tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post2010522094506796651..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: The Slippery SlopeLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-78009080646664311322010-08-15T13:58:08.099-04:002010-08-15T13:58:08.099-04:00Gin, this is a great post! I've been banned fr...Gin, this is a great post! I've been banned from bringing books home from the bookstore, the thrift store, garage sales, and even as donations from friends. A part-time job at a bookstore is a double edged sword: you get discounts, which makes your pocketbook happy, and when surrounded by all those new books...well, how can you not take one or three home? This does not make your significant other pleased in the least. Such is the nature of our sad addiction :-)Jessie Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963009962065255242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-541690510816461352010-08-14T19:30:00.030-04:002010-08-14T19:30:00.030-04:00"Install bookshelves"?? Sounds like peo..."Install bookshelves"?? Sounds like people with this problem need to install a huge addition to their house. I am a library person. I love the smell, the touch and the hushed atmosphere of my public library. I love seeing my books on their shelves and if they're not there I put them there, right between Elizabeth Gilbert and Graham Greene.Carol Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396587145906682529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-55259363154879102032010-08-14T08:24:55.088-04:002010-08-14T08:24:55.088-04:00Anita - I predict we'll be seeing a lot of com...Anita - I predict we'll be seeing a lot of compulsive book downloading in the future.<br /><br />Barb - Yes, the multiple-copies cases are sad, and among the hardest to treat.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-5758474196773620042010-08-13T22:44:47.265-04:002010-08-13T22:44:47.265-04:00Ha! I'm not nearly as bad as you, Gin. I am gu...Ha! I'm not nearly as bad as you, Gin. I am guilty of only 8 of the items on your list. (Do NOT tell my wife.)Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-23251513021061381332010-08-13T19:55:46.212-04:002010-08-13T19:55:46.212-04:00I think e-readers should come with a spray bottle ...I think e-readers should come with a spray bottle labeled "New Book Smell." Best of both worlds.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333494452915600562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-74885200674875184122010-08-13T17:19:18.789-04:002010-08-13T17:19:18.789-04:00Here's another item for your list from my pers...Here's another item for your list from my personal experience:<br /><br />1) When you put your house on the market and the stager says the living room bookcases have to go and the teetering to-read pile by the bed has to be reduced to ONE book, you die quietly inside. Then you box up your living room books and your winter clothes and move them to your second home so you have room in your dresser drawers for those to-read books. Then you pray you sell the house before winter moves in!Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-80263626687046945872010-08-13T14:59:01.223-04:002010-08-13T14:59:01.223-04:00Gin, this is hilarious. I know from which you spea...Gin, this is hilarious. I know from which you speak. It's gotten so bad that last week I came home with a new book I already own, but of course haven't read. Not the first time I've done that, either.<br />Barb Goffman<br />http://www.barbgoffman.comBarb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02172124872936856806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-48440060235304231822010-08-13T14:37:11.183-04:002010-08-13T14:37:11.183-04:00p.s. I think someone is breaking into my house and...p.s. I think someone is breaking into my house and leaving books behind, because donating tons of books to the library has had no effect in clearing up shelf space.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-71437836204702516642010-08-13T14:29:05.625-04:002010-08-13T14:29:05.625-04:00protojew62: The cooking cozies definitely qualify ...protojew62: The cooking cozies definitely qualify as cookbooks (educational reference material) so you're good.<br /><br />Mark - That ratio of 3-1 may indicate you're nearing the edge.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-64045711164464034772010-08-13T12:33:59.771-04:002010-08-13T12:33:59.771-04:00Phew. I thought you might be talking about me. B...Phew. I thought you might be talking about me. But I have never done any of the things in your list. I guess my habit of buying three books for every book I read doesn't qualify me.<br /><br />Now I can stop by Borders tonight on the way home from work without feeling any guilt.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-10808286078103288882010-08-13T12:01:25.290-04:002010-08-13T12:01:25.290-04:00Yeah and anyway~ looking at ALL those book titles?...Yeah and anyway~ looking at ALL those book titles? I;m starting to "Jones!" LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-77188594853974106672010-08-13T11:59:14.580-04:002010-08-13T11:59:14.580-04:00Does this also refer to Cozies that include recipe...Does this also refer to Cozies that include recipes?? Cuz I, personally, feel they should fall under the heading of "cookbooks," which, as we ALL know, isn't REALLY a book, per se. (Like how I rationalize my problem?) Oh dear..."She is too Fond of Books, and it has Addled Her Brain" ~Louisa May AlcottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-30129550489356413672010-08-13T11:57:30.636-04:002010-08-13T11:57:30.636-04:00I think books populate on their own. (Kind of a &q...I think books populate on their own. (Kind of a "preservation of the species" sorta thing.)I've given hundreds and hundreds of books to the library. And yet...Darrell Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394984700734588887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-52842106580256255062010-08-13T11:43:38.663-04:002010-08-13T11:43:38.663-04:00For years I lugged cartons of books with every mov...For years I lugged cartons of books with every move, telling myself that one day I'd have a big enough house to put them all on shelves. When my husband and I bought our home nine years ago, I reluctantly had to admit that this was it--the biggest home I'd ever have (and it's a smallish ranch, actually). So if any new book comes into the house, another must go out.Kathleen Ernsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009876100214388898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-77207967848485295452010-08-13T10:41:51.863-04:002010-08-13T10:41:51.863-04:00Ha! Great list, Gin. Of course, I shall refuse to ...Ha! Great list, Gin. Of course, I shall refuse to let my wife read this blog post (she might not think it's so funny).Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-66314780857001347542010-08-13T10:22:00.377-04:002010-08-13T10:22:00.377-04:00LOL, Gin.
I'm in the "love of reading&q...LOL, Gin. <br /><br />I'm in the "love of reading" category--couldn't afford to purchase all the books I read, but I do love the smell of a new book :)Lisa Borkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174197592575631864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-22483843192352508712010-08-13T09:33:58.340-04:002010-08-13T09:33:58.340-04:00I used to have this problem. Trust me, Gin, it can...I used to have this problem. Trust me, Gin, it can be kicked. Call me if you need a sponsor.<br /><br />Since I'm an apartment dweller, and move every few years, my problem came to a head when I realized after my last move that I had more boxes of books than I had furniture. I've since come to a compromise. Now, almost every book I buy MUST be donated somewhere after it is read. So far I've stuck to my new book-giving lifestyle pretty well. I also only allow myself 2-3 - yes, only 2-3 - books to come home with me from a conference. That's a toughie, but I manage.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.com