[Sca-cooks] 259 unread books

[Stefan li Rous]

Johnnae replied to me with:
 >Never bought a few by the bagful ?

Well, yes. That is why I mentioned avoiding the book remainder flyers  
recently such as Edward R. Hamilton or the David Brown Book Company  
sale catalog.  I can easily go through a single Edward R. Hamilton  
newsprint catalog and come up with $150 or more of books. That could  
be 12 or 15 books or more. That is still not buying 259 books at one  
time.

 > I can remember walking into a used bookstore that
 > had new stock from an auction. Someone must have
 > collected cookbooks and the heirs sold them off.

Part of the problem is that my interests are so broad it is very easy  
to find a large number of books which interest me in almost any  
general collection. It is very difficult to walk into Barnes & Noble  
or Half Price Books and not walk out with several books. If my  
interests only covered cookbooks or medieval history or some such, I  
could then just avoid that area of the bookstore.

I really do need to get another bookcase or two, so I can get some of  
these stacks of books off the floor. :-)

Stefan
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