Book Buying Confessional

Thanks Banana Boat! This site also has a section for e book deals I plan to keep an eye on.

Forgot to mention; perm & haircut went well. Kelly & I were the only ones in the shop. Her chair is in the front window & people kept stopping & staring in. We were wondering if they thought it was a show, or just amazed that the shop was open on Sunday? She kept the door locked so didn't have to worry about walk-ins.

I realized I've not come to the confessional for some time; at least, not about book purchasing, and yet I'm doing so much of it! Nine pre-ordered titles that will release this month, and titles that are reduced in price...I keep expecting one of my Kindles to explode! Unhappily, my original Kindle Fire (bought in 2012) is once again telling me the apps are getting full...I have to delete some. I've had to deal with this twice already over the 8 years--I've only bought one app for it; supposed to help with book-sorting/arranging but didn't help so deleted it. Instead, every time Ammy sends an upload, it includes more of their apps & I can't remove them. I've pointed it out to Ammy; they can't remove them either. The answer: reset the Kindle to factory specs, deletes the extraneous apps...along with all the books that I've downloaded to it. Meaning I have to download them again! Granted, I won't download a lot of them, but I will download all those very important authors that I want on there for when I want them immediately, etc. The 2nd Kindle Fire doesn't seem to be having the app problem but I don't care much for moving around in it; retrieving a title to read is slower than molasses...but it sure is fast to bring up the possible titles for sell in Ammy! Even when I've been reading a book, when I quit & come back to it, it takes forever to bring the book back up again! Even quitting out of the Fire while leaving the book open doesn't work; it doesn't go straight to the book when I open the Fire again. Very annoying! And when I complained to Ammy...ah well, those were new improvements that folks wanted. Who wanted? They didn't ask me? Some Tech thought it was wonderful...Bet he/she/it doesn't read at all!

Whoops, side-tracked! Just saying, I've not been confessing all the purchasing! I track my Amazon spending on my credit card spending spreadsheet each month (yep, I'm retired--too much time on my hands?) And currently, it's 25% of the spending on cc for the month! Last month it was 18%! Yeah, I think I need to hang a banner across the top of the computer reminding me of how much I've already spent!

Noelle, how are you folks doing out there with the pandemic, etc? Haven't heard from you for a while. Hubby, etc doing well avoiding the illness?

I don't like that either.  One quick tap and the book will be gone forever?  I haven't tested it yet but I hope if I accidentally choose that option I get a 'are you sure' option.

I'm trying to cut down on my Kindle book buying. B Woodward's new book is a snoozer, I'm almost to 1/2 pt. Guess I should finish it. 
Most HR tropes seems recycled to me. IMO, CRs have too many sex scenes repeats, and skimpy on the love. I'm not a book snob, 
but the majority of what I read seems average to me. 

I have bought many many many books in the past 8 months. I am now told that until new shelves are placed in the guest bedroom I am not allowed to bring any more physical copies into our home. I am now buying mostly e-books the ones I pre-ordered before are not part of the new shelf thing my hubby needs to buy and install.