Amy is me, if it is $1.99 or less on kindle and I’m even vaguely interested in it, I buy it. Then I can always find something for whatever reading mood I’m in.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sj - Dec 10, 2020 11:57:01 am PST #26339 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
sj - Dec 10, 2020 11:57:32 am PST #26340 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
The book Amy mentioned is 1.99 today.
-t - Dec 10, 2020 12:37:38 pm PST #26341 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sorry, yes, I *did* buy it today because it is $1.99 and I will say "why not?" to a lot of things at that price. Up to $4.99, really, although that adds up fast and I should not be so spendthrifty. I looked it up because y'all were talking about it but not specifically because I expected it to be $1.99.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2020 12:56:28 pm PST #26342 of 28461
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
because it is $1.99 and I will say "why not?" to a lot of things at that price. Up to $4.99, really, although that adds up fast and I should not be so spendthrifty
I have read a LOT of absolute garbage this year because it was available on Kindle Unlimited and I was trying to put myself on an eBook budget. So anytime something good is on sale, yes, snap it up!
-t - Dec 10, 2020 1:01:45 pm PST #26343 of 28461
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I tried to stick to Kindle Unlimited, Jess, but unless I stumble across a whole series that I actually like that is all available there (which happened at least a couple of times and was awesome) I get discouraged after trying to wade through an unreadable mess that was in my "Picks for You" or whatever. And then because I tried it the author will keep showing up in my recommendations and I have to remember that, no, I do not recognize that name because I like them...
sj - Dec 10, 2020 3:06:50 pm PST #26344 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I started My Dark Vanessa this afternoon.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 3:43:47 pm PST #26345 of 28461
Because books.
Oooh! I want to read that too.
sj - Dec 10, 2020 3:46:15 pm PST #26346 of 28461
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I have to always decide what I’m reading next or I lose my momentum.
meara - Dec 10, 2020 4:22:05 pm PST #26347 of 28461
Yeah, I gave up on kindle unlimited after trying it a couple times, because while I know there's good stuff out there (and semi-frequently am looking at a book and see it's available there), when I would try to find things to read, it was mostly trash. And not the good kind of trash that I enjoy reading, just....bad.
Though now we're getting all those end of year best books lists, so I have been opening a billion tabs on all my devices to remind myself to either buy them or get them at the library.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 4:33:27 pm PST #26348 of 28461
Because books.
Same, sj. It's easy when I have library books, but when I don't there are Too Many Choices.