Book Blogger Hop
This prompt was submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer:
Is it hard to find new books in local stores?
There are a few ways to go with this question. But I should note that as of 9/1, I owned over 100 books that I haven’t read. Overall, not finding books in bookstores is not a besetting problem for me.
If I go into a bookstore, I’m almost guaranteed to spend money. So I’m pretty careful about venturing into one (there have been times I haven’t been that careful—and there will be times like that in the future, I’m sure). If I go into browse, I will almost definitely find something that piques my interest enough to reach for my wallet. If that’s what the question is asking, then my answer is a definitive “no.”
On the other hand, if I go in looking for specific titles/authors, I may find it difficult. Whoever does the buying for local stores has different tastes in Mystery/Crime/Thriller material than I do—yes, I may make some pleasant discoveries (see the previous paragraph), but I usually can’t get what I’m looking for. Same for Urban Fantasy (ironically, almost every UF series/author I read, I discovered in one of those stores—something’s changed). But SF/F? I’m almost guaranteed to find what I want. The same goes for YA or “non-genre” books. So the answer to the question phrased that way is a vague, “It depends” with an expressive shrug.
Unless I cheat and special order something, so I go in having already paid for a book.
How do you fare in your local bookstores?
Celeste | A Literary Escape
I wouldn’t be surprised if I have a similar amount of unread books sitting around my house. I just told my husband today my goal for next year is to cool it on the ARCs and read more of the physical books I’ve purchased so I can then resell and/or donate them.
HCNewton
That’s my goal for the year, too…hasn’t worked too well. But I haven’t added any to the number. I’m not sure that’s a win, but it’s not a loss.