Bookaholics Anonymous

doomspark

Hi, my name is Doomspark and I'm a Bookaholic.

Seriously - the last time we moved, we had 38 boxes of books, and that was after giving five boxes of books to the local library. I don't mind reading books on the computer (Project Gutenberg is my friend), but I love real books that I can hold in my hands. The vast majority of my personal library is not available for Nook or Kindle.

I'm very fortunate in that I married another bookaholic who understands my penchant.

Anyone else do "real books" instead of electronic?

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Anyone else do "real books" instead of electronic?

Absolutely! I don't even have an electronic reader, although I bought a Kobo for my husband. I think I might tolerate one on holiday to save weight in my case, but that's the only reason - otherwise I love to know there's a book in my bag.

I'm a book-sniffer too - new books, not so fond of musty old books. The smell of a book is important - some smell better than others, and there's a certain smell some books have that reminds me of Christmas as powerfully as oranges and cloves and mulled wine!

I love the feel, smell and sound of a book in my hands! I love watching the thickness of the book shift from right to left as I progress. I sometimes hug books if I really love them.

PS

we had 38 boxes of books

we got flooded in 2007, and I think we took about that many boxes of books to our friends' house to look after while the house was fixed, that was after taking almost that many to Oxfam, AND sticking a few more boxes in the attic! And there are still boxes standing unpacked because we've nowhere to put the books!

doomspark

Last year, one of my coworkers pushed me pretty hard to get a Kindle or Nook. That was when I figured out that most of my library wasn't available - and that it would cost me upwards of a thousand bucks to go electronic on the books that WERE. So I graciously declined.

I have an account on Library Thing, and I'm slowly adding my books there.

LadyGhostDuchess

Hello, my name is Alyssa, I have a problem. I am addicted to books.

Not like that is really a problem right? I collect books and DVDs – I have many of both. I received a Kindle as a “Pay-It-Forward” gift, it was a total shock to me. I never wanted one because I love paper books, but now I can get books on my kindle I can’t get in paper and now I have over 400 on my kindle. I have at least 200 in paperback/hardcover, this is not counting my non-fiction books. I have over 600 friends on facebook many of them are authors. Ha! I am a writer myself… Am I losing my mind?