crappy chick lit at the moment. it's crap and i'm ashamed
also i can't read one book at a time. i always have several on the go at once: one in the handbag for the tube; one by my bed; one by the bath; one by the tv; one on the kitchen table; one in the car (for waiting in car parks and traffic jams only!).

i really want to read "wolf hall" but every time i look at my massive hardback copy, my heart sinks and i reach for the chick lit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:28, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I love a hardback
They're a cunt to read in bed, though.

I'm vain enough that I care about how they look on the shelf. Appalling, really.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:31, Reply)

I hate hardback books
one of my mates insisted I read some Peter F Hamilton stuff but the books were the most stupidly large things that I put it off for at least 6 months, and constantly cursed them the whole time I was reading.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:32, Reply)

i hate it when you get into a series
and the newest editions are only available in hardback so they don't match your earlier paperback ones.

it is almost worth going on holiday just so that you can buy the paperbacks at the airport.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:38, Reply)

I don't buy new books
and only get hardbacks if I have no choice
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:39, Reply)

Whereas I will order off Amazon
specifically because I can reliably get hardback copies of older books.
( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:42, Reply)

oh god i love buying books
i am banned from going near a bookshop if out with friends/boyfriends because they know they can't get me out again. i esp love second hand bookshops, the really old jumbled kind, where you could find absolutely anything stashed next to something else, and where you can get loads of books for £100 instead of about 7.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:43, Reply)

I love it too
that's why I can only buy secondhand. I'd be bankrupt otherwise.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:46, Reply)

i really want to go to baggins book bazaar
allegedly the biggest second hand book shop in europe. it's in rochester, and it's a few cottages knocked together into a many roomed random wandering delight of a bookshop.

/drools

check this out! "Best place in Britain for a bookworm to burrow
It is a bookworm's paradise. More than half-a-million hardbacks and paperbacks line the shelves, covering every topic under the sun. You will probably never have seen so many books under one roof -- there are libraries that are ill-stocked compared with Baggins Book Bazaar in Rochester High Street ...

HALF A MILLION BOOKS? how can a crappy kindle compete with that?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:48, Reply)

there's a place called the Book Barn in Somerset
it's massive and is chock full of books.

When I have some money I'm going to go there and go crazy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:51, Reply)

You don't have to go to Rochester for one.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:54, Reply)

^this
also, the book barn place I was referring to has a million or more, and is on my way somewhere that isn't Rochester.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:56, Reply)

"There's millions," says Geoffrey, "All under one roof..."

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:01, Reply)

indeed
it's like Toys R Us, but less disappointing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:02, Reply)

"It's called Battersea Dogs' Home"

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:05, Reply)

shut up jeff

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:11, Reply)

rochester looks really pretty though
it would be a nice day out, roof down on the car, cheesy music pumping, nice walk, nice restaurant, nice book shopping... what's not to love?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:59, Reply)

haha, if you ever need a volunteer to go with you..

(berk, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:17, Reply)

It's a date.

( Kroney, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:04, Reply)

I could easily fill another two bookcases with all the books I have stacked up around the house
I started going through them to fill some boxes for charity but It's hard to let go.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:50, Reply)

I can't let go of mine either
I know there are some important tomes missing as well, which irks me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:52, Reply)

ditto, i'm an absolute book nightmare
however shit the book, i simply can't get rid of it. i have: 3 bookshelves in the hall, 2 in my spare room, 1 in my lounge and 2 in my bedroom. and they are all full. then i have 4 more in the room at my dad's, plus a wardrobe full. if/when he sells the house i am going to have to cry a LOT or spring for storage.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:53, Reply)

chi k

Sometimes you just need a misery wank.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:33, Reply)

Funnily enough
every time I look at my massive hard cock, my blood pressure sinks and I reach for the chick's clit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Can you believe I have sunk so low?
You can? Oh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:34, Reply)

You get a pass today but if you're like this on monday...

(PsychoChomp, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:36, Reply)

what happened today?
I've been busy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:36, Reply)

Monty logged in.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:38, Reply)

the horror......

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:38, Reply)

i am more...
saddened than anything, darling.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:37, Reply)

Slower AND more rubbish.
Tut tut.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:38, Reply)

I can no longer afford to be funny.
This is the Tesco Value Boyce of the future.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:40, Reply)

christ, you mean that wasn't what we had before?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:41, Reply)

That was Waitrose essentials Boyce.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:46, Reply)

good grief

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 16:46, Reply)

This is why you need a Kindle and keep it on you at all times and cherish it like you would your great great grandfather's glasses that he took from Russia during the war.
And by 'kindle', I mean, something that can run the kindle app, in a good size, like an iPad.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 18 Feb 2011, 17:16, Reply)