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Jan 20, 2024 01:14PM
I literally promised my parents to make breakfast, lunch and dinner for 1 week straight to get the second book in the this woven kingdom series today was the first day...I dont think it's worth it bro I was reading but had to stop and make food I DONT EVEN EAT LUNCH MYSELF!!!
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I don’t know if you call this desperate ! But I always told myself I would never pay $40 for a book but I didn’t listen to myself because I pre ordered the new Kristin Hannah book ! I was so desperate to have it because I love her so much that I said to hell with it I’m spending the 40$ !
if its worth it you gotta do what you gotta do but my problem is that the 3th book will be released in February 6th and if the book i want right now( the 2nd book) also ends on a cliffhanger im gonna cry for days because I'm trying to save up for something but I already spend alot on books :(
What I’m doing is I put a bit a money aside till Feb 4th . I almost have 40$ !
Lmao @ Kamar ! Yes isn’t it hard !!!!! I’ve been having a hard time ! I have to scream at myself no Jackie you have to read that big pile you already have ! But I’m buying a book in February so I will kinda breaking the ban then ! 🤣
When I started working in October 1990 at the movie archives in Hamburg, Germany, I checked their David Janssen file in my lunch break and read an article from the early 1980's on a planned book on DJ by two authors who also had written an excellent biography on Marilyn Monroe.Unfortunately the DJ biography never was published. :( :( :(
The other book was "After The Reunion" by Rona Jaffe. A few years prior I had read the first volume "Class Reunion" and found out via fïche at the university library that Jaffe had written a sequel (these were the pre-Internet times). So I ordered this book through a German bookstore in the spring of 1991 and read "After the Reunion" with the help of a huge English_German Langenscheidt dictionary throughout that summer, every day a chapter during my lunch break. I expected it was good.
It was so great that I wrote to Jaffe's German publisher and asked them to translate the sequel also into German like they had done with volume 1, but they were not interested. :(
Twelve years ago, I went to Buenos Aires for a week long trip. On the way home, since I do not speak Spanish, I had to take a bus along with another American (who does speak Spanish) to get to the airport about 5 hours early. I brought paperback books to read but quickly ran through them. Stuck in the airport for hours with NO book is NOT an option. I went into the gift store and found some books written in English for $27 and $32 respectively...purchased 2. I would not usually ever spend that kind of money for paperback books in English but when you are *desperate*, you will do what needs to be done! :-)
@kimiko danggg thats alot for 2 books. what books did you get tho?
i want a special edition of six of crows bc its soooo pretty, but ughh its so expensivee
Killua wrote: "@kimiko danggg thats alot for 2 books. what books did you get tho?"Honestly do not remember the titles from 12 years ago (especially since I read 100 books or so per year). But it was worth it to me, at that time.
I did nt drink coffee for a day, because my son promised me a book I loved, so I made this huuuuge sacrifice and didn't enjoy one of my favourite things in life for a whole Sunday... I can't say it was worth it, because I could buy it for myself but it was just a bet between a mother and her 17 y old son, so I had to win this! :-D
i kept sending pics of it to my mom and she didn’t want to buy it, and i kept asking for it for months. i bought it after 2 months with my grandma because she doesn’t mind buying me books
Hard to believe it was over 16 years ago, July 2007. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows had a midnight release party at my local Barnes and Noble. I joined the glorious summer madness along with hundreds of (or likely more than a thousand) others, arriving several hours early in order to buy a copy for my young nephew who was traveling at the time. Hogwarts uniforms, trivia games, face painting, butterbeer, and wands magically took over the store. Everywhere you turned there was another Harry, Hermione, Ron, or Draco. The excitement peaked at 12:00 when the book became available and your turn to obtain it depended on the color of your wristband. Up until then, I hadn’t read any of the HP series. That night changed my mind, and I devoured each book soon after that. I believe it also earned me the title of being a good uncle. I wish every book lover could experience such an event for a book they love.
I've been most desperate for :RECKLESS
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ALL THIS TWISTED GLORY (Which I'm finally reading)
@hafsa YESSSS I WANT THAT BOOK SO BAD BUT ITS SOLD OUT SO QUICKLY
I’d just gotten back into reading a few years ago and started a new fantasy series The Bridge Kingdom. The first book ended in such a way that I JUST HAD TO get the second instalment. But for some reason I couldn’t find it anywhere and I didn’t want to order cause I wanted it right that second! I reserved it at a Waterstones like 2 hours from me and went to get it first thing the next day. This was before my kindle and don’t have to wait to buy physical books anymore hahaha
@Killua - Omg!! there's a library in town (leeds) ALL THIS TWISTED GLORY is there for about £22 or smth like that. that's sad for you. I got on kindle so, it's quick and priceless
Trust me you'll love it! a lot of tension is there!
