Even as I clear my bookshelves, and while I’m feeling virtuous about that, my eyes are glomming onto books I see on blogs…books I want.
My goal this year was to request most of my new additions from NetGalley or Vine…and I’ve done that. But there is still that lingering need to download an e-book I see somewhere…or even pick up a physical book.
Below are the books I purchased in October. Yes, most are e-books, yay me! But there are three physical books. How can I justify these additions to my shelves, especially when they are finally looking…well, almost normal. (See one of my bedroom shelves above, after the purge).
I have no justification.
I just wanted them. So it goes on…books out, books in. Perhaps I can send more books out than I bring in? What would you do, in the face of all the bookish temptation out there?
Ah, yes, you say…there is always the library. And I should do that. But then I say I can’t wait…delayed gratification is not my thing.
Child of the Sixties, bite your tongue!
But behold the lovely books I acquired…and tell me you would not be tempted. LOL
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OCTOBER 2015:
1. Admissions, The (e-book), by Meg Mitchell Moore
2. Cherry, by Mary Karr
3. Deep End, The (e-book), by Julie Mulhern
4. Girl with No Past, The (e-book), by Kathryn Croft
5. Jane Fonda, The Private Life of a Public Woman, by Patricia Bosworth
6. Liar’s Club, The: A Memoir, by Mary Karr
7. Lucky Us (e-book), by Amy Bloom
8. Shadow Year, The (e-book), by Hannah Richell
9. Truth Be Told (e-book), by Hank Phillippi Ryan
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We have known for a while that I suffer from this disorder:
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I’m trying to cut down on my book acquiring too but it’s too fun to get new books to give it up completely! Girl with No Past and Truth Be Told are both books that have caught my eye. Enjoy your reading!
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Thanks, Katherine, and I tell myself that e-books don’t really hurt anything, since they are not on a visible shelf…LOL.
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I have no problem with books coming in and buying them! Authors write and I love to buy a book and support them. Not only payment but building up their buy numbers. I love NetGalley and the Library and awesome publishers but I still allow myself to buy. It’s my main “vice”, if it’s even that! I don’t mind full shelves either, but I need to get some decent ones! Yay to book buying.
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Thanks, Kathryn, I need to get rid of the voice in my head that calls me “book hoarder.” LOL. I’ve done a good job of sending books out…so you are right. Why not enjoy when they come in, too!
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