• 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.
It's so so easy to buy on the Kindle - I know your pain lol
ReplyDeleteHere's what I'm reading this week: http://daystarz.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/musing-monday/
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...
ReplyDeleteMy 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!
ReplyDeleteHere's MY MUSING MONDAYS POST
Maybe it's a good thing I don't mess with my eReaders!
ReplyDeleteit 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.
ReplyDeleteImmediate gratification has a price. About $9 each in fact..lol
DeleteI am surprised no one has noted that you said you were going on vacation next week! Again? Really??
ReplyDeleteYes, I am a bit surprised as well. But since you nor anyone else asked about it, I am not saying. :-)
DeleteNot fair if you want to know where I am going!
ReplyDeleteNow I am thinking that perhaps you shouldn't have gotten an e-reader!
ReplyDeletei managed to scan the NYT book review section and didnt find a single book i 'have' to read .. hooray me!
ReplyDeleteReading 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.
ReplyDeleteHave fun wherever you're going! We expect to see photos!!
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