I like reading about fashion. Perhaps more than I like or care about fashion. And these are what I have to pore through currently.
Like I said, I'm developing a reluctant curiosity about the Olsen twins. A random flip through Influence in Kino made me want to see more in greater detail, but I wasn't about to fork out $60+ for it.
That's where the library comes in. Our library is wonderful, do you know? I found four of the titles from my latest must-search-in-library list (stored in my phone).
You or Someone Like You by Chandler Burr is one of them. I pick it up every time I walk past that long table in Kino but in a poor effort to save money, I always put it back and tell myself to wait for the paperback. But now I've gone and gotten it from the library and I worry that it may be The Northern Clemency all over again.
You see, I refused to buy it ($40+, it was) and before the paperback arrived, I triumphantly found it in the library. It ended in horror because I really liked it and now each time I walk past it (in paperback, less than $20) I wish I own a copy but I can no longer justify it since I've already read it!
And, the icing on the cake is that after reading this, I think I should have gotten The Perfect Scent, which I also nestled back into its slot on that shelf, after all. Fragrance is something I should learn more about, because I really dislike writing about it. "Exciting and original" metaphors sound good to me.
I think I'm crazy. I certainly sound crazy.
Does book buying get other people in such a tizzy?
(Tomorrow's last day of Kino's 20% for members.)
3 comments:
ya, rem i asked you abt the olsen twins some time back? this is why! haha - tfg
Yes! Finally. I thought I was weird my whole life. Of course you get people who love book stores and go frequently and people who buy books frequently but I haven't some across anyone (till now) who tortures themselves over book buying.
You make me feel much better ((:
Lol. Good to know I'm not alone too!
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