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Right back at you, luv!! Only one more day of retail H*ll and it's over!! Yippee!!
What? You actually get Boxing Day off?! - that's good - enjoy your rest while you canRight back at you, luv!! Only one more day of retail H*ll and it's over!! Yippee!!
For me its an addiction.LOLA first edition LAST NIGHT AT TWISTED RIVER (John Irving). It's the only one of his that I didn't have in hardcover. Even though I didn't like it that much the first time I read it, I knew I'd kick myself if I didn't get it. I'm beginning to think having favorite authors is a mental illness--lol.
My name is kingricefan and I am an author-aholic.For me its an addiction.LOL
This is so close to reality for me--I have full shelves in every room of the house but 1 bathroom, and I keep buying more. What I really need is a library (NOTE TO SELF: "Hurry oldest out of the house so I can have his room for books" ;D)My name is kingricefan and I am an author-aholic.
Make sure that the beams in the basement can hold up all of that book weight!!This is so close to reality for me--I have full shelves in every room of the house but 1 bathroom, and I keep buying more. What I really need is a library (NOTE TO SELF: "Hurry oldest out of the house so I can have his room for books" ;D)
Thats depressing. I usually find at least one king thing I haven't got when i go.No matter how much room I have,I always need more.Alas, I have not had any luck in the past week or so finding any type of treasures at the thrift stores. It makes me...........sad.
Oh, I find books but it a matter of do I really need them, you know? If I wanted to I could spend alot of bucks on ones I want, but just don't really need or have to have right now. I want to get my John Grisham collection going again (of his older works) and have no trouble finding them but just can't seem to make myself buy them right now.Thats depressing. I usually find at least one king thing I haven't got when i go.No matter how much room I have,I always need more.
You are more than welcome to have mine if you want it. I really only need three copies of every SK novel. One hardcover for the bookshelf and two paperbacks (in case I misplace one) for reading on the road. Of course I need to keep buying them, as a first edition always replaces my older bookclub copies, and when I come across a paperback in better shape than the ones I have, or find a paperback in a different cover so I don’t look like a loon for having two identical copies. (hmmm, that rationale sounds better in my head than it does written down). The rest I give away to others who will appreciate them or can’t afford them.
Keep on looking. You just might get lucky sometime and find one of those rare Bachman paperbacks. I have found all of them but Rage at thrift stores over the years. My heart always skips a beat when I do! Nothing like finding a King treasure at thrift stores or a used bookstore!!My find on the latest trip was the illustrated edition of 'Salem's Lot. I'm still trying to complete my collection, so I have a list of books (from the website) stored in my phone so I can check them off when I find them. I have been adding a few random King books not written by him- the second quiz book, Haunted Heart, The SK Illustrated Companion... Quite frankly I can't bring myself to buy any books at full price so used bookstores are my best friends! I have found the odd King book tucked away in antique/junk stores as well. I have a mix of hard and soft back, but try to have the series or pairs of books from the same publisher and such so they "match". My best find was probably a matching set of hardback Desperation and the Regulators for under $5 for both.
Who destroys them, Elijah? The school? If so, this doesn't seem like a very nice thing to do. It's not a real great way to promote reading for young people. You might look into seeing if there's a way to reverse this policy if it is something the school does. Doesn't make sense to me why there should be this type of policy in a school. I always had a book with me when I was in school, so did alot of friends.I have been trying to get Mr. Tolkien's The Hobbit, but of course the movie has just come out (the three part movie being made from a three hundred page book, must be spot on lol) and they don't have any copies from HPB, where I get all my books from. So I re-bought The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, because apparently when you take books to read that isn't from the library to school, they get destroyed x3 so all my thrift books/all my books are staying home for now on. Damn grade school.
If I'm correct, that was sarcasm I started to think about it and I can either make sure the people (kids there, not the school) that destroy the property/portable magic return it... that, or I could use telekinesis at the dance and... well... I'll have to think about it.Who destroys them, Elijah? The school? If so, this doesn't seem like a very nice thing to do. It's not a real great way to promote reading for young people. You might look into seeing if there's a way to reverse this policy if it is something the school does. Doesn't make sense to me why there should be this type of policy in a school. I always had a book with me when I was in school, so did alot of friends.