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

Giggles86

I've just downloaded the book thief to read again after seeing at the cinema today. I loved it and wi know that when the DVD comes out I'll sob through it!

Roman1_2

Just finished Gardens of Stone by Stephen Grady. Recollections of life in the french resistance during WW2. Very interesting and well written book. Highly recommended.

Roman1_2

Goldiegirl wrote: »

Regarding reading one or more books at a time


I always stick to one book, always have done. It's a lot easier now with my Kindle, as I can take my book, whether it's big or small, wherever I go

Agree absolutely. One book at a time is by far the easiest especially for us oldies.

On the secondhand v new argument. I have resolved this year to buy secondhand wherever possible. Clearly better for the environment if as many people as possible read each copy. Also, saving quite a bit of money. Not having to wait too long for books to come up on ebay or Amazon marketplace often at £2.99 or less.

mrs-moneypenny

Roman1 wrote: »

Agree absolutely. One book at a time is by far the easiest especially for us oldies.

On the secondhand v new argument. I have resolved this year to buy secondhand wherever possible. Clearly better for the environment if as many people as possible read each copy. Also, saving quite a bit of money. Not having to wait too long for books to come up on ebay or Amazon marketplace often at £2.99 or less.

thats why i have so many books, we have a mooch round the carboots every sunday morning during the summer and when you can pick books up for as little as 10p each (most paperbacks are 20p-50p each) i tend to stockpile when ever something catches my eye.
once read unless its an absolute keeper like philippa gregory, mitch albom or the book thief i let them go by giving them to people i think will like them, putting them on the shelf in the drs waiting room (sadly theyve taken the bookshelf out now) or charity shopping them. if i can i prefer to give them away as charity shops really hike the prices round here.

re bookthief, i was actually recommended it by a teenage girl from austraila or new zealand on the philippa gregory forum (which has now ceased and moved to fb) she said it was on the school reading list there. really cant thank her enough for sharing that one.

Roman1_2

An interesting comment from Mrs M re what to do with books once read if not keepers. I have managed to get into a regular exchange with a chap who has a similar taste in books. Once they come back from him they go on ebay for a month. If then unsold they go to the charity shop.

maddiemay

It is almost a month since I posted here, although I have popped in from time to time to see what everyone is reading.

I have read 2 Ian Rankin since then:- The Impossible Dead and Standing in Another Man's Grave, enjoyed them both very much, just started The Complaints (out of sequence as that is how they turned up in the CSs). I have been very naughty and bought a bundle of Jo Nesbo Harry Hole books from The Book People. I had tried ordering them from the library, but they are popular and spread all over the county, some books take ages to come through and then like buses they come along in bunches.

OH and I bought 3 brilliant non-fiction books Who's who in early Medieval England, Medieval England and Tudor England by Christopher Tyerman, they are a great accompaniment to all the historical novels that we have been/are reading.

Any books we decide not to keep go to one or other of our small local animal charity shops, or sometimes my friend and I do some swaps and then consign them to CS.

Nice to see some new faces, including another fugitive from no more toiletries board, waves to Sundaysgirl:D

mrs-moneypenny

ive finished timothy the tortoise all bar the timeline in the back, ill finish that off tonight and chose the next book off the pile.

edit next book chosen.
its one i won recently an uncorrected proof copy of Stephanie Butland's Surrounded by Water

skintygerlinky

Hi All xx

No new books bought this month - hurray!!
BUT!! Payday today...had a spare 15mins before work...wandered into Watery-Stones....:eek:

Honestly wanted to buy a book!!!! Couldn't believe how strong the temptation was. Put it back on the shelf, felt a bit down, but feel so much better now!

Glad I didn't buy it. Who'dathunk I'd ever say that

Goldiegirl

Oh dear.... I bought 6 books in February:o


But they were 99P Kindle books, so not too expensive


I average reading a book a week, so there is a net increase of 2


Must try harder in March !


I'm doing a few challenges this year, and this one really is the hardest of them all !

Sundaysgirl

Thanks maddiemay! Trying to get my slight hoarding tendencies under control and actually enjoy the things I already own rather than buying more

Finished The Missing One by Lucy Atkins (psychological thriller) last night and would recommend it - made a nice change from bog standard thrillers or chick lits. Need to decide what to read next - and do a count... jobs for this weekend