Who can tell me...
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dolorous_ett... a way to stop buying books?
Books have long since overflowed out of my bookshelves and established colonies on the floor of my flat. While all the piles of books are neat and not particularly unsightly, I have done a quick count, and I currently have 7 piles, all well over a foot in height.
And yet this afternoon, while searching for a birthday present for a friend, I treated myself to two more new books. Despite the fact that I have several very nice books waiting to be read at home, plenty of other books that are well worth a read and two busy weeks of teaching before the end of term...
I can't carry on like this. It's not fair on me, it's not fair on my bank balance and it's not fair on the books - they deserve to be read and cherished, not stored in piles. But how can I stop? New books are nice, and temptation is everywhere. There are at least three second-hand bookshops withing five minutes' walk of my flat.
My F-list seem fantastic at helping answer questions, no matter how abstruse (see last entry). So I thought I'd try my luck again. It's getting crazy in here.
Any advice, up to and including the use of electrodes, gratefully received.
Books have long since overflowed out of my bookshelves and established colonies on the floor of my flat. While all the piles of books are neat and not particularly unsightly, I have done a quick count, and I currently have 7 piles, all well over a foot in height.
And yet this afternoon, while searching for a birthday present for a friend, I treated myself to two more new books. Despite the fact that I have several very nice books waiting to be read at home, plenty of other books that are well worth a read and two busy weeks of teaching before the end of term...
I can't carry on like this. It's not fair on me, it's not fair on my bank balance and it's not fair on the books - they deserve to be read and cherished, not stored in piles. But how can I stop? New books are nice, and temptation is everywhere. There are at least three second-hand bookshops withing five minutes' walk of my flat.
My F-list seem fantastic at helping answer questions, no matter how abstruse (see last entry). So I thought I'd try my luck again. It's getting crazy in here.
Any advice, up to and including the use of electrodes, gratefully received.
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Book colonies!!
Date: 2005-11-21 02:41 am (UTC)I just now came back from a bookstore, actually, that I didn't want to go to because I knew I'd end up buying books. My husband went to get a CD (that this bookstore also fiendishly sells). I decided I would "just browse" a few sections...oops.
And yet, on the whole, it feels so good to get books, doesn't it? Look on it as therapy. So your bank balance suffers - what's money for, then? And your books know they are cherished. YOU bought them, after all.
I guess all you can do is just not carry enough money to get more than you bargained for.
Re: Book colonies!!
Date: 2005-11-21 06:40 pm (UTC)Re: Book colonies!!
Date: 2005-11-21 10:09 pm (UTC)Well, I couldn't help much anyway.
Come on in. You can gaze at them and they will gaze at you, and everyone will be happy.
We fully intend to have a library in our next house, the dream kind that is two stories high, with a balcony and a rolling ladder, and windowed alcoves to curl up in...
...darn it all.