I can haz more books plz?

[graculus]

Is it wrong of me that one of the reasons I wanted to come to Arizona was because of a certain chain of used bookstores? Let's just say there are 5 branches of said chain, I have already been in three of them (with a trip to the 4th planned for tomorrow), and my theory for the second and third of 'if I don't take a bag in, I'll buy less' really hasn't stood up too well to testing.

Hello, my name is graculus and I am a book addict. :)

However, if you're looking for the book addict 12-step program, this is the wrong place to start, since while I accept I have no control over my book-acquisition, I don't particularly think it's that big an issue in and of itself. After all, although my TBR pile occupies a bookcase on its own, I am actually capable of allowing books to leave my house, in the form of swaps or sales or even donations to charity shops! If I were that big an addict, surely you'd have to pull the books from my cold dead hands?

How can it be wrong when it feels so right? ;)

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[nialla]

Most of my book club members plan sidetrips into vacations to go to used bookstores, taking along the "group list" we maintain at all times.

There's something wrong with that?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're a book pimp librarian as well, so I'm not sure you're exactly objective... ;)

[nialla]

This was happening even before I worked in the library. I'm beyond help.

I was talking to an out-of-state friend (who once had to drag me away from a book display in an airport) on the phone after getting my job.

He was silent for a moment before asking "They're paying you to buy books? What the hell were they thinking?!" *g*