Wednesday, April 15, 2009

10 Commandments of the Out-of-Control TBR Pile

I seen this over at Erotic Horizon and it was just too good not to repost. :)


1. Thou shalt not buy discounted books from the bargain bin. This path can only lead to regret.
- But Half Price Bookstore is so hard to resist.

2. Thou shalt not buy the next two books in a series when thou has not yet read book one.
- I'm guilt of this. But I have gotten better over the last year, really I have.

3. Thou shall give away a book if thou has already tried to read it three times on three separate occasions.
-It usually only takes me two tries and then I pass the book on.

4. Thou shall keep a thorough record of all books thou owns so to avoid the dreaded and oft-embarrassing double-up.
-Surprisingly enough I don't have a list of all the books I own. But I do have my TBR list set up in a database program. LOL!

5. Thou shalt covet thy neighbours books. Thou shalt also covet thy best friend's, mother's, daughter's and thy library's books.
-Hell yeah!

6. Thou shalt not attend charity book sales without a plan. A good plan.
-Oh, I always have a plan. It consists of a piece a paper with the name of books I plan to look for.

7. Thou shalt not borrow books from others unless thou desperately wants to read them.
-I rarely borrow books, unless it's from the library.

8. Thou shalt not buy books just because thou likes the covers.
-Oh I'm so very guilty of this one. I highly doubt it'll change.

9. Thou shalt not re-buy already owned books just so the covers and sizes match.
-This one too. Especially if the new book is out in hard cover and the rest of the
series is in paperback. I can't put a hardcover in the middle of a shelf with paperbacks, that's just wrong.

10. THOU SHALL NOT BUY MORE BOOKS THAN THOU CAN READ!
- Not likley to happen.

16 comments:

  1. Hi Anna!

    Very cute, love the 10 commandments, I will never be able to live up to some of them though, lololol. I tried your reading meme, it was fun too!

    Dottie :)

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  2. Hi Anna!

    I saw this at EH's too - great fun!! lol

    I loved your 10 and will have to do mine later this week. :)

    Warm Regards
    L

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  3. LOL Anna. I am guilty of a couple of those. :)

    M

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  4. Oh I shall never stop coveting books ;)
    the more the merrier

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  5. LOL! That was great, thanks for sharing.

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  6. Oh, me either. But it was fun to post. LOL!

    I'll never give up books or book shopping. It's my one vice. ;)

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  7. LOL, these commandments are hilarious!

    I'm so guilty of #2, 8, 9, and especially #10!

    :) VFG

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  8. lol. Too true, and it made me wince more than once, since I've been known to break and embarrassing number of these commandments. :-)

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  9. OMG, I love it!! Soooooo true!!

    But I must say, you're waaaaayyyy more organized than me, Anna ;)

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  10. HA! I'm guilty of breaking quite a few of those myself.

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  11. I am SOOOO guilty of most of those!

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  12. Barbara... I never use to be. Then I kept buying way to many doubles. LOL!

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  13. Loved your post Anna,,

    Especially number 2. I don't think i will ever stop buying books out of sequence..

    Have fun with your C's

    E.H>

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  14. Very funny! .... and oh so true! :)



    p.s. Tonight is 'catch up at Anna's blog' night. Just warning you for a steady flow of comments. ^_^

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  15. This great, love it! Guilty as charged for 2, 8 & 10 - repeat offender. ;)

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