, but a twelve-step in what direction? lol

Lauren wrote: "Joseph wrote: "Lauren, I know what you mean. When I saw that in my email I started to panic. I try to keep to my shopping list, but a 40% off coupon is SO hard to pass up. How about this, I'll ..."

Lauren, that's my plan. I never buy from Borders unless I have a coupon, but this one is really burning a hole in my pocket. You see %25 or %30 off every so often, but %40? I talked myself out of stopping there after work today, but I don't know if I'll be able to convince myself to do that again tomorrow. Wish me luck, towards achieving or not achieving going, I'm not sure. lol

Usually I can hold off filling in holes in my series collections until I can find them for sale used, but there was one time where I just couldn't wait. Back in high school I went to my local Borders and bought all in one go the 18 books out of the 22 I needed to complete my Encyclopedia Brown collection. When I walked up to the counter with the pile in my hands, the cashier's jaw literally dropped. I remember wondering what the big deal was. lol

Kyle, you practically make me feel like I'm not doing my duty as a member of B.B.A.A.! lol. I've only got one new book planned to buy this month, but then again, who knows what I might find being withdrawn and turned into used books for sale at my library? The month did just start after all.

Lauren, I know what you mean. When I saw that in my email I started to panic. I try to keep to my shopping list, but a 40% off coupon is SO hard to pass up. How about this, I'll help you not to feel bad about using it if you help me not to feel bad. :-)
P.S. At my local Borders, they do know my name. I get greeted by the cashiers as I walk in. lol

Nice buys you guys. Feel free to add them to the group's August bookshelf: http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...

Thanks to a suggestion from Kenjii, I have created a new bookshelf title "bought-in-8-09" for everyone to add all of their purchases made this month, August of 2009.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...

I'll make a new shelf when we hit September and so on.

Kenjii wrote: "It will be good to start a bought 8/2009 shelf for this group. It's great the shelves you come up with when browsing through different threads.

I just joined August, so no books yet!"

Not a bad idea, Kenjii. I've now done just that.

Lauren wrote: "I am with you too. I have to have a complete series! I want books like the sherlock homes and grims fairy tales and the Illad but i want to try and read them too. how ever its almost like i need to..."

Lauren, it makes perfect sense. Even if I may only read or make use of a couple books from a nonfiction set, I'll keep my eyes open for the rest of them. I hate having incomplete series, be it fiction or nonfiction.

Karen, oh, I don't know, some of us book buying addicts will go long distances for a good book buying deal. lol.

Anybody else like to purchase books to collect rather than read? For example, I like to pick up books from Time-Life series like Dragons The Enchanted World and Great Ages of Man Historic India A History of the World's Cultures, Time Life Books. I like to shop at used book sales to collect to have complete sets and series. Anybody else like to collect books like some people collect stamps? Or am I unique nut? ;-)

I'm a sucker for a used book sale. I just picked up two cook books from the library for $2.

Karen, where'd you get that great deal? I've read the first three in the Sign of the Zodiac series so far series and was able to get #1 used, but I'd like to get the others as well.