My addiction is books...old books, new books, books that are on sale, books I want to read someday, books I don't really want to read, but just have. I can't walk past a bookstore without going in...and if I go into a book store, I always buy at least one book. It's sort of taking a toll on my bank account. Sometimes I will drive a half hour just to go to a book store. It could be worse...I could be addicted to drugs...*shrugs*
I have a similar problem. Worse yet a friend of mine used to volunteer at a library and she'd pass along BOXES of books that were donated but not acceptable. The dark side to the bulk boxes of books is that I now have in my collection a book about the history of the KKK and their role in the coming race war (written in 1908) and a book written by hitler. I keep those evil books in a locked drawer.
Yeah I'm much happier with my collected works of George Orwell thank my ranom books of hate literature
Yes, I have that addiction too. During university days I used to go to old bookstores and come home loaded with books. Literature and linguistics... thats what I studied...
hey... you are young, save this addiction till later, when you really have no alternatives! i regret i spent så many days/hours/months on my own just reading when i could have been out there experiencing the real stuff. save it for later...........
Similar probs here, i mostly buy books that i know i wont read but theyre on special, i buy them. But who cares, i like them theyre just there
I like to read...I've experienced real stuff...and learned a lot from books I"ve read... I'm not going to save anything for later, because today might be my last day...to enjoy doing what I love. And it's not really something I can help...I love books...so sue me
I love books also. What I do to help me not spend so much on them is sometimes join book clubs or when I'm spending too much money on books go to a library more.
That's my problem...I feel a need to HAVE it...not just read it, but to OWN it...to HAVE it...because, some of the books, I don't even want to read right away...I just think...someday I will want to read this...or maybe this will be worth something someday (at used bookstores), etc.
Of course books are Great ! its the method of passing Information, knowledge, But i think u have to choose a special book that wil give u more knowledge, help, that will benefit u somehow.. not just for fun reading some fantastics.. but its something peopel like... I myself love watching soccer and all these super clbus paly- but i play almost prof soccer and i need to study their game...
I am glad to hear I am not the only one...I have over 8,500 books...I have actually read most of them and quite a few more than once. I do find "evil" books on occasion and collect them as well even though I disagree with the ideas they express.
Sure, reading books is great and shelves with hundreds of books do look impressive, but I'm pretty sure that buying books that you'll probably never read and desire to just have them is just one deep psychological problem....What's the word....obsessive-compulsive disorder, right?.. I love reading and having good books, but I try to buy them only when I really wanna read them...Other than that, I visit library often.....
I feel ya. I have to enter every book store I see, and walk out with at least one book. I managed to get better... I try to buy really good books online at used books store for next to nothing... and I really have no excuse to buy more books when I have a pile of them on my desk.
