I'm not MIA!

I've been so bad... This month, I've been consumed by graduate school applications. And visiting friends. And procrastinating. I haven't been reading much. And I wanted to do NaNoWriMo, but I haven't even done that! :( It's been an unproductive month, book wise. Well, except for buying them, as usual...

I'll be better. I'm "off" on vacation this week and I'm hoping to read a bit, since I seem to be hoarding library books again. I need to relax. In between writing essays for grad school apps. :)

Wish me luck!

Piles of new books!

February=obviously uninspired blogging month

Here are my new books that I've let pile up near my computer. Not TOO many, actually...

From Borders b/c of sweet coupons and gift cards:

• Black Sun Silver Moon #4 by Tomo Maeda
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus volume 3

Bookmooched:

• Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World by Jean Shinoda Bolen

Mysteriously acquired:

• My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P.N. Elrod
• My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

Yay, new books!

PS. I am whittling down my hoarded collection from the library. My hope is to start reading my own books in addition to some from the library soon. Also, it's probably time for another my manga reading challenge...

Crazy book hoarding day!

I wanted to go get Darkling from Borders because I want to know what happens in the series! And I had a good coupon and $15 in free book money, so...I got these:

• Her Majesty's Dog #7 by Mick Takeuchi
• Darkling by Yasmine Galenorn
• The Book of Luke by Jenny O'Connell

The last one was b/c it was so cheap! I got two other cheap books and when I looked them up on Paperbackswap, there's huge waiting lists! So I immediately posted them. Eh, they looked interesting, but not that interesting. They were $2 each.

And because I was so bored tonight while I was working at the library, I wandered around and found a bunch of books I've been wanting to read. So I'm hoarding, again. *sighs* And I was doing so good! I had finally gotten down to under 30 items checked out again!

Oh well...

Cheap books & hoarding

Yeah, super cheap silly YA books from Borders:

• The Scarlet Lettreman by Cara Lockwood
• Wuthering High by Cara Lockwood

And...I seem to be hoarding library books again. I was doing so good. I was keeping my checked out items around 30 (which includes DVDs and CDs). Now, I'm gathering books again. I need to just read the stuff I have. Of course, I always end up coming home with picture books and manga, which I read first b/c I can read it fast, but then the books I have get neglected (as evidenced by the fact that my currently reading list has not changed for over a week). :( I need a job where all I have to do is read books. That'd be sweet...

Ah...I'm having visions of my own bookstore again. *sighs* Dreams...

If I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo, it's not a good time to be hoarding and collecting more books. If all goes well, I won't have much time to read. But...well, it's not going so great. I doubt I'll make it to 50,000 words this year either. I think I did about 20,000 last year. I'll be happy if I can make it to 20,000 again.

I better get busy...

I'm failing...

My "do not hoard" challenge is failing. I took out 3 books today, one of which is a GN that I will probably read quickly, but the other two...not so much. :( And I haven't read any of my own manga in days. Of course, I have been hella busy and very very tired. But, still... Hopefully soon... And I bought a book today...but I really really wanted it b/c the series is awesome, but I'm failing the "no buying books" challenge too. Blah.

I'm sad, so of course I think I'm failing everything.

Bought today:

• After School Nightmare #4 by Setona Mizushiro

Personal Challenge--Read MY Manga Progress

All right! It's been...6 days, I think, since I issued myself this challenge to catch up on all the manga I have here. I've read the following this week:

• W Juliet #11, #12, #13, #14
• Ouran High School Host Club #7 & #8
• Yubisaki Milk Tea #1

7 in 6 days, that's not bad, but I can do better! I've got a LOOONG way to go...

And I failed at hoarding. I found a bunch of neat looking books at the library this weekend and checked them out. :( But most of them are teen or kids books, so they'll go quickly! I hope!

Better get going so I can read my quota tonight! :)

Lay off the library books!

Oh yeah!

I'm also trying to stop borrowing so many library books so I can read the books I have at home. I'm trying really really hard. Once I have the books in my possession read and the holds in and read, I'm going to choose a number of library books to have out at one time and stick with it. Then, I'll choose a number of books I own to be reading at any one time and stick with it. That way, it's kinda win-win, you know? Well, I hope so...

Wish me luck. I don't know that I'm going to be any good at this...

I resisted the hoarding!

I found a book at the library that I wanted to read. It looks really interesting. But instead of borrowing it, I wrote down the title and put it on my to read list. I resisted! Even in the face of encouragement to check it out from a co-worker. Woo hoo!

However, I did bring home a YA book and a new manga/graphic novel (in addition to two graphic novels that I had put on hold). *sighs*

So, ultimately, maybe I failed. But I did read a lot this weekend!! I knocked my checked out list back under 50! Yay!

A Hoarding Problem

Yes, I have a serious problem: I hoard library books. I have over 50 books (well, a couple are DVDs) in my house, some that I've had for months. I keep renewing them. B/c I intend to read them, I just get caught up reading some of the others first--like the ones other people have placed on hold. But I want to keep them so when I finish with these other books, I can read the ones I've been holding on to. But it's getting out of hand. B/c I have a bunch of books that I've bought that I want to read too. So, I'm hoarding all these books and trying to read them, but really all I'm doing is renewing and renewing and renewing (except, usually, the manga, which I go through quickly).

I go find books that I'm interested in at the bookstores and when I see other people bring things back (working in the back as a processor or shelving books is my enemy, really). And I put them on hold or find them at the library. Then keep them forever. I do have a long list of books I haven't yet checked out that I do want to read... But still. 50 books? When am I gonna read those?

I've decided that I'm not going to check out any more books until I finish what I have (except manga, b/c it's manga and quick to read). Then, once I finish it all (or most of it), I will slowly start working through my "to be read" list. And I need to be reading at least one book of my own at all times. That's my goal. Who knows if I'll manage...but it's worth a try.

I've got to start reading the books I've bought! I'm horribly behind in all my favorite manga series and I have all these books I've just bought b/c they looked interesting. If I don't like them, I need to get rid of them (on bookmooch or paperbackswap, so I can get books I actually want, YEAH!). My book obsession is getting out of control...

I guess that's what this is all about. My book obsession getting out of control.

There's this site that has a couple shirts I want. One of them says "Will Work for Books". Hee hee. That's so me.