...and I'm a bookaholic
Oh dear, oh dear. I have a terrible affliction. I just can't stop buying books. I have always loved reading and tend to be read 3 or 4 books at a time (so I can read depending on my mood). I thirst for knowledge and it's transformative power. Since I started my little etsy shop I have felt that I have a little pocket money for myself and so I have been treating myself. I don't get my nails done, I don't buy clothes or go out for dinner. I buy books (although mostly second hand), here is what I have bought over the past few months (most of which Andy doesn't know about).
There are even possibly a few more I've forgotten about. Oh dear, I must stop! But I do so love reading :-)
Ah, that sounds very familiar, and many of the same books are by my bedside. I often have many books on the go at the same time depending on what mood takes me when I want to sit and read.
ReplyDeleteI tend to get most through the libraries but buy some that the libraries aren't likely to stock. The librarian is always curious about the books I borrow and often takes them out when I return them, I think there's a closet librarian in me somewhere!
I too love reading, it's good for the soul x
I am exactly like you-three books going at a time, I buy used books on half.com, and it's my one "luxury" as well!
ReplyDeleteHi Carrie, oh I never heard of that site...must go and check it out!
ReplyDeletedawn, our library isn't so well stocked and all the ones I want to order with them are 'lost'. Maybe I will be able to open my own library soon lol!
Oh my, I am right here with ya, Laura. . .books!
ReplyDeleteWe have the same taste too- I have all those except for "The Last Child in the Woods" (which I want!) and "At One With All Life," which I am wondering about.
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'at one with all life' is a womans journey into 4 gaian communities around the world. i read it over and over and over again when i was a teenager and i suppose it was hugely influencial. so i thought i would read it again and see how much i've grown using this as my measure. i'll get back to you and let you know if i recommend it as a grown up :-)
ReplyDeleteI read books by the 6s or 7s, so your book list is very modest! That'd be a month's worth of Amazon for me! I rationalise it the same way - don't spend on clothes, haven't been to a hair dresser in 5 years, so yup books are for me, and they benefit my whole community cos I lend them out. And then I sell unwanted ones on Amazon marketplace to get a little cash back!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I have gotten into ,must have that book, buy it, read a chapter or not even and then move onto the next, so I am on a self-imposed no book buying cold turkey where I actually have to read all the books I've bought over the past couple of years!