They need to invent a patch for bookworms
By joanana
@joanana (770)
United States
March 17, 2007 2:49am CST
So today I decided to go through my Amazon.com wishlist and thin it out. Since I joined bookmooch and paperbackswap I decided to see which books that were on there were also available at on of the book swaps I'm a member of. I found a couple at paperbackswap:
"How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire" by Kerrelyn Sparks
"Keeper of the Winds" by Jenna Solitaire
"The Blooding" by Patricia Windsor
and I also found "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guind. I have been looking for this series since forever and I was so glad to find the first book in the series!
I was quite proud of myself for being able to take four books off the 2page wishlist but there was a flaw in my logic. Somehow my click happy mouse stopped deleting books from the wishlist and started adding them to the shopping cart. Granted I took advantage of the fact that all orders over $25 are eligible for the free shipping, but still, I ended up buying four other books off of Amazon.com Kinda offsets the money I saved by using the bookswaps. Here's what I got:
"The Scent of Shadows" by Vicki Petersson
"Benighted" by Kitwhitfield
"Destiny (Rogue Angel)" by Alex Archer
"Eldest" by Christopher Paolini
*cough* Then tonight I was visiting a friend who is back in town on Spring Break and somehow I ended up at Barnes & Noble...
"Posession" by Jennifer Armintrout
"Daughter of the Blood" by Anne Bishop
"Full Moon Rising" by Keri Arthur.
So despite my intention of getting two, maybe three, books sent to me via a bookswap I ended up having eight on their way and three new ones on hand. Wow. I just don't understand how that happened.
Don't they make a patch for this sort of thing?
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
19 Mar 07
Actually, I hope there is a patch for this affliction. After reading your post, I joined paperbackswap. I have the feeling that my addiction is going to be off the charts!! LOL. I am a total bookworm. As a matter of fact, that was my nickname in school.
@mobyfriend (1017)
• Netherlands
17 Mar 07
LOL
I understand how you feel. I hardly order books online but when I go on holiday I always come back with a stack of books.