The "I-Must-Not-Buy-Any-More-Books" Thread Showing 601-650 of 1,371

[Becky]

Very good point Jeane! :)

[Lori]

I'm all for just reading several and then buying more. Or maybe give yourself a reward of one book every 6 months until you get done.

[Jill]

I have to say that I envy those of you who have mostly fiction to read. Most of the books on my TBR list are non-fiction. Mostly history and science. Not the lightest of reading material.

[Allison]

ugggggh. I want to go to the thrift store!! But I know I shouldn't.

I went and got a haircut this morning, and I passed Goodwill...and it was nice and shiny (well, actually rather dingy)...*sigh*

Its only 9:30. I bet I end up going.

[Lori]

Good luck Allison! I'm about to go to Borders and I have to only buy one book. It's between the first book in the Rome series, Band of Brothers, and a bigger copy of The Fountainhead (because I don't like mass market books).

[Vicki]

Good ideas.. I may manage setting some smaller goals for myself. I am so overwhelmed by the books and it will take me atleast 4 years to get through, but for every twenty books I can buy one, or get one from the library, so I can give it back is reasonable. Ok.. breathing-a-little-more-easy...

[Allison]

Lori, you'll have to tell me what you got!

I went to Goodwill....but it was pretty much cleaned out. I did score a couple: You Suck and How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

I'm pretty excited about finding You Suck though, because I've been wanting to read a Christopher Moore.

[Becky]

Allison... I hate to burst your bubble, but You Suck is the sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends... :\

[Allison]

AUGH.

...oh well, the library has Bloodsucking Fiends. :-D

[Lori]

I went to Borders and I bought The First Man in Rome. I was tempted to buy the second book as well, but I decided I should wait (because I think it will take me so long to get through the first one that I wouldn't be able to return the second if I decided not to pursue the series). I was also tempted to buy them out of order, because they seemed like individually contained books, though they went chronologically through time.

I am very proud of myself for my frugality and patience.

[Jeane]

Lori wrote: "I went to Borders and I bought The First Man in Rome. I was tempted to buy the second book as well, but I decided I should wait (because I think it will take me so long to get through the first on..."

Let me know how it goes!!!

[Jeane]

I knew it would be difficult....we went to the centre and I thought we would only go in Eason to buy my boyfriend a magazine. But we went in another one at the beginning and I was looking for the rome serie but couldn't find any in that shop. But then I saw The Secret Life of Bees. I have tried to get it at the library but don't find it and it was ten euros.....bad boyfriend said to buy it ebcause of all the reasons that I decided not to buy books for now. In the end I bought it. When we went in Eason I saw the books of the rome serie......only 12 euro each. If I wouldn't ahve bought the other one I am sure I would already be reading one of the rome serie right now!

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "Jeane, would it not be possible to just post some books as you read them back to Italy? It might be a bit of a needless expense I suppose."

I am affraid they will get lsot. I thought about that to get my books now and then one from Belgium but I am afraid it will get lost and I wouldn't manage that.

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "Maybe put a homing.tracking device into it?"

don't make me more nuts than I am already...

[Emma]

Fi,

I GOT ICTC FROM THE LIBRARY.

[Emma]

:D I will read it right after TSFT.

This will make me read TSFT faster.

Wahh.

[Lindsey]

folks, i fell off the wagon. my local library opened their book store and sold all hardbacks for $1 and all paperbacks for $.50. i own 32 new books. i am supremely happy! haha!!

[Liz]

Joanna wrote: "I actually considered not purchasing more books and tried to go to my local library. They didn't have a single thing I was interested in. (Well, at the moment at any rate.) I then tried to order ..."

Joanna, I would say that your local library and inter-library loan system is not as good as you think; unless, of course, you have a very unusual taste in what you like to read! ;o) I very seldom have trouble finding what I want. The only problem I have is that they all seem to come at the same time!

[Liz]

Lindsey wrote: "folks, i fell off the wagon. my local library opened their book store and sold all hardbacks for $1 and all paperbacks for $.50. i own 32 new books. i am supremely happy! haha!!"

Now that you've publicly confessed, Lindsey, ENJOY! ;o)

[Jeane]

Lindsey wrote: "folks, i fell off the wagon. my local library opened their book store and sold all hardbacks for $1 and all paperbacks for $.50. i own 32 new books. i am supremely happy! haha!!"

uhum...well I guess congratulations ...:-)))))

[Becky]

*averts eyes from Lindsey's stack of new books*

[Alisha Marie]

I have so far read three books of my TBR books that I own shelf and how did I congratulate myself? By purchasing nine more books.

[Liz]

Alisha wrote: "I have so far read three books of my TBR books that I own shelf and how did I congratulate myself? By purchasing nine more books."

I suppose you could look at it like this, Alisha, you read three, bought nine, which means you added only six to your original count? Guess we have to blame this all on winter doldrums???

[Jeane]

Alisha wrote: "I have so far read three books of my TBR books that I own shelf and how did I congratulate myself? By purchasing nine more books."

Hahaha, great way of using 'congratulate;!!!!!

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I have so far read three books of my TBR books that I own shelf and how did I congratulate myself? By purchasing nine more books.

NO NO - the other way around... read nine purchase 3!!

Like I should talk...

[Jill]

For the record, I fell off the wagon and bought Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. Apparently it's postmodernism through the lens of popular cultural phenomenons like The Real World and the whole Lakers vs. Celtics rivalry of the '80s.

[Vicki]

Fiona, that should be 1000 lines per book bought.

[Jeane]

Fiona wrote: "We need to find suitable punishments for these dissenters.

1000 lines of I will not buy any more books please.

"

be careful with your ideas because I have a feeling you might harm yourself more than once Fiona:-)

[Becky]

Jeane wrote: "be careful with your ideas because I have a feeling you might harm yourself more than once Fiona:-)"

MM-HMMM!

[Becky]

You can't use copy & paste though. Must be handwritten.

[Julianne]

So, I broke...but it's not my fault! My DH got me a GC to Borders for Valentine's Day. I spent it, and I only went $6 over...

So that's not my fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Becky]

Gift cards are no excuse-- I'm sitting on a $100 GC for B&N! It's burning my butt, but I haven't spent it yet!

[Vicki]

I ended up using my amazon gift card for new games, just got a Wii.. this way it wasn't taunting me anymore. I walked through the book section at target and walked out victorious... just don't put me in a book store.

[Becky]

Well, I'm not literally sitting on it. It's in a little cup on my desk at home, so when I am out, the temptation is not there. Granted, I could spend real money, but somehow, I've managed to talk myself out of buying impulse books whenever I see them.

I just add them to my "to get post book ban" shelf. Oddly enough, that makes me feel better because I know I won't forget them when I'm able to acquire again.

[Becky]

They will not be all out of print. But don't worry, by the time that you finish, technology will be so advanced that they will be able to charge your implant and then beam the book directly into your brain, complete with pictures and smells.

(I'd recommend staying away from animal books, might not be too fun to smell manure all the way through Charlotte's web!)

I'm just kidding of course... But I suppose if the book is going out of print then you can make an exception and buy it. :)

[Becky]

I actually have that movie but I've never seen it. Sounds interesting!

[Jill]

Fiona wrote: "Oooh lol. :D But how do you know it'll be going out of print. Maybe it's better to buy it just IN CASE it does?

Hehe.

Have you ever watched Existenz? About a computer game you plug into your spine."

That disgusting scene in the restaurant when Jude Law has to eat the "special" would have been enough for me to shout "I'm out!" and go back to The Sims.

[Becky]

Now I'm gonna have to watch this tonight...

[Gracee]

ruh roh. I forgot I'm trying to not spend more money on books. I still had two B/N gift cards (one from Christmas 2007). And I bought books...
:::::: blush::::: sowwry. 50.00 worth.. at least they were on my TBR list.

[Lori]

After the Oscars, I'm wanting to read The Reader...but I don't own it. I know I can get a Mass Market at Wal-Mart for $5 or $6...but I hate Mass Markets, so I'd be upgrading eventually...

[Becky]

Lori, I'll send you my copy for free if you want... Just message me with your address. :)

[Lori]

I just want to announce to everyone in the thread that Becky is now my bestest friend ever because she's sending me The Reader.

[Andrew]

THIS IS DAY EIGHT

Still going strong! I even put books into my cart on BN.com, and clicked out without buying anything!

[Lisa Julianna]

good for you Icharus...Keep it up...you can do it!!!

[Lori]

Ichaerus, Way to go! Keep up the good work!

[Becky]

Awww... Lori you're too sweet!

[Lori]

Fiona, It correlates because she's sending it to me so I don't have to buy it.

[[deleted user]]

I feel so lucky to have the two-story city library across the street from my work so I can visit on my breaks :)

[Lori]

Rachel, My mom always encourages me to use the library instead of buying...but I don't think she understands the good feeling of owning the book. Usually all I want are gift cards for Borders, but my uncle appears to be the only one that gets that memo.

[Andrew]

THIS IS DAY NINE

Woot! Rock out with my bad self!