I apologize for being behind on the 15 Day Book Blogger Challenge.
I've been at cheerleading camp with the girls I coach and have had literally no
time to myself ..
Today's topic on the 15 Day Book Blogger
Challenge (started by April at Good Books and Good Wine) is how I shop for books ...
Well, I guess I should say that I'm always
shopping for books. I can't go to Target or Meijer or Walmart without looking
for a possible book to buy. However, I do try to keep most of my book shopping
to Barnes and Noble, and here's why. I don't want brick and mortar, actual,
physical book stores to go away. Technology is fabulous (hello, book blogging),
but my quality of life would be seriously diminished if I couldn't go into a
bookstore and smell that fabulous new book smell and enjoy the process of
picking out books.
That's not to say I don't order online --
I do. I do order on Amazon, especially if I have a gift card. I make a habit of
selling my school books back to Amazon that way so that I can reward myself for
a semester of hard work with books for pleasure. And I do own a Nook, so I do
buy books digitally. I've had to be careful about that though because when
you're not entering a card number, I've noticed you go through money pretty
fast. It's easy to lose track!
I do have a list that I keep updated of
books to be released and I try to keep a priority list going between that and
books that are already released that I want to read. I try to stick to it, but
it's not a foolproof system. I always find something not on my list that I
absolutely have to have.
Near my birthday and Christmas (which are
close to each other), I do go into B&N and make a huge list of all the
books I want and update it for my parents when they shop for me, because that's
usually what I want. I do get other things, but the majority of my gifts are
books or something book related.
Up next as I catch up on the 15 Day Book Blogger Challenge ... Blogging Quirks.
xoxo,
Heather
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