Compulsive much?

[inulro]

We all know about the To-Read Pile of Doom, yes?

So what did I do on Thursday but have an accident in Waterstones. I blame my boss for alerting me to the fact that there's a new translation of the Gilgamesh epic out. Obviously I had to have that. While I was there and armed with the annual Waterstones post-Christmas coupons, I got myself a copy of The System of the World, which I have coveted since it came out in paperback[1] but have been plagued with cash flow problems. And The Historian was half price, so it would have been rude not to.

Today, I had to return some library books. The plan was to return them and not get any more.

Whoops.

I look at it this way. I have a tendency to be compulsive, but as long as I'm only indulging this tendency by acquiring more books than I can read and not messing up the budget, it's not hurting anyone so why worry.

[1] Personally I think I've shown great restraint in not running out and purchasing it as soon as it came out in hardback, given that the people I borrowed the first two volumes from have left the country.

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

It's only a real Pile O' Doom if there's a risk of actual physical harm if it should fall over.

If there's a risk of stuctural damage, you're in my house.

(20' of stacked books on the lounge floor at the moment - and I comissioned a new bookcase at the weekend)

[inulro.livejournal.com]

It's only a real Pile O' Doom if there's a risk of actual physical harm if it should fall over.

I had to move the hamsters.

I think it could do substantial damage to a person too.