Comments on: Booking Through Thursday: Why Buy?

By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:19:10 +0000

Hee… Hee… I seem to be making everyone hungry!

By: bethany (B&b ex libris)

bethany (B&b ex libris) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:12:04 +0000

you are so right…and yes it is much better to drink out of glass You pictures make me hungry!

bethany (B&b ex libris)´s last blog post: NaNoWriMo: HALFWAY THERE!!

By: R-Lo

R-Lo — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:43:51 +0000

Hi Bart, Now I want to buy some books AND have some fish and chips myself right afterward (it's still Friday here for an hour and a half). Nice blog! R-Lo´s last blog post: You Call That a Dog?

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:44:51 +0000

*Waves* loved your story too! I can not believe I managed to win (jointly).

Glad you like my blog, just had a quick look at yours in-between procrastination and NaNo-ing! Looks great!

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:42:50 +0000

Well, it’s not the nostalgia so much, as the slightly irrational opinion that feeds it, There is no reason I should enjoy a book I own more that one I borrow, but I do. Just the same as fish and chips out a newspaper shouldn’t taste any better than out of a carton, but they do. I suppose when it comes down to it, it’s all in the mind.

Glad you liked the teaser!

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:39:05 +0000

Which is why the risk of just reading borrowed books is just too much!

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:41:58 +0000

I understand that shudder! I can't even thinking of parting with my Gaiman books! gautami tripathy´s last blog post: Booking through buying

By: John Mutford

John Mutford — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:32:14 +0000

If I understand you correctly, it seems to come down to a nostalgia/tradition sort of thing? While I'm not huge on tradition, there are some I follow so I can respect that line of reasoning-- even if I don't buy into it (pardon the expression). Nice teaser on the BTT site to get us here, I might add! John Mutford´s last blog post: You Are The Generation That Bought More Books, And You Get What You Deserve

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:01:00 +0000

Came over here to tell you I LOVED your "Book" Tiny Story at SSD. Shivery. Nice surprise to find an interesting blog too. I just had this conversation with my husband a couple of days ago. The infamous Powell's bookstore is across the street from my office, and my book budget far exceeds my yearly clothing budget. And my book purchases far exceed my yearly book budget. HA! I can't really explain why it's so important for me to actually own many of the books I read. It's not that I will necessarily re-read them, it's more that I anticipate the possibility of enjoying them so much that I want to put the memory of the read on my bookcase. It's a bit like a photo album I suppose. You can look at thousands of pictures of the Grand Canyon, many of them bordering on works of art. And yet, if you visit, you must have your own picture as a rememberance. Yeah, like that. Stacey´s last blog post: Reaper

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:45:44 +0000

Heh! Heh! Sorry!