I never hesitate to admit I'm a bookaholic, for me this is a three-pronged disorder.
1. I'm never without a book, I've got them stashed everywhere. When my son was in diapers I even kept a couple in the diaper bag. I keep some in the car, there's a basket full of books in my bedroom, boxes of them in my home office and my husband turned our enclosed back porch into a library, where I keep the paperback "keepers", somehow the "keepers" number close to a thousand (is that possible?).
2. I can't walk past a bookstore without going in and buying something. I try to make weekly trips to the UBS (where I have managed to reduce my credit from over an unmanageable $1000 to a much more manageable $750--it's frightening to admit I've not only read that many books, but somehow managed to get them packed up and out of the house.
3. I normally can't go a day without reading. On a daily basis I probably don't go 10 hours without reading (it's probably closer to 8 hours, 6-7 of those hours are at night sleeping).
Well, as I type this, I am in book withdrawal. I haven't read a book in 3 days. Yes, it's been 3 painful days without cracking a book (though I never actually crack my bindings--it's sacrilegious).
I have somehow filled my TBR pile with books I am no longer interested in. Books that were recommended on different boards, but when I started to read them I went "oh, no, no, this wasn't what I expected." Books with great covers and blurbs, but when I start to read them, they have no substance.
I'm in a rut, a huge ugly rut. I guess this means tomorrow I'll make another trek to the UBS and hopefully bring down that credit a little more and find something that will hold my pathetic attention span.
Hi, my name is Tara and I'm a bookaholic.
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Hi Tara. i just found your site through romantic times message board. I read your blog here and I am so happy that there is someone out there just like me. I am also a stay at home mom (3 boys)and I read every second I can. I make up excuses just so I can read. Such as the usual I have to go the bathroom, or It's lunchtime. I am a book addict, and have been since my earliest recollection. My mother said I was born with a book in my hand and I've never been seen without one. I too carry books in my car, purse, laundry basket, you name it. I have books in every room of my house, whether I'm reading them or not. I just like to see them laying around. I wish I had a library to store my 2,200 books but there is no place. I told my husband that when our youngest is gone, his room is mine, all mine.(seeing as he is only 4, I have awhile to wait, but I will plan)I currently keep my books packed neatly and efficiently away in my attic(37 boxes and counting)My husband threatens to have a nice bonfire some night when I'm gone. I have several UBS that I frequent at least once a week. Borders is the closest book store to me, but I prefer Walden Books for new releases. I do buy at least two-three books a week and my TBR pile is well into the hundreds, and like you, I have lots of books that will never be read because they hold no interest for me. I sometimes wonder what I was thinking when I bought some of these books. My books are kept in pristine condition. I don't dog-ear, write, mark or try not to chip the covers. My spines are like new. When I go into a bookstore, I am instantly high on the smell alone. I can kill 5-6 hours in a book store and not even realize it(until I get home and my husband has the bonfire ready) Fortunately, this does not happen often. Seldom really. I usually have one, two or all three of my kids with me, so time is very short in a bookstore. I am very proud to say, however that all 3 like to read and will find books to read while I am looking. I am mostly into historical romances. I like to be swept away into other times, and I have always been a history buff. I read pretty much anything, but that is my favorite genre. I also love horror, preferably with a supernatural element. Stephen King is my favorite author, but I also love Rosanne Bittner, Rebecca Brndewyne, Katherine Sutcliffe and Maggie Osborne. I actually have too many authors to list, but those are some of the ones I am currently reading. Well, I need to go but this is a great site and I'll be back. I don't have a site for any reason, but I would like to have a site to list my books that I plan to sell/trade. My cousin does this and I plan to get him over to help me set up a webpage. If you'd like to email me for a list or books you're interested in, my email is crotunno35@twcny.rr.com. send me your list and I'll let you know if I have any. Keep blogging--christy
Christy, I'm glad you popped over from RT. I love discovering other people like me addicted not only to readind, but books.
If your interested in selling books before you actually get a website going, you should try half.com. I've been selling over there off and on for a couple of years (I got rid of a ton of books that way and it's kept my in book money).
To be honest I would love to start my own website, but it's a big step, and right now I'm really enjoying blogging.
Come back and visit again.
Just wait, Tara. When your son starts school you can add another prong onto your list - that being book fairs at the school. I worked at the middle school book fair yesterday and I thought I was going to die with wanting about half the books that were there! lol
Jenster, the bookaholic thing, it's a little frightening--lol. Check out the "you know your a bookaholic..." someone posted on today's (3/30) blog (Guess what...) I can honestly admit to qualifying for to many on the list.
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