generic image
Processing...
  • Games
  • Catalog
  • Develop
  • Robux
  • Search in Players
  • Search in Games
  • Search in Catalog
  • Search in Groups
  • Search in Library
  • Log In
  • Sign Up
  • Games
  • Catalog
  • Develop
  • Robux
   
ROBLOX Forum » Club Houses » Off Topic
Home Search
 

Re: how to stop buying books?

Previous Thread :: Next Thread 
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:10 PM
every time i finish up a book i end up going out and buying 3 more

so i always have books i am meaning to read but then "OH WAIT I NEED TO READ THIS ONE LETS SEE IF ITS AT THE BOOKSTORE"

i actually have finished up most of my books
except influence of sea power on history
that one has been constantly next on the list for a year or two
Report Abuse
kennyle100 is not online. kennyle100
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Total Posts: 18157
10 Jun 2012 07:12 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
MasterChiefAlpha is not online. MasterChiefAlpha
Joined: 19 Mar 2010
Total Posts: 3028
10 Jun 2012 07:13 PM
For all the problems to have, this sounds like a pretty neat one. I wish I had as much time to read as I did as a kid.
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:13 PM
well i do spend all my money on books
but i dont have a job yet so i guess its okay
Report Abuse
kennyle100 is not online. kennyle100
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
Total Posts: 18157
10 Jun 2012 07:14 PM
I got CD'd no

if it's okay then it's ok
stay in school and keep reading
Report Abuse
hiimtimelapz is not online. hiimtimelapz
Joined: 19 Oct 2011
Total Posts: 10135
10 Jun 2012 07:14 PM
where do you get the money for all those books?
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:16 PM
time

Doing chores, birthdays, Christmas, finding Barnes and Noble gift cards lying around.

(Also I just checked, I have 9.5 books that I still need to read, ranging from bought last week to bought 4 or 5 years ago.)
Report Abuse
Zirconiferous is not online. Zirconiferous
Joined: 09 Jun 2012
Total Posts: 11912
10 Jun 2012 07:16 PM
you're well read, it's well known
Report Abuse
hiimtimelapz is not online. hiimtimelapz
Joined: 19 Oct 2011
Total Posts: 10135
10 Jun 2012 07:17 PM
go to the library instead of buying them
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:19 PM
"you're well read, it's well known"

But I don't read fast enough to keep up with all that I want to read. I've been meaning to read so many things that I have but I only read one book at a time. Next one I read will probably end up being the biography of Stonewall Jackson I got a week ago, unless I get another book on the Civil War. I'll probably never get to 8 of the 9.5 books I've never read, whether through lost interest (Annals of Imperial Rome) or lack of time (everything else).
Report Abuse
Zirconiferous is not online. Zirconiferous
Joined: 09 Jun 2012
Total Posts: 11912
10 Jun 2012 07:22 PM
"the Civil War"

I've always meant to ask you, what is your strange infatuation with the American Civil War?


is it something cliche, such as the all-too-common concept that family members could have fought each other?


i assume, you being you, it's more likely to be the technology or strategies or some such
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:23 PM
"go to the library instead of buying them"

too expensive
won't ever remember to return the books
or they will just get cast aside and never read by the time they are due


I did manage to interrupt my reading Sherman's memoirs for Sherlock Holmes, but I finished that up on Friday, so now back to Sherman and/or L'étranger.
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:26 PM
"what is your strange infatuation with the American Civil War?"

started out with fifth grade teacher teaching it
i realized i knew more than schools taught us
then it probably became for the strategies and technology
(I have one book on grand strategy, two on submarines, one on sharpshooters and at least 10 on lesser-known campaigns of the war.)
Report Abuse
TheCryptKeeper is not online. TheCryptKeeper
Joined: 09 Oct 2010
Total Posts: 3372
10 Jun 2012 07:27 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:28 PM
I do manage to hold off buying more books until I finish any and all unfinished Clive Cussler novels though. And I've recently gotten into Ian Fleming's novels too.
Report Abuse
2Pi is not online. 2Pi
Joined: 03 Mar 2012
Total Posts: 4094
10 Jun 2012 07:29 PM
You sound like this one guy I know... Brandon Komplin.
Report Abuse
TheCryptKeeper is not online. TheCryptKeeper
Joined: 09 Oct 2010
Total Posts: 3372
10 Jun 2012 07:29 PM
[ Content Deleted ]
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:31 PM
crypt

I went to a used bookstore once. I ended up getting 14$ or so of books. If I remember correctly, it was 3 or 4 on chess and two French books. One was dual language, which I don't like, as I tend to not read the French section, and I lost the other one before I even started it. (It was a Moliere play, probably a fun read).
Report Abuse
Lavaperson123 is not online. Lavaperson123
Joined: 27 May 2011
Total Posts: 1399
10 Jun 2012 07:33 PM
it happens to me 2.
Report Abuse
TheJokeIsInTheSetup is not online. TheJokeIsInTheSetup
Joined: 24 May 2012
Total Posts: 539
10 Jun 2012 07:33 PM
Finish your to-do list
Buy a kindle or something
try to stick to a book at a time on that
Report Abuse
Zirconiferous is not online. Zirconiferous
Joined: 09 Jun 2012
Total Posts: 11912
10 Jun 2012 07:34 PM
"i realized i knew more than schools taught us"

which, considering the American public school system in which all students are hindered if even one peer is some shade of stupid, is not much, but i honestly respect your attempts at getting some sort of an education

"then it probably became for the strategies and technology"

personally, I am more interested in the years after the Civil War, mainly the last decades of the 19th century up to about 1920

but of all that was happening in that world during those years, nothing captivates my imagination more so than the false stories of the Old West told in the dime novels

the supposed lawlessness of the Wild West (actually being rather lawful, it turns out) and the glorified life of crime and the suits and mustaches excite me
Report Abuse
Boeing717 is not online. Boeing717
Top 25 Poster
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Total Posts: 70007
10 Jun 2012 07:36 PM
Apart from the Civil War, I like English literature, French literature (in the original French because I'm pretentious too), science, math and classical history.

Also I found out wikisource has the same Moliere play that I lost my copy of last November. If it's where I think it is, I'm not getting it back, so wikisource will be helpful.
Report Abuse
Previous Thread :: Next Thread 
Page 1 of 1
 
 
ROBLOX Forum » Club Houses » Off Topic
   
 
   
  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Blog
  • Parents
  • Help
  • Terms
  • Privacy

©2017 Roblox Corporation. Roblox, the Roblox logo, Robux, Bloxy, and Powering Imagination are among our registered and unregistered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries.



Progress
Starting Roblox...
Connecting to Players...
R R

Roblox is now loading. Get ready to play!

R R

You're moments away from getting into the game!

Click here for help

Check Remember my choice and click Launch Application in the dialog box above to join games faster in the future!

Gameplay sponsored by:
Loading 0% - Starting game...
Get more with Builders Club! Join Builders Club
Choose Your Avatar
I have an account
generic image