Today I went to renew my iRewards membership at Chapters. I took with me my gift cards from Christmas, because I know that any time I enter Chapters, I can’t leave without buying at least one book.
I bought twelve.
As usual when leaving Chapters, I experienced this giddy sensation as if I had committed some sort of crime and gotten away with it—how could they let me leave with so much knowledge?! Sure, I paid them for it, but it still seems like a crime. Buying books leaves me exhilarated—I don’t know why people do drugs when they can just get high off reading. At least, I find reading that enjoyable; I suppose other people don‘t.
The photo above includes books I acquired prior to today as well, including some older editions of Sense and Sensibility and Middlemarch, which I got for free. Highlights from today’s trip include Remix, by Lawrence Lessig, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, and Before the Dawn, by Nicolas Wade.
I‘m looking forward to reading all of these, as well as the nine books I borrowed from the library today. This is how I intend to spend my break.
Now excuse me while I go into hiding, because I can’t believe I got away with this. 
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Let me know how that one turns out.
I’ve been wanting to read Remix… But right now I‘m not allowed to because of school work and stuff like that. 
Very jealous. I‘ve been avoiding Chapters like the black plague. I keep getting tempted, but alas I have no spare money 
I’m specifically jealous about Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Score. What a deal. Some of those books looking tempting. But, I don;t have much space in my shelves. Hopefully, Amazon will sell their Kindle reader to Canada. 
I‘m just starting it today. You can see what I’m currently reading on the sidebar on other pages on my site. (Or just check out my Goodreads profile.)
I can completely understand why you bought twelve books. I have the same condition. When I go into the local Books&Books I have to buy a book. I usually end up buying several. That’s why my to-read list is about twenty books long.
Also, to make things easier I invented a word for this kind of behaviour: persoligative. From the latin words ’persolvo‘, which means ’to pay‘ and ’lego’, which means to read. Usage: You were in a persoligative state when you bought these books. You showed persoligative behaviour. The plethora of the books in the book store made you persoligative.
Now, please, spread the word. 
Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card. 
I‘m quite glad that I’m back home for the summer with time to spare, so that I can bring myself back into the warm embrace of books (let’s hope that’s what ends up happening). Lately I’ve tended to resort to socializing and the internet rather than books, and it disappoints me sometimes. I look forward to zooming through A Short History of Nearly Everything this weekend, Ben .
@Mark: I could have sworn I saw someone in my statistics class with a kindle once…
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And oh the bounty. How jealous am I that you had enough gift cards for 12 (!!!) books?! I thought I made away well at Christmas with my $100 in gift cards to the Promised Land. Maybe I should be more vocal about my needs. :P
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 1:01 PM