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What to Do
1.) Post on your blog answering this week's
question:
Can you pass by a bookstore
without stopping in?
2.) Enter the link to your post in the
Linky list on Billy's blog.
3.) Visit other blogs on the list and
comment on their posts.
4.) Be sure to find out next week's
question when you visit
Ramblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer!
My Answer
The answer to this question is a very obvious one for every bookworm: "Of course not!" We might tell ourselves that we will pass by, and not go inside, but we can't help doing so! At least, I can't! Heck, just the very sight of the bookstore from a distance is enough for me to feel the pull....lol. And then, when I get closer, I see all the nice, shining new books in the windows.....I'm totally GONE when those precious objects hit my vision.....
Not only am I totally unable to just walk on by without going into a bookstore, but I'm also unable to go in without walking out with at least ONE book. Sometimes I buy more. It all depends on how hard my addiction is affecting me that particular day....
Last weekend, and the weekend before that, I visited the nearest Barnes & Noble store. On the first weekend, I walked out with two hardcovers. On the second weekend, I walked out with a hardcover and two "flexcovers" (for lack of a better term; this is a new type of printed book with a soft cover that seems to imitate leather, and is very supple and flexible).
So no, it's TOTALLY impossible for me to pass by a bookstore -- especially if I'm on foot, but also even if I pass by in a car or bus -- without just HAVING to go in! Those books just CALL OUT to me! Lol.
I do a lot of book buying online, as well. I not only go to Amazon and eBay, but to Alibris, Abebooks, Powell's and Books-A-Million, So this should keep me from feeling compelled to go into bookstores, right? WRONG. Even with my online book shopping, I STILL can't pass by a bookstore, and just keep on going!
What are your thoughts?
Please leave a comment along
with a link to your post,
so I can come check it out!
