'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

poddle911

Lol, I hope the day will come when I'm loaded enough to use twenties as bookmarks! For now it's anything that comes to hand or I just try to remember what page I'm on, which is fine when I have fewer than 4 books on the trot...

Ames

Yay, I've found you again! Haven't been able to get online for a week cos of an essay. I've also had to buy three books but I'm not counting them for this - two dictionarys and a thesaurus just aren't interesting enough!

Darkphaery wrote: »

Hi everyone, i hope i'm not too late to join. I've been 'not' buying books since the new year, i set myself the challenge of going a whole year without buying books...although i do have a few exceptions, i am allowed to accept and give them as gifts, i am allowed to use birthday money to buy books and i live quite near one of Europe's largest 2nd hand book shops which operates a bartering system so when i have a bag ful i take them there and get 'credit' on my account...so technically it's not buying. These are my rules and so far (52 days in) all is going well

Where? Might have been answered further on but it sounds ace!

InaPickle wrote: »

Don't ask, just join in!

And as for 'My Sister's Keeper', I liked it a lot (I was doing a big, fat translation on preimplantation genetic diagnosis at the time so it struck a chord), but I wasn't too keen on the ending: let me know what you think - I won't say any more in case I ruin it for you.

I didn't like the ending either. I'm not a huge fan of Jodi Picault, I love the ideas she has but the books never seem to live up to the idea somehow.

carolbee wrote: »

not really - but if we did, we could go to Hay on Wye!!!

there is a large second hand bookshop in Rochester, Kent tool

I loved Hay the one time I went! I've been thinking about going to Wigtown in Scotland, it's probably cheaper than Hay. In fact, I'm seeing this challenge as creating space so that I can go there in a few months. I need to go somewhere with loads of second hand books cos I need some non fiction books for my courses but can't afford to buy new.

The one in Rochester, is it called something like the Hobbit and is the oldest second hand bookshop in Britain? I think I've driven past it but not been in.

Right, off to read more of the thread...

Ames

lilian1977 wrote: »

Just finished The Solitude of Prime Numbers - it fell down a little in the middle but redeemed itself by the end. Wonderful. Can't wait to see what else Giordano does.

Probably going to start Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka today. I loved A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian so hope it's as good!

lilian1977 wrote: »

Just picked up the following from the library:

Worldwide Adventures in Love by Louise Wener - I loved Goodnight Steve McQueen and quite enjoyed The Big Blind so looking forward to this one

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - sounds interesting from the description

La Bete Humaine by Emile Zola - because I thought I should read something a bit intelligent!

I also got La Vie En Rose by Jamie Ivey because I liked the sleeve but have just realised it's a sequel so will have to hunt down the first one before I can start it!

I really liked Two Caravans, totally different to History of Tractors, not as funny but really interesting I thought.

I loved Bel Canto, it reminded me of Isabel Allende, who I love. I'm so jealous of whoever had a signed book of hers!

I've just read Reading Lolita in Tehran, which was great but not quite what I expected. I started the Siege of Krishnapur but I think I need something nice and easy to read next, after a week of politics course readings!

Sorry about all the posts, I can't get multiquote to save more than a couple at a time and my short term memory's rubbish and I forget what I'm wanting to say!

Just off to look at the Barter Books site...

solventsoon

niccatw wrote: »

Where have we moved to? I came back through my subscribed list but I don't like the thought of us not popping up on DFW of an evening .
I do that to... most of my "unread" books have been started at some point or another and then abandoned for a more gripping read. I love when I pick them up again and find receipts, cinema stubs, old birthday cards... you name it, wherever I was in the book when I got bored of it! Waiting on the day I find a £20 note in one :rotfl:.

We're on the debt free diaries now, nicca, seems a more logical place, I suppose...

I love finding old bus tickets, receipts etc on long-abandoned books - I used to use anything to hand before I got my lovely bookmark a couple of years ago. Never found any money in a book yet, but I guess there's time :rotfl::rotfl:

Ames

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

finished my book last night, it was rather ironic sitting by candlelght reading a book about Elizabeth I as we had a 3 hour power cut.:mad:,
enjoyed it as Philippa Gregory is one of my favourite authors and i like reading books about the tudors. I wont be letting it go as its a hard back and i will reread it in the future.
you know how you imagine the characters as real people or picture actresses/actors that would play them, while reading this i had Queenie from blackadder firmily stuck in my mind as she came across as a quite spoilt manipulative person who thrived on compliments but sulked if she didnt get her own way.
not sure where to go next some brilliant suggestions on here that i already own. was thinking of Elizabeth and Leicester but its the same subject matter as the virgin's lover so i think i need to read something else inbetween so i dont merge the 2 books and confuse the characters in my mind (not difficult:rotfl:)
also thinking of the glass painters daughter or an anita shrieve one (i have several;))

Have you read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell? It's a bit earlier, about Henry VIII but it's in a similar vein to Philippa Gregory. I loved it.

I've just picked up the Pilot's Wife, I think I'll give that one a go next.

anne99 wrote: »

Oh, they were, they were. I couldn't part with the decent ones. The criterion was "Would you recommend this book to anyone, even if they had nothing else to read?" Only books which got a resounding NO from both of us went in the boxes at all, and even some of them got a reprieve in front of the fire.

I'm currently reading Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin. Thoroughly enjoying it, but don't remember buying it ... so I do belong on this thread really.

My ex would love you, he was always threaten to burn all my books. In fact the whole flat, he said I had so much crap that it was best to just start afresh!

I heard on the radio a while ago that motorways are built with books as the base. I think it was the M6 that's all based on Mills and Boon, to be honest I think I'd rather drive over them than read them!

I agree about the Phillip Pullman trilogy, I read them ok but just couldn't re read them, they just didn't really grab me. Which begs the question, why are they still on my shelves...

Ames

I've got loads of bookmarks, they're my souvenir of choice. I bought loads on ebay a while ago too for next to nothing. I've got them all in a pot next to the sofa. But never seem to be near one when I need it, so I just close the book and then spend ages trying to find my place again... I think I need some kind of 'booklovers kit', with bookmarks, paper and pen for any great quotes I come across.. any other ideas for it?

MONEYMAKINGMUM

I haven't read all posts in this thread but re space for books, my daughter has 100 classic books on nintendo DS. All 100 books on a tiny memory card thing!
(I'm not worried about 'the feel' or 'the smell' of books, just good content)
We have heaving book shelves, re read and un read books too. We love our local library and use it often but charity shops are our main book buying source, we usually donate them back once read.

Currently rereading 'Only you can save mankind', something light after Bev psycho Barton and Tess am I mental Gerritson!

niccatw

Ames wrote: »

I've got loads of bookmarks, they're my souvenir of choice. I bought loads on ebay a while ago too for next to nothing. I've got them all in a pot next to the sofa. But never seem to be near one when I need it, so I just close the book and then spend ages trying to find my place again... I think I need some kind of 'booklovers kit', with bookmarks, paper and pen for any great quotes I come across.. any other ideas for it?

I still have bookmarks for a book shop that existed when I first moved to Glasgow. They make me very nostalgic.

I always have to have a dictionary near me when I read too - sometimes I clearly read books that are far too intelligent for me and I have to look up every other word .

I do like to try and remember great quotes too. Less impressive when I muddle them up and start waffling though :rotfl:.

solventsoon

Ames wrote: »

I've got loads of bookmarks, they're my souvenir of choice. I bought loads on ebay a while ago too for next to nothing. I've got them all in a pot next to the sofa. But never seem to be near one when I need it, so I just close the book and then spend ages trying to find my place again... I think I need some kind of 'booklovers kit', with bookmarks, paper and pen for any great quotes I come across.. any other ideas for it?

A notebook to make lists of all the new books waiting to be bought (sorry, Pickle, borrowed from the library:o), possibly?

I have loads of bookmarks as well Ames, but only really use my favourite, a tabby cat one. It's a picture of four very fat tabby cats with coloured headbands, leotards and a legwarmer around their tails doing aerobics - it makes me smile every time I look at it. :D

I've read a lot of Anita Shreve's books, The Pilot's Wife is one of my favourites, hope you enjoy it.

InaPickle

:mad: Was rushing to work today and forgot book AGAIN! :mad: