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Jun 20, 2008 08:24PM
Hi gang! I have already posted in some threads, but wanted to formally introduce myself: I am a college student with a full-time job, so I don't get on this site as much as I'd like; I also don't have as much time to read as I'd like (other than textbooks) but I'm glad to be in this group so I can at least read "vicariously"--now I HAVE to get off this site and go to bed so I can get up in time for school tomorrow!!
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Hi April and welcome! I too am in school and have a job and am a parent...trust me, you will find time. I was getting so burnt out on reading school stuff that I made a deal with myself long ago that nothing school related was allowed in my bedroom, so that is where I do a lot of my out of school reading. However, I also like to use it as a great task avoidance tool...it is much more enjoyable than cleaning the bathroom to get out of writing or reading or whatever! Good luck in school and happy reading!
Stacie, that's a great way to do it. I applaud all of you that find the time to read for pleasure when you're in school. I always felt guilty knowing that there was something else that I had to read.
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""Hi, my name is Lori, (everyone: HI LORI!!)and Im a book addict. Its bad enough that I cant pass a bookstore without running in and buying something, but now I have found goodreads, and its all i can think about. I cant eat, or sleep, or find time for schoolwork!""
haa haa... gotta love the support we give each other here. Although, we are more of the enabling sort, arent we? So dont look to us to help you quit the habit... we are here to help SUPPORT your habit :)
Hello April I'm Alicia.I am a sahm of 3 and job hunting.Going back to school In august so i'm taking advantage of my reading this summer.I'm pretty new myself I don't get to post much and only get to check these boards once or twice a week.
Lori *LOL*that's a pretty acurate description!Always wonderful to have fresh brains to pick for... well pretty much everything,books,movies ect,ect.Looking forward to reading more posts from all of you.Or rather to support you in your "healthy habits"of reading and spending time on Good Reads :)
Welcome everyone! I warn you, GR is addictive, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Lori -- so now we need to start a GRA (good reads anonymous ) club. NO kidding. I get up in the morning and the first thing I do is turn on my laptop and go to the good reads site and then I look up and two hours have passed. Egads! I need help but this is the wrong place to get it. I accuse you all of being enablers!! I have never been so interested in anything on the internet before. I have never joined any groups of any kind. But I just can't get enough of Good Reads.
lol well val another self proclaimed junkie right here!!!im always tryin to talk about books with friends and coworkers!!but it seems were a dying breed great to know there are still people that need more than flashing lights and predictable plots to stimulate there minds
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Before this and myspace, i wasnt using the pc much at all, but Im telling you, I cant bear to be away from this site for too long. When I went on vacation, I checked in twice a day... once in the morning when I woke up, and once at nite when we got back to the hotel. It truely is an addiction!!!
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Nice to have you here!
Haha, welcome! We're all crazy, so it's no big deal!
Lori, that's the goal, but I think I've got several lifetimes to go before I can even come close. Cursed writers, continuing to make great books that I can't avoid!
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we are the most open addicts ive ever met!!lol and we wont rob you blind for a fix either!! just a book a light to read and something to sit on and im good till the last page !!!!
I guess I'll do this too...I am Carrie. I am 25. I am a book freak. I love you guys b/c you understand me! :)
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I want to offically welcome you to the group! This is the one place where you never have to worry if the thing you are about to say is weird or strange becuase i can gaurentee that someone out there has thought or done the same thing as you have when it comes to books or quirks ...
Hell, if you told us you sniff the pages each time you turn them, and kiss the cover hello and goodbye, there would be a crowd of people behind saying 'Yeah! I thought I was the only one who did that!'.. well, ok. maybe not. but you get my point :)
Lori... was that last paragraph a confession?? I'm starting to worry about you!
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HEY LORI! :)"Shh...whisper..."
I walked into Books a Million the other day and said, "Mmmm.........that smell! I love that book smell!" and the guy working the front looked at me like I burped really loud or something.
lmao. Obviously that guy is working in the wrong place if he doesn't love the smell of books - he can't be a true book lover.Not quite the same thing as sniffing each page though <<>>
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haahaa
Hahaha. Well, I could actually say that. See, I don't KISS the cover, but I always touch my fingers on The Sweet Far Thing letters and sigh. And I don't SNIFF every page but embrace the wonderful smell. But still, pretty close. There's a new drug out there! Sniffing up book pages!
<<< slowly backs away from the crazy sniffers>>>
Careful, Kirsty. They can smell your fear.
lol, I don't doubt it... that's why I'm backing away!
I love that smell too, but won't smell the books until I am at home and alone ... OH, NO! I am a closet book smeller!
I thought I was the only weirdo that did these things!Gotta love this site!
theres nothing shameful we have a addiction!!lol
Tell the truth. Have you ever LICKED a book?
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haa haa haa
SERIOUSLY. You didn't answer the question.I ate a Babysitter's Club page once. It wasn't my brightest hour. Needless to say I've always had an obsession with books :)
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Welcome!! What they say is true... this group is addicting!!! I just joined this about a week ago and I find myself checking it at least a couple times a day... (at work and at home). There are always a ton of new posts when I do, so i love that its an active group. Also, great recommendations made always!Lori, to your point... it is great to meet others with the same weird book "quirks" and "obsessions!"
Carrie, I'll fess up to it. I once spilled some nacho cheese on the cover of a book. Now, these are nearly my two favorite things: cheese and books. I didn't want to waste the cheese and I didn't want to damage the book, so I licked it. Tasty!
HAHA, Logan! I would have done the same thing..ESPECIALLY if it was nacho cheese! YUM!
I can honestly say that I've never licked a book.Carrie is this something you recommend?Are we missing out on some aspect of book loving
that hadn't occurred to us?(save Logan's clever mix of two loves).. :)
I am going to have to pass on that one too ... hmmm
Oh, dear! I love book & I love cheese, but I don't think I'd ever lick a book to get the cheese off! *LOL* But I love that you guys would! This is why I love this group:P
so now we're licking books?Geez... I'm surrounded by lunatics!
The sane people just wish they'd thought of it first. :P
hmm... u keep on telling yourself that my friend... :oP
I don't need to keep telling myself, my imaginary friend does a good enough job reinforcing that mantra. :)
