What you do with books once you read them ?

[PornoDoggy]

We had a local independent bookstore near here until this summer - unusual in a town of 20,000 - and I bought what has to be my 6th copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy during their close-out sale. They were out of the Sherlock Holmes I wanted to grab - it probably would have been the 8th copy of the complete works I've owned since Jr. High School.

I have a lot more friends and children who borrow books than I do who return them.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

We had a local independent bookstore near here until this summer - unusual in a town of 20,000 - and I bought what has to be my 6th copy of the Lord of the Rings trilogy during their close-out sale. They were out of the Sherlock Holmes I wanted to grab - it probably would have been the 8th copy of the complete works I've owned since Jr. High School.

I have a lot more friends and children who borrow books than I do who return them.

I'm currently rereading my well worn, hardcover complete Sherlock Holmes collection, which is falling apart on me. I'm also going to branch into the writers who've continued the series. So far all I've read is "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," which was well written in the "Dr. Watson style," but drove me crazy none-the-less.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

I'm currently rereading my well worn, hardcover complete Sherlock Holmes collection, which is falling apart on me. I'm also going to branch into the writers who've continued the series. So far all I've read is "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," which was well written in the "Dr. Watson style," but drove me crazy none-the-less.

Windin' your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold.
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin'
You're tryin' now
Another year and then you'll be happy
Just one more year and then you'll be happy
But you're cryin'
You're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin
Cause he's rollin'
He's the rollin' stone

And when you wake up it's a new mornin'
The sun is shinin' it's a new mornin'
You're goin'
You're goin' on.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Windin' your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold.
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin'
You're tryin' now
Another year and then you'll be happy
Just one more year and then you'll be happy
But you're cryin'
You're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin
Cause he's rollin'
He's the rollin' stone

And when you wake up it's a new mornin'
The sun is shinin' it's a new mornin'
You're goin'
You're goin' on.

Ummm...thank you, Nick. One assumes.

(However, if that's stuck in my head for the rest of the day, I'm coming after you with a stick!)

[Red]

I re read the ones I love. Most paperbacks I bring to the book trader, but hardcovers go in the bookcase.

Before I got my first computer I read 3-4 books per week, Now it's about 1.

My tastes range. I love reading biographies, mysteries, legal dramas, humor, politics. My guilty pleasure is Jackie Collins. Her books are such fun trash.