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

gilligansyle

InaPickle wrote: »

YOU CHEAT! :rotfl:

Hmm...these little guys might become the thread mascots.

Here he is again for those of you who missed him the first times...

I love the little guy!!

I have just finished reading 'Song yet sung' by James McBride, which was a Christmas present. I've never read any of his stuff before.

I also confess to buying 2 books yesterday :eek: but in my defense, they were charity shop buys. I took 10 books in and felt guilty walking out empty handed.

InaPickle

gilligansyle wrote: »

I also confess to buying 2 books yesterday :eek: but in my defense, they were charity shop buys. I took 10 books in and felt guilty walking out empty handed.

That's not so bad as a 5:1 ratio, but tut, tut still and all! :rotfl:

gilligansyle

InaPickle wrote: »

That's not so bad as a 5:1 ratio, but tut, tut still and all! :rotfl:

I know!!

I also had coffee with a friend of Mum's today and she has a system for deciding what book to read next. She has them all on bookshelves and will give her OH a number between 1 and 6, which is the shelf. He then tells her to pick a number according to how many books on the shelf. And that's only for one bookcase, He decides which bookcase to pick from.

Tete_en_l'Air

InaPickle wrote: »

YOU CHEAT!

InaPickle wrote: »

That's not so bad as a 5:1 ratio, but tut, tut still and all! :rotfl:

:eek: I feel a bit victimised here, especially as mine are Reference Books and don't even count! (They're on a different shelf)


Another chapter down in The Subtle Knife last night

poddle911

InaPickle wrote: »

YOU CHEAT! :rotfl:

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

:eek: I feel a bit victimised here, especially as mine are Reference Books and don't even count! (They're on a different shelf)

:rotfl:
Don't take it personally, everyone's just jealous of your cunning loophole!

I guess I should also confess that I bought a book (just the one, mind) last weekend, but can offer the following justifications:
1) It was a super bargain (£25 to £7.50)
2) It was 'reference'
3) The recipes are really yummy!

I'm also trying to start The Children's Book for impending book club, and that's a big b*gger

Tete_en_l'Air

poddle911 wrote: »

I guess I should also confess that I bought a book (just the one, mind) last weekend, but can offer the following justifications:
1) It was a super bargain (£25 to £7.50)
2) It was 'reference'
3) The recipes are really yummy!

Haha, we all have the resolve of something with not very much resolve on this thread, we're past help! What's this book you speak of?

poddle911

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

Haha, we all have the resolve of something with not very much resolve on this thread, we're past help! What's this book you speak of?

Yup, we're beyond hopeless! But it's quite fun trying

It's Rachel Allen's Home-something - gosh, it's bad that I can't even remember what it's called! I was seduced by the lovely matt paper!

Tete_en_l'Air

Oh I saw it in WH Smith yesterday, I was mooching as I have a £5 off when you buy a book for more than £10 voucher, I was looking for a £10 book that I could get for a fiver but they're all either £9.99 or £16.99

I really fancy her Bake one too...

feedumall

i have bought two books but they are work related ,both on portrait photography need to take better pics to work from, people dont sit still and as for pets:eek: but will buy no more honest:o

jintyb

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

I've just bought four books (all for £16 though!) two are for Dad's borthday and the others are recipe books so they're 'reference books' and don't add to my total

Had to go to London with work on Monday and read my book all the way there and all the way back (6 hours total) and am now nearly though it (The Subtle Knife) - I'm totally hooked, all I needed was a good stab at it (arf!) rather than trying to read it half a chapter at a time and falling asleep with it.

I love this book smiley so much I'm putting it in my post as well:

Dont you think you deserve a "reference" book after ploughing through the Subtle Knife? heehee!

I LOVE that smiley - where do you get all these lovely ones, and how do you attach them? - technophobe here!