I don't tend to buy fiction: new stuff is too expensive, secondhand is full of stuff I don't want to read and I rarely find anything I do. Also, I have been reading very little lately (I start things and don't finish). Also, I have piles of "To Read" books sitting around. I do not need to add to them.
As for non-fiction, I spent too much on this on the weekend. Although they were all books I hadn't seen before and on Topics of Interest so I have to buy them. Also the piles of books on the bookshelf besides my computer chair are threatening to fall on me.
So what do I do today when I walk past the secondhand bookshop with the Australiana/Antiquarian room in the back? Go in and have a look. Bah. Then, when I'm done with the costume shop around the corner that took me up that way, I go into the op shop and check out their books, even though I'd been in there late FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Gah.
I did find a little book that nephew might like for 50c though, and two jigsaws. I have tottering piles of jigsaws too, but they're Done.
It's not necessarily irrational though. The books I look for are usually OOP and have been for decades or from very small presses/self-published, so they're not necessarily easy to find so it makes sense to check whenever possible. *ignores that I see the same books popping up in different shops/stalls at different times*
As for non-fiction, I spent too much on this on the weekend. Although they were all books I hadn't seen before and on Topics of Interest so I have to buy them. Also the piles of books on the bookshelf besides my computer chair are threatening to fall on me.
So what do I do today when I walk past the secondhand bookshop with the Australiana/Antiquarian room in the back? Go in and have a look. Bah. Then, when I'm done with the costume shop around the corner that took me up that way, I go into the op shop and check out their books, even though I'd been in there late FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Gah.
I did find a little book that nephew might like for 50c though, and two jigsaws. I have tottering piles of jigsaws too, but they're Done.
It's not necessarily irrational though. The books I look for are usually OOP and have been for decades or from very small presses/self-published, so they're not necessarily easy to find so it makes sense to check whenever possible. *ignores that I see the same books popping up in different shops/stalls at different times*
