I am addicted to books

[LSK]

I cant pass Barnes and Noble without stopping there and leaving with 2 or 3 books.

I just picked up

Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein
by Scott Ritter, Seymour Hersh (Foreword)

and

The Assassins Gate by George Packer

I just finished 1776, Im in the middle of State of Denial, I picked up some Chomsky and John Adams last week.

When the hell am I going to find the time to read all this?

:crazy:

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Heh, I know the feeling...

...except I'm a library junkie, since I have to be a little careful of my spending impulses. Though if I borrow a book and it's something I'm likely to refer to again and again, I'll later go and buy it. Right now, most of my books are packed away, which is a very unpleasant matter for me - but I did come home with a whole new stack of library books this evening. :)

[skygazer]

2. I doubt if you're alone in that on this board

I have three huge bookshelves (floor to ceiling) downstairs filled with books. I've probably read about half of them - I go to the library weekly as well and pick up 8 or 10 books. And I tend to read 3 or 4 at a time.

I bring a book with me everywhere. If I have to wait somewhere even for 5 minutes, I'll open a book and read a paragraph. I love books.

[deadparrot]

3. There are worse things to be addicted to.

I'd be quite content to live out my life in a Borders or B&N. :)

[photogirl12]

4. Hi, my DU user name is photogirl12

...and I am addicted to books.

[AlCzervik]

5. same here, 2 weeks ago i bought Frank Rich's new book and after watching

Afterwords on cspan i just ordered The Heist by Peter Stone. I read 1776 over the summer and really enjoyed.

[LostinVA]

6. Join the club!!!

[PADemD]

7. I have the nearest Walden's and Barnes & Noble phone

numbers on my cell phone.

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. LSK, have I got a connection for you

LSK meet RetroLounge. RetroLounge, meet your newest addict.

[RetroLounge]

10. ...

:rofl:

:hi:

RL

[XemaSab]

9. Barnes and Heroin claims another victim!

:cry:

[qnr]

11. Yeah, thank goodness for free ebooks, or I'd be broke all the time. n/t

[hedgehog]

12. Whatever you do, DO NOT click over to the book forums, fiction

and non-fiction! Also, stay away from the science fiction forum, not to mention the fantasy literature or American history forums! These are bad people who will tempt you to go out and search for more books!

[joneschick]

13. do you know about bookcrossing.com?

it can be great fun to share. :hi:
....setting books free

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. For every book I read, I buy three. And I read a hell of a lot of books.

So that tells you what my library looks like.

:7

[YankeyMCC]

15. I tried a support group

but it turned into a book club :)

My son and I visited the Adams' museum today and part of the tour was the Presidential library. A smallish stone house filled with many of John and John Quincy's books. It is filled floor to ceiling. I turned to my son "I need to build one of these behind our house."

[NMMNG]

16. Me too

In the past month I've purchased at least 7 books from B&N and ordered another 7 from the History Book Club. If I didn't have such a limited income I'd need an entire house just for all of the books I'd be buying.