Reading Part III

**RICHARD** · 08-03-2004, 04:48 PM

I went on vacation and forgot about our discussion...

Part three....

Where do you get the bulk of your reading material??

Library? Subscribe to Mags? Book club, borrow??

**Uabassoon** · 08-03-2004, 04:51 PM

This place called Bookmans, it's a used bookstore.

**jazzcat** · 08-03-2004, 05:03 PM

Used bookstores or Amazon.com.

**heinz57_79** · 08-03-2004, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by Uabassoon
This place called Bookmans, it's a used bookstore.

Ditto! This place has everything!!

**AmberLee** · 08-03-2004, 08:01 PM

Library book sales
Trades through www.bookcrossing.com
Finding books from bookcrossing zones
Loans from friends (you've got to read this book)
Used bookstores
Libraries (I have cards to three libraries)
On-line or brick bookstores

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You know, I used to joke that I was a bookaholic.

I think it's true!

**Tonya** · 08-03-2004, 08:03 PM

Pet talk. That's the only thing I read.

**wolflady** · 08-03-2004, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by AmberLee
....
You know, I used to joke that I was a bookaholic. I think it's true!

LOL LOL it IS true, AmberLee!! LOL LOL

I get most of my books from a little mom and pop bookshop in Morgan Hill. Gotta support the little guy! Of course, you can see me spending hours (literally) at Borders and Barnes and Noble.

I also have a few magazines I subscribe to...

**prechrswife** · 08-04-2004, 09:05 AM

My husband and I are both hopeless book addicts. We buy anywhere we find what we are looking for. Wal-Mart, Target, and Sam's are great if they have what you need, but we usually buy our books at Books-a-Million or Waldenbooks. There is a great Barnes & Noble in Columbus, GA, but that's an hour away, so we don't get there often. We usually buy paperbacks, unless we are collecting a particular series in hardcover.

(edited because I unintentionally used an abbreviation)

**DJFyrewolf36** · 08-04-2004, 09:56 AM

I get books wherever I can get em! I get a lot of

looks from the hubby or my parents because if Im ANYWHERE and someone is selling books *even at garage sales* or someone put out a sign that says "Free books" Im usually the first to grab a few! I hang out a lot in the used book store at the college. I got a printing of a Henrik Ibsen play that was printed around 1920 there. They have all sorts of old books that are a real joy to read!

**RICHARD** · 08-04-2004, 12:40 PM

We used to have Crown Books....they went bankrupt.

It was a discount book store and I always wondered why they would sell books so cheap...

Typographical errors!!

I'd be breezing thru and see a typo or two...

Not a real reason to panic but I did enjoy the prices!

**sirrahbed** · 08-04-2004, 01:32 PM

First, I reserve and read books from the library since I am a huge read-a-holic. Anything I like enough to own - I go first to half.com or amazon and try to get a used copy. We also have a little local used bookstore that sells paperbacks at half price plus 5 cents

I read far too much to pay fullprice for anything. I also prefer to wait for paperback on most books because I read in bed and they are more comfy!! The newest books that I just can't wait for are usually hardback though

I am CHEAP-O

**mruffruff** · 08-04-2004, 02:48 PM

Me too!

If I can't get it at the library or borrow it, I don't need to read it now. Eventually I'll find it for free.

Mary

**Cincy'sMom** · 08-04-2004, 04:10 PM

Used bookstores
passed around between friends
Media Play (they have 40% off New hardcovers, and sometimes you just can't wait!)

**Lillycat** · 08-04-2004, 07:55 PM

public library.......the price is right.......sometimes 1/2 price books, when their paperbacks are 50 cents......a short while ago those sales were 25 cents......i subscribe to a few magazines.......but usually read those at the library too......if i find i just have to have a copy of a page......i take the magazine home and copy it......i also read the newspapers online...... i keep books that for one reason or another are favorites.......i also reread my favorite books at some more distant time from the first and still enjoy them......i love to read.......

**ChrisH** · 08-05-2004, 01:16 PM

Library for most of my reading. Books I want to keep - mostly reference - from a cut-price book club. Now and again I look through the books on a second-hand book stall in town, I have got some good cat related books from there.

Chris