Monday, January 14, 2013

Musing Monday..Just Say NO!



Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week… 
 • Describe one of your reading habits. 
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s). 
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.



So, here we are again, discussing the books I bought this week.
We should NOT be doing that.
Like many of you, I have no need to buy any books.
I have many..hundreds..unread and on hand. And if I want another specific book, there is the local public library, which I am already paying for with my inflated property taxes.
And yet I bought four books this weeks.

I blame the Evil R-Reader again.
And my total lack of self control.

See, long ago, I bought a used copy of Donna Leon's first book in the Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series, Death at La Fenice. I had read great things about this series but never went any further that buying that first book. But this week I picked it up by accident.
I thought it was my copy of The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister, that I meant to be reading. They have very similar colored covers. Well, the seemed close as I was rushing out the door on the way to work.

So I read it.
I liked it a lot, I must admit in no small part because I love Venice and it is set in Venice.
So when I finished it, I went online (darn Evil E-Reader...) and bought the second in the series.
OK, I did not like it nearly as much as the first. A rather cynical, angry book...so I had to buy the third to see if it was a fluke.
And I read it.
And then I bought the fourth just to be sure.
And I read it.
Four Leons this week, bought and read.
And then I bought the fifth so I would have one, still unread, on my Evil E-Reader to take on vacation next week.


Maybe I need just one more to take along.
Or maybe not.
Because, you know, I only have about 30 or 40 books unread on my Evil E-Reader.
And, of course, that still unread copy of The Lost Art of Mixing to start.



14 comments:

  1. It's so so easy to buy on the Kindle - I know your pain lol
    Here's what I'm reading this week: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/musing-monday/

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  2. I know what you mean about the Evil E-Reader. I love how I can now pre-order books by my favorite authors on my Evil E-Readers. Oh what fun just to buy books from my easy chair...

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  3. My Kindle is to blame for my buying impulsively...lol. It's so easy! And then when I visit blogs and see books there that I'm drooling over, I'm lost!

    Here's MY MUSING MONDAYS POST

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  4. Maybe it's a good thing I don't mess with my eReaders!

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  5. it totally feeds the compulsive side of the personality, doesn't it? Immediate gratification, emotional shopping, whatever you want to call it. It is evil but in a wonderful kind of way.

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    1. Immediate gratification has a price. About $9 each in fact..lol

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  6. I am surprised no one has noted that you said you were going on vacation next week! Again? Really??

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    1. Yes, I am a bit surprised as well. But since you nor anyone else asked about it, I am not saying. :-)

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  7. Ok, now I really want to know where you're going!
    I wish I only had 40 unread books on my Kinny, but sadly I have WAY more than that. So many that I am not saying :-)

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    1. Not fair if you want to know where I am going!

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  8. Now I am thinking that perhaps you shouldn't have gotten an e-reader!

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  9. i managed to scan the NYT book review section and didnt find a single book i 'have' to read .. hooray me!

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  10. Reading this post, I was going to ask about your vacation. But now I'll just be patient and wait for the reveal! Happy travels! And I know it's too easy to get e-books.

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  11. Have fun wherever you're going! We expect to see photos!!

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