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Don't you just love book shopping?

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  • 16-10-2005 12:28am
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    John
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    I went out today to meet the girlfriend for lunch so we went book shopping afterwards together. She picked up stuff for her drama course and that book by John Banville that won the Booker prize. I went for a selection of things. I bought Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys considering his name seems to be on every site I visit. Also got Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go based on his past performance. Also got the complete works of Poe in hardback, a book on aspirin and Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough which looks very very interesting.

    Anyone else gone on a book splurge lately?


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    grimloch
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    I spent more than E100 over the summer on various pieces of literature, some LOTR, a few classical history related romps and so on. I have to say I love the book shopping, but I also absolutely loathe it as I always spend more than I should.

    Although it's better than what happened last year when my unread book supply became depleted and I had to launch an expedition around my house to find something even mildly entertaining.


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    cashback
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    Book splurge? Hmmm. Bought The Great Gatsby today for €2.25. But I'm guessing that wouldn't really count.


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    John
    Registered Users Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    That's a coincidence, The Great Gatsby was part of the aforementioned girlfriend's drama course purchases.


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    NoDayBut2Day
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    Sometimes I want to go out and buy new books even though I haven't finished reading the ones I've already got! :D I love book-buying... hehe. And book reading too!! ;)

    :D


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    Dagnir Glaurung
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    Book buying is like an addiction. Thank God I have a library five minutes away otherwise I'd have no money at all.


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    simu
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    I do it all the time. I have a big pile waiting for me in my bedroom atm!


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    Manach
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    Buying them is not the problem, finding time to read them .... :rolleyes:

    At this stage I need to resort to quotas, 12 books for the month and thats it.


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    Franky Boy
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    The joys of working in a bookshop.I get discounts so my books are even MORE enjoyable to read.

    Shopping for them is great,it's basically what I do in work.


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    dudara
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    I love book shopping, and anytime I visit Dublin I tend to go a bit cracked in Chapters. I had about 400 books in my apartment, so I recently had to pack some off to my parents, but in doing so I found lots of books I want to re-read. Or that I never even read first time out. I think I have a pile of 20 waiting to read at the moment.


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    Eva24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Eva24


    I have no money, but if they'd let me I'd gladly live in Easons, Waterstones etc [but only visit second hand bookstores, I don't like the smell]


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    Nimrod's Son
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    I must admit, I'm more of the borrowing persuasion when it comes to acquiring books. I don't buy books that often (not that I dislike the shopping part). That said, I did go out of my way to buy Bram Stoker's Dracula over the weekend. Haven't read it before and I've been meaning to get a copy of it for a while now.


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    the dice man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭the dice man


    Don't join E-Bay so because it can be so addictive!

    Especially when you see a really old version of a book for cheap.

    I bought a second edition of Last Exit to Brooklyn for a pound once. But I've spent a bit too much on some first editions :rolleyes:


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