Addiction
I'm officially declaring that I have an addiction.Addicted to what, you may ask. Crack? No. Porn? Hardly. Booze? No... at least I don't think so.
Books. Yes, it's books. I'm addicted to books, and addicted to reading. I freely admit it.
Last weekend my roommate Amy (the non-raging-bitch one) and I went to a movie and then meandered on over to Chapters. I had a gift certificate from Christmas, and used it to purchase 4 books. I didn't think that was too extravagant, seeing as my book pile was running somewhat low. Today was such a spectacularly gorgeous day - warm but crisp, sunny, and just delightful. On my way home from class, I decided to swing buy the corner store and rent a movie. After doing so, I spied the second hand bookstore in the same complex and thought I would just go in and wander around - and not buy anything.
So much for that. I bought 5 books. Granted, one was a gift. But that still makes 9 books in one week. It's a problem, I just can't stop myself. It won't take me too long to go through them, and I can bring some to Greece with me. But still. I'm trying to save my money, and when faced with books, I suddenly have a complete loss of self-control.
These are the books I bought:
- Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
- Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card
- Lamb - Christopher Moore
- Hegemony or Survival - Noam Chomsky (I have a previous entry about this book)
- The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
- The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff
- The Regulators - Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King)
- The Gunslinger, Dark Tower 1 - Stephen King (for Amy)
Listening to: Drama Queen - HorrorPops
posted by Joanna @ 4:42 PM
9 Comments:
Lamb is, hands down, the funniest book you will ever read. If you want to be a little on the evil side, give it to any Christian friends.
Chris Moore's other books are also great...I recommend them all.
Yeah keep reading, lots of people have managed to give it up but if you can handle it what is the hassle. Enjoy Greece, cheers!
You're going to become a book whore aren't you?
Hanging out on corners, all strung out, asking passers by for a couple of pages.
Hi Joanna. I just came across your blog via a link from someone else's blog (who also found your blog randomly and said your writing was interesting!) and i wanted to let you know I enjoyed reading what you've said.
Your choice of books is quite brilliant! :D I've personally heard little bits of the Tao of Pooh and I have to say it's got rave reviews from myself (the hearer) and the person who read the book. It's quite compulsive!
I also share your fetish of buying books... they're just so aluring!!
Enjoy reading- it's never a waste of time :)
What a wonderful, wonderful blog! Are you my separated-at-birth twin???? I'm a child therapist with a SERIOUS book addiction (see my blog for further evidence :-)) so your blog is my idea of heaven: mental health and books! Yay! I'll definitely be back frequently.
Oh, I meant to say: I love your book list. I've read all but one of them. I noticed on your sidebar that you're a Laurell K. Hamilton fan...I reread Circus of the Damned last night.
And the final proof that you're my pseudo-twin: you speak French! I already adore you. Yay for French-speaking, book-addicted, Hamilton-perverted therapists!!!!! The world needs more of us. :-)
Heheh Memphis. I kinda know how you feel. Although I don't speak French, and haven't really read any of those books, but I do share an enthusiasm for good blog posts, and I think Joanna has that! :D
:: pop goes the weasle ::
thank you for the nice comments :D I've had one of the worst weeks in my academic career, so I greatly appreciate the encouraging words.
and right on for Laurell K. Hamilton - it can be smutty, but it's oh so deliciously smutty ;)
"Oi. Crack would have been an easier and less time consuming addiction."
That's a good one. I'm going to have to use it sometime.
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