Kathy's Challenge: Read 1 book I already own for every book I buy.....

It's December 25th, Christmas Day, Husband is playing Call of Duty: Black Ops and I am getting ready to read a book.

What to choose......

Great idea. Even better: 1 book I own and 1 book from the library for every book I buy.

scvlad, Great Idea!!

Welcome! If you haven't seen it yet, check out our group wiki - it's got links to all our important threads.

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Welcome to the group, Kathy! Always glad to see a fellow BoardGameGeek.

We have an introductions thread here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/104688 if you want to get acquainted with your fellow group members!

Good luck! Last year I read two books I already owned for every book I bought, plus cleared off my shelves and gave away a ton of books I was never going to read. I ended up cutting my pile of unread books down from 300 to 100.

Wow. I'm officially impressed. And I SO need to do that.

Good luck, Kathy! I've got almost 150 books to be read, and very little income at the moment - I need to do this!

Thus it begins...
Today I am starting Aces High by
George R. R. Martin.
Confession time, I bought this book yesterday.
I'll consider this a bought book....

Look, this was a reprint and I've been looking forward to this book for ages. I know.....

#9: You bought it, didn't you? Therefore, it is a bought book :)

I think you have a pretty good plan! Happy New Year!
--BJ

#10 Yea I bought it....
I did actually pause for about 2 seconds...
Then whipped out my gift card....
And you know the rest.

2 whole seconds, huh? That is longer than it normally takes me. Obviously, work on the reflexes is indicated :)

Finished Aces High, I really have enjoyed these, but I wish he would write another Songs of Fire and Ice book.

#14: I refuse to even start the Songs of Fire and Ice series until he finished writing it.

#14 I know, I wish I had NEVER started.....

Finished Food Revolution, The: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins.
The book was interesting and depressing....I don't consume much meat, but I love salt, lots and lots of salt....

So for those of you counting
Bought: 1
Owned: 1
Next up is The Sacrifice: The First Book of the Fey by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
This is an owned book

Congratulations on getting the first one of the year out of the way!

Finished The Sacrifice: The First Book of the Fey, typical fantasy. I really need to read something that moves me. Something so good that I can't read another book for a few days.

By the way:
Bought: 1
Owned: 2

#18: I really need to read something that moves me. Something so good that I can't read another book for a few days.

I hope you find just that book, Kathy!

Cleaned out the old library today!

Reading Wild Cards I (Wild Card Series). This book will not move me, but so far so good.

#20: Yeah? Yours or the public one?

cleaned my personal library and will go to a library sale this Saturday....and buy only 2 books..

#23: ....and buy only 2 books

Promises, promises :)

Oh man, it gets worse....I bought a NOOK.

You'll have to update how you like the nook...there is just something about the feel of a book in my hands that I don't think I can replace. My amazon account would tend to agree...how on earth did you purge books enraptured? I would be constantly worrying about the 200 I got rid of!

#25: I love mine!

Purging is good for the soul and good for space. (Our books go back into the Library Sale stream) I tend to have stacks of books, piles about. I also tend to buy books based on things like.. cover art. Sometimes whats inside doesn't match the outside.:(
I also go through phases, like bad 50's Science Fiction or Chinese History or just about anything else.

I am now trying to actually read more reviews and choose wisely. (O.K. Who am I kidding)

I'll keep you posted on my NOOK adventures. I am hoping that it will prove to be a space saver and not a money pit...

I am using my Nook as a space saver too. I really like having it (I was not sure I would!)

I also really like my Nook, though I resisted eReader technology for the longest time. As I've said before, the Nook just means MORE books for me... not replacement of paper books. There are many classics available for free for it, along with plenty of small press digital books you can't get in print. It's been *fantastic*.

Just Finished:

Piper in the Woods by Philip K. Dick
The Skull by Philip K. Dick
I am a fan of the shorter novella, both of these were excellent. Science Fiction mixed with depression, you have to love Phillip K. Dick
Both bought and read on my NOOK....

Bought: 3 (Who didn't see this coming!!)
Owned: 2

#31: Who didn't see this coming!!

Not me :)

Wild Cards I (Wild Card Series) by George R.R. Martin
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin, not the best collection of short stories I have ever read. :(

Well look at this...

Owned: 4
Bought: 3

I just finished Freak Angels by Warren Ellis.

#34: What did you think of Freak Angels, Kathy?

Excellent, I am a huge Warren Ellis fan.
Combines dystopian elements with very good interpersonal relationships.

My count as of today:

Owned 6 (Freak Angels was a 2 vol. set) (yes I am a cheaty pants)
Bought 3

#37: (yes I am a cheaty pants)

Since you set the rules on your own thread, you cannot possibly cheat :)

Hi There

I'm compiling a list of birthdays of our group members. If you haven't done so already, would you mind stopping by this thread and posting yours.

Thanks.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/105833

Just finished God's War by Kameron Hurley.
Do you like Dune? Bleak, Dystopian societies? Warring cultures? Strong Female characters? Me too.

Owned: 6
Bought: 5

Yea, Yea Just finished Horns of Ruin by Tim Akers. Who could resist a sword and sorcery steampunk book.....

So anyways, the book was great, nice twist ending, fast paced, touch of religion tossed in for fun.

Well I have read 11 books this year.
And I would have read more, but there are games to play.....

#41: I love steampunk. I love sword and sorcery. I am definitely going to have to track down a copy of Horns of Ruin. Thanks for the recommendation, Kathy!

Wow I haven't posted in a while.
I just finished Name of the Wind and Tartuffe.

owned: 7
bought: 6

Did I enjoy Tartuffe? Nope.

Thats a great idea you have to read 1 book for every book you buy. Sadly I do not have any discipline so I would fail miserably with that goal. :)

I think Tartuffe is much more enjoyable when well-staged - so much of it is visual comedy, or should be. Did you read the Wilbur translation?

Yes, I read the Wilbur translation.
Yea, I had someone tell me that the play was awesome and that I would enjoy the book....

Reading Hellhole by Kevin Anderson and Brian Herbert.
I am so loving this, but beware, It's number one in a trilogy....

The count:

Owned: 7
Bought: 7

Bought Hellhole for my NOOK.

OK, OK There was a sale at the library, what was I suppose to do???? And Consider Phlebas was only .99 for the NOOK.

I bought The Fountianhead and Bonfire of the Vanities for .75.
Please Note, I went to a Library Sale and only bought 2 books.

So here it goes.

Owned 7
Bought 9

I am reading Consider Phlebas right now.

Consider Phlebas was pretty good.
Gamma World Sooner Dead by Mel Odom was interesting, about what you would expect from a book written about a game.

I have not been reading lately, we had a bit of tornado activity. :(

But reading provides so much escapism, and does not require electricity.

Owned: 8
Bought: 9

#48: Please Note, I went to a Library Sale and only bought 2 books.

You showed far more self-restraint than I ever do at library sales, Kathy!

Both of those books are monsters, though. You got a lot of bang for your 3/4s-of-a-buck!

OK OK I did buy Embassytown by China Meiville because he is the awesome!!!

Owned: 8
Bought: 10

I don't know about this e-reader thing. I do like my NOOK, but I am a flipper. I like to read the front, then skip to the back, then finish in the middle.
And why haven't I been reading???

This is funny, I am NOT currently reading any book I have listed as currently reading on my profile...
Rereading Game of Thrones, waiting for July 12th!!

#54: This is funny, I am NOT currently reading any book I have listed as currently reading on my profile...

LOL @ Kathy! That has happened to me before too.

OK, here is the update Bioshock: Rapture and Game of Thrones.

Bought:9
Owned: 11