In which I show how bad my Anne Bishop fangirling has gotten.
I was trying to tidy up my shelf full of my favorite books today (blame Meljean Brooks’ Odd Shots post, since I was trying to tell myself that I didn’t have a problem) and I realized that there are quite a few indications here that I have SERIOUSLY got a problem. There are a lot of things wrong with this picture (not the least of which is that I’m pretty sure I have another copy of Dreams Made Flesh hanging out around here!) but if nothing else I think it gives a pretty good overview of who I am as a reader.
Fantasy was my lifeblood for years. I went to the SF/F section for the high fantasy, though I have always had my moments where I needed a sci-fi novel. Later I evolved into loving me some urban fantasy, then d0ve straight into the paranormal romance, where I could happily swim for years.
But enough about me, let’s get back to my obvious problems:
(A) Ahhh, yes. The wall of Anne Bishop. What’s that you say? I don’t need three copies of Dreams Made Flesh? Well good, because I actually have four. Donna’s got my other one. She’s also got my 2nd copy of The Invisible Ring and I’m sure I have a few more Bishop books floating around. Yes. I have a problem. (And these are my 4th or 5th copies of some of her books.
(B) Three copies of The Star Scroll too? Actually, I’m as surprised anyone. I found that third copy this morning and I don’t know where it came from. Or why there are two copies of Sunrunner’s Fire either. I do know my copies of Skybowl & Stronghold are in the bedroom though. Oh, and speaking of multiple copies, I see that Demon Forged has made it onto that middle stack twice. Oh man. I gots a problem.
(C) Buying books that I have a digital copy of. I am so guilty of this with Ann Aguirre. I get ARCs. I get kindle copies. I buy paperback copies, give them away and buy them again. That is my second copy of Doubleblind, and I’d read it in July! I do it with other authors too…get books I love, hand them off to strangers and buy other copies. I’m like a book pusher, except you know…I’m not making any money. Crap! Poor business plan that.
So…I have a problem. Am I alone?
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“I see that Demon Forged has made it onto that middle stack twice. Oh man. I gots a problem.”
I don’t see a problem.
@Meljean And it’s on my kindle too because the paperback copies didn’t get here fast enough. DAMN YOU, UPS!
Lol! I finally decided to pay the $50 lifetime membership to LibraryThing so I could stop confusing myself. Of course, when I forget to update it regularly, I wind up with duplicates anyway! Less often though–I’m on a budget here…one that is so hard to resist in the bookstores!
But the cool thing is – look at those spines – you READ those books!
Awesome
And I do the same thing – I get ARCs, I get electronic copies, I buy hardback and paperback. Is bad…
@Melissa Goodreads has stopped me somewhat from buying books by mistake, but I’m afraid I still buy duplicates on purpose. I think that’s a symptom of my illness!
@Dawn Oh yeah, I can keep a book looking nice the first time through, maybe the second or third, but you can tell which of those I’ve had the longest. Rawn, Bishop & Armstrong have all taken a beating on my shelves. LOL
LOL – problem? I don’t see a problem at all.
Isn’t fun to just sit there and look at them. It makes me calm
I still remember my first Anne Bishop book, Daughter of the Blood – I will never forget reading it – I love her as an author!
Its funny because I have a few series that I have in multiples–Maria V. Snyder, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Rosemary Edghill, Mercedes Lackey–but I try NOT to get multiples. The trouble arises when I have say books 1 and 3 of a series, but not the 2nd or 4th and see the omnibus for real cheap. Then I have to buy the omnibus and STILL buy the individual books to satisfy my completist mentality.
Its not a problem though, it just means you will NEVER wear those books out.
I’m really struggling to see what the problem is. Because if I admit you have a problem, than I have to admit I have a problem
I am very guilty of buying Kindle books then turning around and buying the paper books. I buy Kindle for the instant gratification, then fall in love with a series and need to have the paper books on my book shelf. My husband has no idea I double buy. shhhh don’t tell him. Please?
@Mandi: I know! She only had two books out when I picked up the first one…the wait for Queen of Darkness was unbearable! Not that it gets any easier now that I wait for every new one. :p
@Lexie: Mercedes Lackey is another one I have quite a few of. Her, Tamora Pierce & Anne McCaffrey were three of my huge young adult/teenage authors. (And David Eddings & Robert Jordan, I suppose. LOL)
@Fiction Vixen: My guiltiest habit is ordering a paperback book and then finishing the previous book in the series too fast or just not being able for it to wait to show up and buying the kindle version to read while I’m waiting. I’ve done that with Ann Aguirre & Nalini Singh, and when Demon Forged didn’t show up the day it released I bought the kindle version first thing in the morning!
NO…I’m a bookaholic & just started backing up some of my all time favorites on ebooks were available. My dad always use to joke that the house was going to tip to one side because of my book collection…so I spread them around evenly now, LOL!!!