My guest today is Nancy Henderson who writes both historical and paranormal romance for Champagne Books and Linden Bay Romance. Nancy says she writes romance because she likes happy endings. She likes to believe love can become the answer when nothing else in the world makes sense. Nancy is talking about a problem many of us face. I’ll let her tell you…
I often blog about my book problem. I own too many books. They’re everywhere: next to my bed, in my writing office, in the living room, even under the sofa. I even have a makeshift end table made up of books, which came about when a stack of reference materials became too high so I placed a lamp on top of them. Needless to say, after my recent trip to the Romantic Times Booklovers’ Convention in Pittsburgh, the book situation has gotten worse. How do people do it, going to one or more book conventions every year? It’s not like I can read them and toss them out or have a garage sale, either. Most of them are signed. So they’re natural keepers.
Maybe I should add on. I would love my own library; a cozy sanctuary with a chair I could sink down in, a warm lamp, my cat curled up in my lap. The extra space might help for awhile, but sooner or later I’d start buying more books and the problem would eventually rear its ugly head again. I know a couple who literally have bookshelves floor to ceiling in every room in their house. I don’t want to turn into them, but I fear I might. They’re a wonderful couple, but…they just own too many books.
Maybe an e-reader. I’ve checked out the Sony and the Kindle. Both made me drool, but the price was a little hefty. Although I could discover many e-authors I’ve heard great things about with the e-reader. Who am I kidding? I’ll probably end up buying the e-reader, keeping all my books and buying more.
Anyone out there have this same problem? What do you do?
~ Nancy
http://www.nancyhenderson.com
http://www.nancyhenderson.blogspot.com
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August 11th, 2008 at 6:00 am · Link
Hi Nancy! I know how you feel, I have the same problem. Do we have a support group somewhere?
I have a Sony reader and it’s GREAT! I recommend it, especially now that they’ve added the extra programming so it’s more compatible with pdf formatting, etc..
August 11th, 2008 at 4:55 pm · Link
Hi JK, I’m quickly learning there’s a whole slew of us out there. We should start a support group. LOL! Love your bookcovers, by the way!
August 11th, 2008 at 5:37 pm · Link
Amen!!! I can’t imagine what my house would look like if I didn’t have some of my library in ebook form.
It would be wall to wall books…which would be fine if I had the bookcases. LOL.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:51 pm · Link
Hi Nancy! I sympathize – I really do. I picked up an awful lot of books at the conference. I’m busy reading and leaving a trail of books behind me. At home I tend to buy ebooks and read them on either my laptop or my PDA. It’s difficult to buy ereaders in NZ. Good luck with your problem. I think it’s actually a good problem to have.