tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post4590018555821024168..comments2024-01-10T04:48:38.766-05:00Comments on Procrastination Station | Author Vanessa Jaye: Catching upvanessa jayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11059178422559443067noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-56197566861649252482007-02-17T23:29:00.000-05:002007-02-17T23:29:00.000-05:00Vanessa me too....(and did I mention Gone rocks? L...Vanessa me too....(and did I mention Gone rocks? LOL Sorry fangirl moment). Anyway I've still got another gift card burning a hole in my pocket. But I think I'm goin to wait. I've bought like six or seven new books this year when i SWORE I was going to go through my TBR pile. <BR/>Speaking of cleaning bookshelves I think I'm going to make that my chore for tomorrow. I'm running out of room and I cleand my room this weekend and they're everywhre nad it's driving me nuts!Amie Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145328243563702260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-5125412965001634182007-02-16T08:02:00.000-05:002007-02-16T08:02:00.000-05:00One thing about all this purging, and seeing the c...One thing about all this purging, and seeing the concrete evidence of financial waste, I've become much more selective with book buying. I bought waaaaay less books last year than I had in the past several years. This year I'll probably be even more tight. And I'm going to have to make a concentrated effort to read at least one book a week from the TBR pile. Or read one book from the pile for every new book bought.vanessa jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059178422559443067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-58013833533564211262007-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:002007-02-16T08:01:00.000-05:00Jordan, I've recently had variations of that exper...Jordan, I've recently had variations of that experience. I reached for previous keeper, only to find myself skimming most of it. It went into the UBS pile. And I didn't buy the author's most recent release which I'd been watiting for forever. And now I'm kinda scared that her other keeper books are going to come to the same demise... :-/<BR/><BR/>I've also read several glommed books of another favourite author, and while I enjoyed the books, only 1 out of the 4 I read was a keeper, the others went straight to Goodwill. In fact, there was one I was actually sort of bored with. =:-o. I skimmed to a particular love scene that has gotten raves over the years (and rightly so. I almost kept it for that reason alone) then closed the book, didn't even bother skimming to the end! <BR/><BR/>Let's face it, if you keep passing over the same books on your shelf, year after year, there's no need to have them there. You'll be just fine having missed the opportunity/experience of reading them, if they're right there at your finger tips and you still haven't jumped on them. :-/vanessa jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059178422559443067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-47833576574804393062007-02-16T07:49:00.000-05:002007-02-16T07:49:00.000-05:00Amie, I've never read Lisa before. I think I had T...Amie, I've never read Lisa before. I think I had The Perfect Husband buried in the tbr pile, but it might have been a victime of the latest purge. :-P I read the excerpt of her recent book and was specifically on the look out of it (when I was checking out those design/decor mags ::coughcough:: ) But it's HB! I settled on getting Gone her last book and look forward to reading it soon. <BR/><BR/>I don't think we get tax deductions here on giving books to charities. >:-(<BR/><BR/>I did think about carting everything off with me to the new place, then having a yard sale, or setting up my own bookstore on ebay, or even saving them as give aways if I started to have a contest or two, but I just can't face packing them up and lugging them with me. I just want a clean new slate at the new place, which, basement aside, is smaller than my apartment on a room per room comparison basis. I doubt I'll be able to have the bookshelves in my room or the livingroom. I'll have to fix up the main room/familiy in the basement an set up the shelves down there. But I hate the idea of my poor lovely books down in the dark basement!vanessa jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059178422559443067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-27799070109880430562007-02-16T05:42:00.000-05:002007-02-16T05:42:00.000-05:00I think I'll be doing the same again soon, too. I'...I think I'll be doing the same again soon, too. I've bought a lot of new books, but there are still books sitting on my shelf that need to go. They've been taking up space too long. Sigh. What's scaring me is that there are several of my 'old' favorites that are no longer holding my attention. :(Jordan Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437563784716604402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664187.post-63024810658052236802007-02-15T19:33:00.000-05:002007-02-15T19:33:00.000-05:00Gone effing ROCKS! I swear it's one of her best ye...Gone effing ROCKS! I swear it's one of her best yet. *g*<BR/><BR/>Good for you on cleaning out! I have a whole box that have been sitting in my garage since i moved in. I've decided that out of sight is out in a yard sale someday. Or if I donate them, they could add up to a nice tax deduction.<BR/><BR/>We miss you but we undersatnd! <BR/><BR/>LOL@design magazinesAmie Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145328243563702260noreply@blogger.com