You’ve probably noticed I’ve failed to make an April: In Review post yet and it’s already the 12th of May…. Yeah, I’ll cover that in this post first (quickly).

Nothing to report here, April was useless.

Okay, no, I’m kidding. I mean I don’t have a ton of things to report, but I have a few things to reflect on. Like…

I managed to read ( Read more... )

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I think back and still can’t believe the level of restraint I’ve shown in 2011 when it came to buying books in comparison to my complete inability to not splurge monthly in 2010. This year was all about pre-orders of the absolute necessities (books in series I’ve already read and books by my favorite authors). Surprisingly, I managed to keep that ( Read more... )

Remember last week when I was all “Woe Is Me” blah, blah, blah? Well, I wouldn’t say I’m completely in a better place, but some of my complaints have been resolved which already makes this week better than last.

Since the number one issue was regarding concerts and that complaint will never be resolved we’ll just skip it altogether and start with my ( Read more... )

All is right in my world again ( Read more... )

For I am a book buying whore. There, I said it. The urge to buy books is always present, but man it feels like I should be growing stronger against the desire, not weaker. And I am definitely weaker. I had told myself I was allowed to buy 3 books this month. Then I had told myself I could go ahead and buy Septembers books as well. And well, then I ( Read more... )

I must show off the beautiful new additions to my book collection. They weren't even supposed to arrive until Friday, but they are all here early!!! I realize this is far more than I said I was allowed to buy this month and for that I will fail that goal come the 7th of August, but maybe if I read more than I anticipated in my goals I can somehow ( Read more... )

If I didn’t love getting mail so much and didn’t equally love getting new books consistently I wouldn’t have a problem. But the fact remains that I do. It’s as simple as that. Books have such a hold on me that even just seeing pictures of other people’s bookshelves gets me excited. (How ridiculous is that, right ( Read more... )