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Crazy Book Lady
Izzie has been a busy serpent lately. After much procrastination, finally made a start on sorting a bunch of bags. Some are munchies but mostly books.
But it was kind of awkward to discover when trying to get into the new habit of putting things away immediately instead of just leaving the bags around to gather dust, that when I went to put away my stash of books, I ALREADY had a copy of Michelle Obama's "Becoming" Michael Lewis "Liar's Poker" and several paleo and no sugar cook books
Basically, I have so many books in the Lair that I have now started forgetting which ones I have got already
This situation is made worse by that voluntary job in the charity shop. My territory is the books. Of course. Volunteers get a 20% discount and most of the books we sell are priced between $2 and $6
It's like being an alcoholic working at a bottle shop.
Back in early 2018 I installed an app on my tablet where I would catalogue all new acquisitions. At least it would be a start. But six months later the tablet died and I never bothered keeping records since then
I had just recently finished reading Ben Mezrich's "Breaking Vegas" about a bunch of MIT geeks with assorted Blackjack tricks. I had also read "Bringing Down the House" which was about another MIT mob who were into card counting. This crowd were into the much more geeky maths sorts of stuff.
I just love Goblin Porn and casinos is as good as it gets. A bit less drama and greed than share traders and hedge funds but on a scale that is more easy to comprehend.
It was back in 2015 that I read "Bringing Down the House" and was half tempted to read it again this time with 2020 hindsight and paying more attention to their antics in Atlantic City and the other trump casinos. But I simply could not justify reading it twice when there is so much else on the list
As well as stories about journalists, judges, whistle blowers and spies, I just love tales of underdogs especially when it comes to beating the Casino goblins. The Donald was featured as an object of loathing and derision. A smug bastard. That was back in 2005
So today I did bring in a stash of books from the Lair that turned out to be second copies and managed to leave the store without being tempted by any more books although yesterday I came across a copy of "The Golden Bough" by James George Frazer. It is a reprint of an old fashioned history of magic full of he man language and talk of natives and stupid savages. Of course other people's practices are rank superstition even if they bear an uncanny resemblance to one's own which of course is the One True Faith. I snaffled the book anyway in spite of the writer's smug superiority because he had a big influence in turn of last century tarot circles
I really do need to be more disciplined and take more time to actually devour all the tasty morsels I have acquired rather than just gathering them like bright shiny twigs for a nest
It is also a great source of annoyance that even when I come across books that friends, family and the circle of serpents would love, even if they cost me only a couple of silver sickles each, it is still cheaper, quicker and safer to buy such books new from Book Depository than to send them overseas using Australia Post
I had the original permaculture book packed up for its grand adventures to Europe. I think it weighs more than one kilo and is ridiculously expensive even when available on BD or even Amazon
But of course those plans got put on ice.
Maybe it's time to put together a bucket list of books to read and schedule time to get started instead of being so often distracted by Twitter
But it was kind of awkward to discover when trying to get into the new habit of putting things away immediately instead of just leaving the bags around to gather dust, that when I went to put away my stash of books, I ALREADY had a copy of Michelle Obama's "Becoming" Michael Lewis "Liar's Poker" and several paleo and no sugar cook books
Basically, I have so many books in the Lair that I have now started forgetting which ones I have got already
This situation is made worse by that voluntary job in the charity shop. My territory is the books. Of course. Volunteers get a 20% discount and most of the books we sell are priced between $2 and $6
It's like being an alcoholic working at a bottle shop.
Back in early 2018 I installed an app on my tablet where I would catalogue all new acquisitions. At least it would be a start. But six months later the tablet died and I never bothered keeping records since then
I had just recently finished reading Ben Mezrich's "Breaking Vegas" about a bunch of MIT geeks with assorted Blackjack tricks. I had also read "Bringing Down the House" which was about another MIT mob who were into card counting. This crowd were into the much more geeky maths sorts of stuff.
I just love Goblin Porn and casinos is as good as it gets. A bit less drama and greed than share traders and hedge funds but on a scale that is more easy to comprehend.
It was back in 2015 that I read "Bringing Down the House" and was half tempted to read it again this time with 2020 hindsight and paying more attention to their antics in Atlantic City and the other trump casinos. But I simply could not justify reading it twice when there is so much else on the list
As well as stories about journalists, judges, whistle blowers and spies, I just love tales of underdogs especially when it comes to beating the Casino goblins. The Donald was featured as an object of loathing and derision. A smug bastard. That was back in 2005
So today I did bring in a stash of books from the Lair that turned out to be second copies and managed to leave the store without being tempted by any more books although yesterday I came across a copy of "The Golden Bough" by James George Frazer. It is a reprint of an old fashioned history of magic full of he man language and talk of natives and stupid savages. Of course other people's practices are rank superstition even if they bear an uncanny resemblance to one's own which of course is the One True Faith. I snaffled the book anyway in spite of the writer's smug superiority because he had a big influence in turn of last century tarot circles
I really do need to be more disciplined and take more time to actually devour all the tasty morsels I have acquired rather than just gathering them like bright shiny twigs for a nest
It is also a great source of annoyance that even when I come across books that friends, family and the circle of serpents would love, even if they cost me only a couple of silver sickles each, it is still cheaper, quicker and safer to buy such books new from Book Depository than to send them overseas using Australia Post
I had the original permaculture book packed up for its grand adventures to Europe. I think it weighs more than one kilo and is ridiculously expensive even when available on BD or even Amazon
But of course those plans got put on ice.
Maybe it's time to put together a bucket list of books to read and schedule time to get started instead of being so often distracted by Twitter