tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post2798952823503248263..comments2023-11-05T01:39:09.182-07:00Comments on The Journal of Dera R. Williams: A Room of My Own: My name is Dera and I am a bookaholicDera Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513910913210988047noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-61503618870302413032008-12-09T16:02:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:02:00.000-08:00I am testing ...don't mind me todayI am testing ...don't mind me today'Cillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112656613221929622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-26697904019780048542008-11-28T17:42:00.000-08:002008-11-28T17:42:00.000-08:00Thanks for your support Linda and Djuana. Isn't th...Thanks for your support Linda and <BR/>Djuana. Isn't there a writer who said he would rather buy books than food?Dera Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513910913210988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-69305928279058396442008-11-21T05:40:00.000-08:002008-11-21T05:40:00.000-08:00You know I am so there with you Dera. I would rat...You know I am so there with you Dera. I would rather buy a book than something to eat. Seriously. My friends have teased me about this for years. And you know I love to eat! LOL<BR/><BR/>Good job.Southern Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120427539208106032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-24811907155048138002008-11-18T18:40:00.000-08:002008-11-18T18:40:00.000-08:00What they said LindaWhat they said <BR/>LindaLinda Chavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954002297634256677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-71252256578657271182008-11-18T14:55:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:55:00.000-08:00Hey Lashonda, as you know you were my inspiration ...Hey Lashonda, as you know you were my inspiration for this blog. :-)Dera Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513910913210988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-78175054187972676892008-11-18T14:06:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:06:00.000-08:00Hi, My name is Lashonda and I am a bookaholic. I a...Hi, My name is Lashonda and I am a bookaholic. I am so glad that so many of you understand me. I always say I could be addicted to worse things. My daughter who is a freshman in college asked for a good book in her care package. So yes I passed it on as well. <BR/><BR/>I remember beign young and begging my parents to go to the bookstore that was next to the Marshalls they loved to shop at. I loved that book store. I do not remember a Walden or Barnes and Nobles until I was like 18 years old. I miss those little stores, they always remember you.Ladysilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16549389844388749406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-58681149342353983542008-11-18T11:37:00.000-08:002008-11-18T11:37:00.000-08:00I'm with you Angelia, I will give up some things, ...I'm with you Angelia, I will give up some things, but books never.<BR/><BR/>Beverly, I was allowed to read anything from our bulging bookcases so yes, it is inherited and passed on. :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>LOL, you got it bad Cilla. I try to limit my ordering to once a month but truthfully, I get books all month long, either freebies or review books. <BR/><BR/>Hey Yas, thanks. I'm going to get a Chris Botti CD (my other vice), The Accidental Santera and Red Light, Green Light by MJH.<BR/><BR/>Whoa Cheryl, I see you actually read all the books you order. I have books that will get read one day but I keep ordering more. While I read a lot, I cannot possibly keep up with what I have coming in, not with my time constraints.<BR/><BR/>What a beautiful, precious memory Lena. You know I don't remember bookstores, honestly. My memories are of going to the library at a very early age and peering over the librarians desk to get my books. :-)<BR/><BR/>I agree Jennifer, there are worse vices. My book buying is balanced because I get so many books free.Dera Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513910913210988047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-35323406159307664462008-11-18T09:36:00.000-08:002008-11-18T09:36:00.000-08:00Hey Dera,My name is Jennifer and I too am a bookah...Hey Dera,<BR/><BR/>My name is Jennifer and I too am a bookaholic. I've tried many times before not to purchase a book, but I get pulled into the book stores and any store that I got in that has a book department see me in the section before I leave to go home. You are not alone and you aren't hurting anyone. We could be addicted to things that cost us money and our health, but we aren't so, I will stick with it.Jennifer C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12253564132754009574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-71523388283318349362008-11-18T08:20:00.000-08:002008-11-18T08:20:00.000-08:00Well, I know I have book issues, and they aren'...Well, I know I have book issues, and they aren't going away anytime soon. I remember way before their were Borders or Barnes & Nobles mega bookstores with little coffee shops in them, there was this one bookstore in a shopping center called The Old Mill in Mountain View. In the summer, after my mother would pick us up from my grandmother's house at the end of her workday, usually on Fridays, we would go to the bookstore there, and sit for hours with hot chocolate and a good picture book. That's my earliest childhood memory about books.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12269853163900668920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-467236112597180582008-11-18T06:50:00.000-08:002008-11-18T06:50:00.000-08:00Dera: I too am a Bookaholic. In the month of Octo...Dera: I too am a Bookaholic. In the month of October I received a total of 15 books, I thought would last me through the balance of the year. I was wrong... sob... I challenged myself and not only did I read all 15 in October, but had a few days with nothing to read. Gasp, what's a girl to do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13486421234137120107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-72954507048809174812008-11-18T06:24:00.000-08:002008-11-18T06:24:00.000-08:00LOL...Love it what a great post on being a bookaho...LOL...Love it what a great post on being a bookaholic. Sis, you got it bad...but there are worst vices right. ;) So what are you going to use your gift card on...what book are you going to buy?<BR/>xoxoYasminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847562755202742067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-53125777069436086492008-11-18T06:21:00.000-08:002008-11-18T06:21:00.000-08:00Ever wonder where bookmaniac came from? A co-worke...Ever wonder where bookmaniac came from? <BR/><BR/>A co-worker gave me the name after watching my weekly delivery of Amazon packages. He never saw the packages that were sometimes delivered at home from books-a-million or Black Expressions. I still receive calls from local independant book sellers when new arrivals come in.. (It's wonderful when book dealers have you on speed dial) I have discount cards from every major book store. It has gotten so bad that I was questioned by a police office, two years ago, who caught me behind the 7-11. He thought i was checking out the back door when I was acutally borrowing milk crates - you see I couldn't afford to buy new shelves so I had to use the crates. (I did paint them all black so that they would look like a book shelf when stacked together. <BR/><BR/>Yes.. I am a proud card member of the bookaholic club.'Cillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112656613221929622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-81812195631665966892008-11-18T03:55:00.000-08:002008-11-18T03:55:00.000-08:00Hi Dera -You know I am part of your group. Have tr...Hi Dera -<BR/><BR/>You know I am part of your group. Have tried the 12-step bookaholic several times and always backslide. The longest I have been "clean" is about three weeks.<BR/>Since Amazon.com has been my dealer of choice - you know there is a problem when UPS stops by several times a week.<BR/>And yes children do pick up their parents habit and their children are picking up their the "habit" also.<BR/>But we are glad we are not breaking the generation cycle on reading!Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513511705810135392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069538879769746607.post-16528159522652023982008-11-18T03:21:00.000-08:002008-11-18T03:21:00.000-08:00Dera,I too am a bookaholic and there is no shame i...Dera,<BR/>I too am a bookaholic and there is no shame in my game, read I must, I will cut out some other things before I give up my books...won't happen!<BR/><BR/>Blessings!<BR/>angeliaAngelia Vernon Menchanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782697902784305887noreply@blogger.com