Thom’s Comments (group member since Mar 28, 2011)

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

Good hunting! The works are really worth having.

Do you dream every night? I've never heard of anyone doing that.

After a rainy morning in Rotterdam by de Slechte.

Hi Joseph, do you have volumes 1 & 2 of the Bruce Catton Civil War trilogy? They make a big contribution to any historical library.

You should write down your version... it might just be better.

and Blaze by Robert Somerlott, This Child is Mine by Henry Denker and Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-1945 United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1959. I would say, all in all, a good day of balanced book shopping.

Melanie, good to see that you also but male writers too.

Occasionally I dream about what I read but I think it has more to do with the writer or subject rather than my schedule or daily life.

It looks like it will be a summer of love and romance for you!

Melanie, do you think this is enough to get you through the summer?

Popular and contemporary (vocal) music has the same effect on my reading concentration. That is why I specified classical music as a reading stimulant. It helps cover-up the sounds of daily life that inevitably surround me during the day and night. Men (in general) aren’t really known for their abilities at multi-tasking but this seems to be my exception to the rule.

I have always seemed to read faster to classical music. The music seems to create a reading rhythm conductive for speed and increased understanding.

We're glad to welcome you to our exclusive group of addicts.

I guess I'll have to look into that.

They seldom sell any of their books. On occasion, I have bought books from the Rotterdam library but they are generally falling apart.

The libraries in Holland collect books. If the books are a little worse for wear, they renovate and repair them for continual service on the front line. If they were ever put up for sale, the buyer would have to claim them page for page.

Summer is here so I bought , , , , , , , , , , , ,The Gambian Bluff by David Monnery, Kidnap the Emperor! by ay Garnet, The American Revolution by John Richard Alden and The Temple by Stephen Spender (these last four books I couldn't find in the Goodreads archieves).

We went to an annual street market in a village not far from our home and I bought: , , , .
I've read much on this site about the books and their author. I hope they measure up to all of the positivity shared by so many members.
PS. I also bought hard copies of and

Destiny wrote: "Just got back from Walmart. Spent thirty dollars on office supplies. Another one of my bad habits!

But I got , , [bookco..."

I have that same problem! Every time I see envelopes or stationary I feel the urge to buy, buy and buy. When I come home my wife puts in with the other boxes of office supplies I always seem to buy but seldom use. I guess that is just one of those things that make me, me.

Today I faced the living daytime nightmare of many men. My wife announced that WE were going shopping. Don’t misunderstand me, I enjoy going out with her but when she enters a department or clothing store, I cease to exist. Her eyes widen and her pupils dilate to accommodate all around her and I disappear. The first store I wait patiently as she browses the different clothing racks, drinking everything in with her eyes. We exit the store forty-five minutes later without even a bag for our time and troubles and she immediately enters the next store to repeat the process.
One is my limit. I pride myself on my patience but a clothes shopping with a woman is beyond endurance. After repeated attempts to break her singly focused concentration I finally receive a positive response and suggest we go our separate ways and meet later at a specified place and time. Being an unnoticed anchor in her day’s quest, she readily agrees. At last! I’m cut loose and I can browse and pursue my interests. I promptly radar in on a book market and time flies. I bought
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
I bought all of the above for under 10 Euros, easing the pain I was greeted with when I met up again with my wife.