Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion
help me !!!
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Oct 14, 2007 12:23PM
Ok so I think I might be a book buying addict(and I don't really want help).But lets see. If I have already bought all the books on my To Read list, and yet, I still find my lil feet carrying me to Borders at least twice a week does that make me an addict ?
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I'd say that makes you a addict. However, I have two bookshelf. One with books I've read and one with books I've bought and need to read. Guess which one is currently overflowing...
Yeah OK uh...a whole seperate bookshelf of TBR books ?!!! I thought I had it bad. :)
i currently have 84 books on my to read list and i am planning a trip to the bookstore later today, because that's how i relax. as you can see, there are other book addicts that are worse than you are. i am trying to go through my books and gift whatever i don't plan to read again, and even though i downsized my library (i am down to 4 bookcases and 4 plastic storage bins), i still cannot help myself when it comes to buying books.i love the fact that i got introduced to goodreads because it is easier to keep track of what i need to read and what is on my list to buy. :)
I am a complete and total book addict! I think my TBR shelf has close to 100 books on it. I keep coming across books that yank at my curiosity so I have to add them to my shelf. I went to Borders recently to buy 1 book and walked out with 4 (1 of them was a cookbook so I don't know if I should count it). I have 6 books being shipped to me through Doubleday Bookclub. I just don't think I can stop myself from buying books. I wonder if I need to consider going to Books Addicts Anonymous meetings. "Hi, my name is Tara and I'm a book addict."
"Hi Tara."
"I first became addicted when I was 7 years old. My parents played vocabulary games with me and helped me read through several books over the summer, and I just haven't been able to get enough of books. I even love the smell of the bookstores!"
Yeah, I'm going to find a BAA meeting and start attending.
I agree with Doina, Goodreads is a great way to keep track of books that I have already read and books I want to read. I also think Goodreads is a great place to hear about books that I'm considering reading. I like being able to read another person's review of a book. I have even put books on my to read shelf after reading a review here on Goodreads. I like being able to have that kind of information available.
Yeah, addict ... but hey we've all been there. I currently have 90 books (just finished two yesterday) on my 'to read' bookshelf in my room, and last week I bought five books online. And the last time I went to Borders, I got sucked in on their sidewalk sale, grabbed one biography, two historical fictions and then went inside and grabbed two scifi's as well plus the one book I had planned on buying for a friend. So, yeah we all have our stories ...
Think about it this way--it's better than buying heroine. :)
LOL...I agree with Ellis, there are worse thing to be addicted to!! You guys are making me feel better about my "addiction", though. I "only have" about 30 books at home I haven't read...mwahahahaha!!!
