Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion
You know you're a book addict when...
When to go to sleep you need to clear about 15 or so books off the bed. Just reading that day.
Hmm... I just had to join this group because of the name. Hi, I'm Sherrie and I'm a Bookaholic.
... when all you ask for for is gift certificates to B&N, Amazon &/or the local bookstore, and you're deeply disappointed when you only get one.
You know you are a book addict when your husband points out that he can't leave you in a room by yourself for too long or you will be absorbed in a book and will not want to leave to go to dinner, the movies, a friend's, etc.
Oh, also, you have a stack of books at home that you have checked out from the library and you keep requesting more.
You start cleaning your room and realize you have a stack of books to read when you thought you were all caught up... =)http://www.cardshark.com/content/view...
Just this past week! A stack of 20 books! Geez!
I just want to say I love B&N every birhtday...christmas i get gift cards because my family knows they cant go wrong with that gift. I could easily spend hours in that store wich is why my husband wont go in there anymore with me. You know your a book addict when the purse your using has to fit your book as well.
Rob wrote: "When the suitcase you take on your vacation contains more books than clothes."I'm guilty of this. Last year, I went on a three day trip to Waco with a few friends. I took enough clothes for three days plus the collected Sylvia Plath poems, Pablo Neruda poems, the book I was reading at the time, a short story collection for the road, a lit magazine, one horror book, my journal (doesn't count as an actual book, but nonetheless a book), two dictionaries (one regular, one philosophy) and the essential Nietzsche. My girlfriend took one look at my "luggage" called me a strange and then saw what our friend was taking with him, which amounted to more books than clothes.
I realized I was addicted during my college years. I did a lot of research papers (English major, go figure) that lead me to buying several books that I wouldn't use for said papers. I just wanted them because they looked interesting to read. And it wasn't just for my English courses, but philosophy and history as well. On a trip to Fort Davis with my astronomy class, I bought an astronomy book that I still haven't come around to read yet. My final year of college, I bought several zombie based books for a philosophy paper that was only supposed to be 3-4 pages long - that was my huge realization. To this day, I can't walk into an used bookstore without fighting temptation to buy more books than I had planned to. Does this work? Well, let's just say that for the last month or so, I've been going to that store to see if they have any copies of Salem's Lot and have come out with $20 worth of books. I'm still yet to find a copy of the Stephen King novel.
I know I'm a book addict when i don't drive to uni so I can catch a bus and fit another couple of novels into my week...
Sarah, I wish we had a decent mass transit system where I live for just this exact reason! I could let somebody else drive while I read.
Mont'ster wrote: "Sarah, I wish we had a decent mass transit system where I live for just this exact reason! I could let somebody else drive while I read."I never said it was decent lol but Auckland's bus system is based on cutting costs by giving us the longest possible bus trip into the CBD so its a good three hour commute everyday... that's two novels a week... unless they're small, then it could easily be four. But I would almost trade it all for a shorter commute... almost.
...because you cant stop to read a good book untill you have read it...
You know you're a book addict when..while walking at the same time reading you suddenly realize that you are lost.
You know your an addict when you have to keep a book in the passenger seat next to you -- just in case for all red lights, and construction zones!
Jess wrote: "I know that I am an addict because I totaled how much money I spent on books in just one months time and it was about 75.00. Ever since then, I keep buying books, I just don't keep track of how muc..."$75 in a week is good -- I can't get out of Barnes and Noble with a bill under $80 -- on one trip!
I know I'm a book addict when I get the annual AMEX statement and I get to see the grand total for the year spent in Borders. Or when the indie booksellers email me asking me if there's anything special they can bring for me at last weekend's annual Festival of Books.
Lasairfiona wrote: "I tend to be labled a book addict when people notice that I carry books around everywhere. I don't even put them in a purse or anything so it is quite noticeable. I have been known to walk around..." I walk around reading all the time too, on my way to school I read. It is amazing I haven't been run over yet! I always have at least three books in my bag, and one under my arm, just in case I finish one or something...
You know you're addicted to books when the only stop on your shopping round is the bookstore, though you really need clothes or shoes you end up buying books 'cause you can always borrow some clothes from your friends.
You know you are a book addict when you have sit here and read through the threads and have nodded "uh huh" at 97-99% of them saying to yourself "I've done that"
I totally know what you're saying!! I am constantly reading while I'm walking around my campus or just walking through the store... The only problem is that I have tripped several times, or run into people...
When you *gasp* are without a book and you stare wildly at the person next to you who has a book. How dare they have a book and not you. I wonder if they would sell me their book. I can't believe I forgot my book. I am such an idiot. How will I ever survive this without a book. I can't believe that person has a book and I don't. Score! There is a CVS! I will just get off the train here, get a book from CVS, and get on the next train, I won't be that late...
...when you get threatened with having the book taken away from you in order to do chores...when you buy all the books in a series in one trip to B&N
Thanks guys, I've been forced to end my denial. I'm an addict...AND PROUD OF IT! haha
...when you coin a term specifically for that feeling you get the day after a late-night reading jag: book hangover....when you plan a road trip to another city so you can go on a "bookstore crawl".
Adrienne wrote: "...when you coin a term specifically for that feeling you get the day after a late-night reading jag: book hangover....when you plan a road trip to another city so you can go on a "bookstore crawl"."
Ooh I love going on bookstore crawls! You can find a lot of neat books.I like the term "book hangover" it is quite relevant...
Armando wrote: "1)you know your a book addict when you go on vacation and spend more time in a book store than visiting the sites. 2)you know you are a book addict if you can classify people as a light reader,..."
But Amando the bookstores are the sites, aren't they?
Incommunicado wrote: "...when you see the term "bibliomania" while reading (of course while reading, what else would you be doing?!) and think, "Oooh, bibliomaniac would make a great screen name!" My personal favorite for a screen name is "book whore".
Denise wrote: "Incommunicado wrote: "...when you see the term "bibliomania" while reading (of course while reading, what else would you be doing?!) and think, "Oooh, bibliomaniac would make a great screen name!" ..."Or "cover slut"
You have to set yourself a book budget limit - $30 on books every other week. And then you break it. Almost every week.The good news - books DON'T go away! They're a lifetime investment. :)
Hahaha or when your roommate wakes up at 2 in the morning to turn off the light... and finds you sitting against the wall in the bathroom, reading the last chapters of the book you bought that afternoon. (Yep, that was this week).
I know I am addict a book when:1. felt bad mood while waiting for someone and I do not hold any one book in my hand.
2. was attending the reunion with my old friend haven't seen years but my hands are full of books.
3. sleeping with more than 10 books on my bed.
4. my vacation backpacks, 3/4 filled by book.
When friends and relatives start mentioning the word "hoarding" when referencing your book collection.
When you work in a Library, have access to nearly any book (even brand new ones) and you still cruise Amazon for what to buy next!George
Kate wrote: "...You get 7 or 8 books out of the library when you know you'll only get to read 2 - 3 tops - before you have to take them back!"Kate: Renew. That is the key to checking out too many library books. I currently have 15 books out, 2 are ready to be picked up, and 2 more are on reserve and not in yet. And before many more days will pass I will have put several more on reserve. My library lets me renew (I believe) 4 times (at 30 days each) as long as no one is waiting for the book. Brand new books can only be out 2 weeks and usually aren't renewable. We took a stack of books back on Thursday and picked up 10 that were in. How I choose to read them is based on when they are due back and if they can be renewed. 5 of the 10 we just picked up can't be renewed so those I will read first even though there are several that I had already checked out. What gripes me is when I look at my library account and see what books can't be renewed so I start reading one and then the next day I look and it can now be renewed but something else can't. It is a vicious cycle.
In order to curb my book buying urges (I have 10,000+ books in my house--and no I haven't read them all) when I go to a bookstore (or for that matter anywhere that sells books) or read a book that mentions other books that sound interesting, or read comments in Goodreads and other book reviews that mention books that sound interesting, I whip out my notebook that I carry and jot down the book's name and author and then see if the library has it. I still end up buying books but this cuts it down from buying a box full to maybe just a bag full.
I agree with Des, because I live in Norway now and I miss the UK theme of having bookshops with a coffee shop inside.My friends always know where to find me, in waterstones - my favourite store.
Kataklicik wrote: "You're a book addict when you just have to look-see in the store when you already know you have more unread books than read ones; and definitely an addict when you come home with more books than yo..."
that is me to a tee i can't help myself i love to buy books even though i have tons that i haven't read lol.
that is me to a tee i can't help myself i love to buy books even though i have tons that i haven't read lol.
I am visiting my hometown and have been here only one day and have bought six books even though I have 40 books at home to read!!!My friends tell me that I have a problem and need to stop buying books but you won't listen because you can never own enough books.
When is the end of the month and all you have in bank account is 4000 RS (Pakistani currency) and you go to a book shop (liberty books) and you think “I know I have 4000 and at least 7 days before the salary comes so I wont shop, just window shopping" and you end up shopping for 5000 :) I love books
When you carry you book no matter where you go…….. lunch, dinner, washroom just name it …
Des wrote: "when your favorite hangout is a bookstore!"true:)
LuAnn wrote: "When you go into a used bookstore to look for one book and end up spending hours there and walking out with an armful!"happens with me all the time, i understand what you mean :)
Kimberley wrote: "I agree with Des, because I live in Norway now and I miss the UK theme of having bookshops with a coffee shop inside.My friends always know where to find me, in waterstones - my favourite store."
i wish we had these kinda things where i live :(
Kat wrote: "You know you are a book addict when you have sit here and read through the threads and have nodded "uh huh" at 97-99% of them saying to yourself "I've done that""lol then im addicated for sure
you know when you are an addict when your cat knocks your book into the toilet and you go and buy a new one, several times!!!!!
You have no music on your MP3 player because it's full of audiobooks and you are mad because your AUDIBLE subscription only gives you two credits a month and you can only download 10 books from the library at a time.
When-1.Bring more books with you on a trip than clothes
2. Make your parents buy 5 books at a time
3.Get 50 books at the library each time
4.Read inside on a nice day
5. Get detention at school for reading
6. Fail a test at school
7. Start speaking the acccent the book has
8.Start becoming the characters
9. Stay up at midnight reading a book
10. Cry every time a bad thing happens to the main character
11.Turn y;our MP3 up high and ignore the whole world.
12. Bring books with you to a movie
13. Always go into Barnes and Noble
14.Look forward to seeing what books they have when you go camping
15.Read 24-7
16. Read whenever you can at school
17. When your parents ask you a question and you say....Huh? What?
Can I say, I need help?
You know when your an addict when you bring 2 new books with you two your friends beach birthday, and sit in the sun reading them.Also when you get caught reading in chemistry class and your book gets confiscated.
And the final way is when your mom or dad stops giving you an allowance so that you don't buy new books,when you've already read almost every single book in the library.
Hmm...I got mine taken away n Biology and then my friend let me borrow her's. I got that one taken away too. I brought a book to my dad's party yesterday and did just that, my excuse was a migrane, which was true.
you know you're a book addict when...1. your most prized possession is 4 signed copys of books
2. all you can think of is books and if you go out shooping for clothes and shoes but you come back with 7 books instead
3. you take pictures of your books in case of them getting destroyed
4. you are upset when you dont have a book
5. you miss a trip to the cinema to get a book on the same day as it came out
6. you are always looking on amazon for books that you know you cant afford
7. your favourite place to be is in the library or in a book shop
8. you go on work experience in a library and dont want to go back to school after
9. when you're at school you are always in the library and are a library assistant
10. you only really talk about books
11. you write your favourite characters name on your arm
12. youve read almost all the books in the library
13. you get a gift card for W. H. Smith for your birthday/christmas and get excited when you find out youve got £5 more than on the last gift card you got
14. stay up late reading for as long as you can keep your eyes open
15. youre excited when you get to read a book for your english coursework
16. youve run out of space but you still buy more books every time you go shopping
17. when your parents are trying to speak to you but you dont hear them
18. you take a book to church
19. you take a book to the cinema AND read it
:) what can i say?? im obsessed!!! :D
I don't mean to sound crazy but, you know you are a book addict when you think, "I can't die yet, I still haven't read *insert book title here*."
that is a very good point there Carmin... :D
and when you start some sort of catalogue or inventory system to keep track of all your books and where they are (I loan a lot of books to family and friends)