Linda’s Comments (group member since Dec 27, 2007)

Linda’s comments from the Book Buying Addicts Anonymous group.

In the office, my books are grouped by genre, and then by author (meaning all books by a particular author are all together, and if there is a series, that is in order. And I have one section of books that I have read, and are giving away (Bookmooch). But since I have books spread all over the house, most of the rest are by bookshelf size and the books that will fit there. Then in my bedroom, I have a small bookshelf (nightstand) that I have the TBR - first stack. I'd guess I have about 200-300 books, mostly paperback.

I am currently reading 6, and that's pretty much my norm. I have books scattered throughout the house (makes it sound like I have a big house, which I do not), and I pick up whichever sounds interesting at the particular moment. Mostly I read large sections of a book at a time, and then pick up a different book when something gets slow or depending on what is going on at that moment in my life.

Jessica wrote: "bookmooch.com and paperbackswap.com are also excellent book sharing communities. You request a book, and the owner pays the post office shipping cost to mail it to you. You have a book requested fr..."

I use Bookmooch.com also, and love it. I tried another book swapping site, I can't remember the name of it, but I quit it before actuallying sending or receiving any books. It was not user friendly at all.

If I don't find books on bookmooch, I usually buy them in person, either new or used.

Carol wrote: "I don't care for the beads. I'm thinking of using a hole punch on some of the plain bookmarks (no tassels of any kind) and using colorful yarn to make tassels. Hobby Lobby and Michaels have such be..."

What a great idea! Also if you wanted to protect the art work and make it last longer, you could then laminate the books marks.

Shasta wrote: "I have a weird quirk, I guess...well I will read the back/inner cover of a book to see if it sounds any good (like many of us do), however, I cannot read the book to soon, after reading the cover. ..."

I do exactly the same thing. And when I start reading the book, I usually re-read the back/inner cover description, but only after I've already read at least half of the book, because I don't to know something is going to happen before it actually does!

Personally, I prefer paperback. I will buy hardcover, buy only usually if I can get them really cheap. I am really careful with my books, and when I'm finished reading (unless it's really thick) - you can't even tell that I've read it. In fact sometimes I even have to pick up the book (in my give away pile) and read a random page to make sure I've read it or not. I'm an addict...always looking for somethign else to read, even though I easily have 200+ in my to-be-read pile.

I have quite a collection of bookmarks too. I prefer the ones with the tassels on them, and now for the last few years they have beads on them. I haven't traveled much, but I plan to in the future, so what a wonderful idea to collect book marks for around the world. Thanks!

I've been getting most of my books recently from a book swap called bookmooch.com I've become totally addicted to it and find it's an excellent way to exchange used books. I think the process is better than the book swap here on goodreads, because the only cost to you is shipping the books to other members and they use a system of points.