Hello from TN

[Angela]

Hi Im Angela. I just happened upon this group & thought it looked like a great group. I am a true lover of books. I could spend hours in a book store. I read a little bit of everything although what I read depends on my moode. I have been stuck on general fiction/novels for a long while now.

I just wanted to introduce myself & say that Im looking forward to being a part of the group.

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Welcom, Angela. You'll love it here.

[Brenda]

Hi Angela from a fellow Tennessean...in the land of no gas! ;-)

[Krista]

Hi, Angela (waves). You're not alone in your "hours" in bookstores. I'm so with you as are many others of this group. Looking forward to hearing about your latest reads.

[Angela]

Thank you everyone for the welcome. That is the truth Brenda...the land of no gas.

[Jamie (The Perpetual Page-Turner)]

hello angela! welcome!

[Katie]

Welcome to the fun, Angela! This group is truly fabulous and from your intro, you will fit in just beautifully with all the rest of us crazy bibliophiles! Happy reading!!

[Lori, Super Mod]

Hi Angela. Glad you found us and decided to join. I too can spend hours staring at all the great books that want to come home with me.

[Angela]

Thank you everyone! I must say that it is nice to have others to share my book/reading compulsion with.

[Linda]

Hi Angela. I think we might be neighbors. I am in TN as well. With your love of books you'll love this group.

[Linda]

The no gas thing here is such a bummer. I was planning a road trip to a used bookstore in Nashville. Put on hold for now.

[Petra X]

Hi there :-)

[Ann from S.C.]

Hello and welcome!

[Arinamidalem]

Welcome Angela !

[Sherry]

Hi Angela,welcome to the group. :)

[Angela]

Thank you all! No road trip to the bookstore!?!? That truelly stinks! I went by the local used book store that I frequent & came walking out w/ 3 more books, but I NEEDED them! haha

[Sherry]

Books are like jello,there's always room for more!

[Angela]

lol Sherry. Exactly! I was very excited though. I found a book I have been searching for forever! One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey. Now I just hope after searching for it for so long that its not a big let down! Has anyone read it?

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Hi Angela & welcome to the group!

[Sherry]

I've read it years ago and loved it.Hope you enjoy it.

[Angela]

Thanks! I want to put the book down Im reading now & start it, but I wont.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Angela, its one of my all time favorite classics. I havent seen the movie, but really want to since I liked the book so much!

[Sherry]

Lori,it's a must see! Jack Nicholson is at his best and the native fellow(can't remember his name or his character's name) was awesome!

[Angela]

Im just the opposite. Ive seen the movie (I actually own it & its one of my favorites) & have never read the book, but have always wanted to. Yea, I cant wait to start reading it!

[Marsha]

I loved that book. I read it after seeing the movie when I was younger. I didn't find it disappointing at all.

[Angela]

Thanks to all! Leppaluoto...Better late than never! haha Now if I can just get through the book Im reading now I'll be doing good. I have not been able to get completely into the book (The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb.) I think it was just bad timing as I have bought other books since starting to read it & would rather be reading something else (like One Flew Over...)

That makes me wonder? Has anyone ever had that happen to them? Reading what is a pretty good book & suddenly you have a book in your hands that you have wanted to read for a long time. Then you find yourself not wanting to finish what youre reading currnetly? Or maybe its just a reading quirk of mine...

[Angela]

Welcome Angela, I am another person from Tennessee and also, I was a very near neighbor of yours growing up.

[Angela]

Hi Pumpkin, thanks for the welcome! Aww, a near neighbor.

[Jessica]

Yes, Angela, I have done that. I'll be reading a perfectly fine book and then purchase another book and lose all attention and concentration I had for the other book. That mostly happened when I had summer reading in high school and then that July one of the Harry Potter books would come out!

[Linda]

Had that feeling about an hour ago. Came just this [ :] close to buying Shantaram, but since I am on the verge of starting one more book of four and they are all new, had to resist. Especially since that one is a real doorstop. So, I left B&N got home and put my head down to take deep cleansing breaths. But I keep hearing that voice (oh where have I heard that voice before) -- I am Shantaram, Linda, come back and buy me. This is beginning to sound like something out of Stephen King.

[Sherry]

I might think about it,even dream a little what it might be like to indulge in my book lust for another book but in the end I'm a one book woman. :)

[Angela]

Being in this group makes me feel so "normal"! hehe Sherry...I am like you, one book at a time. Unlike Leppaluoto I could never read more than one book. I would probably get the stories all mixed up or something. lol

However I do know that if I dont pick The Ballad of Frankie Silver back up & start reading Im never going to get anywhere. I havent picked it up in 2 days just b/c I want to be reading something else. lol I know Im not getting anywhere fast by reading nothing though! Oh, the pressure! lol

[Sherry]

The grass is not always greener in another book!Hang in there!

[Angela]

OH MY GOSH! I am not allowing myself around any book sections in any type of store untill I finish reading Frankie Silver! I went to a local thrift store today. They have a pretty big selection of fiction books (the majority of the people that go there are there for clothes & other things, not books.) Of course the books are dirt cheap. Needless to say I came home w/ a bag full. Which I am so excited about b/c I found several books I have been searching for for a long time (yea!)& havent been able to find anywhere. Others I now own thanks to GR & this group. haha I got...

Paper Moon-Joe David Brown (been dying to read)
The Hotel New Hampshire-John Irving
The World According To Garp-John Irving
To kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Deliverance-James Dickey
The Cracker Factory-Joyce Rebeta Burditt
Fancy Strut- Lee Smith
Sinister Gardens-Willo Davis Roberts
Peyton Place-Grace Metalious
Return To Peyton Place-Grace Metalious
The Bridges Of Madison County-Robert James Waller
Cry Me A River-T.R. Pearson

I just couldnt resist! They were all so cheap! I am for sure still reading One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest after I finish my current book (if I ever finish), but after that I HAVE NO IDEA!!! To many choices!!! No more books for me untill I get through at least half of what I purchased today. Im really afraid to go through all my books & see exactly how many books I need to read.

[Sherry]

Wow awesome haul Angela! You should check out our Splurge thread.You definitely had a good one!