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scrapsandsass said:
I was spending way too much. Between books, art supplies and TLP, I was flat broke. :giggle I read really fast, so it doesn't make much sense for me to buy books unless they are on sale because it can add up to a scary number pretty quickly. Now I might average $10 a month on books. I am an Amazon Prime member, so we get a free book every month. They usually give you four to choose from, and most of the time, there are at least two that sound interesting. My daughter also has a Prime account, so we agree on which books we'll buy and swap later. I just bought a couple of writing books for my kindle (this week) and a couple of artsy-type books that don't translate well to e-book. Some books I have had to buy because I needed them for school or didn't want to wait. Or they don't have them in the libraries. But lately, I've been using the libraries like a pro. I have the county and city library cards, and both of them also have e-libraries, so I stock my lists. Like Cynthia, I have pain and fatigue issues, so e-books are handy, but I will get hard cover books from the library. But the big fat Stephen King books (Under the Dome, It, etc.) I have to read on my kindle now because I just can't hang on to them for any length of time. I feel so wimpy sometimes. But it is also far more convenient when you are traveling or waiting in an office or whatnot. I also had to get a new Kindle (Jessica got it for me for Mother's Day) because mine was old, and I'd actually worn out the page turning button. :giggle
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ohhh I hear you aboiut the hard cover....I feel more than wimpy... I have some attacks some days (as Trista , poor girl, has had to listen to me so many times) when I feel useless.... can;t hold the books, can't cook on my own anymore....can't walk or stand up much.... I have found here so many people who have issues like ours, who understand so much what we go through....is such a blessing...

plus the people who don't, but still make you feel so much better...
I always say to my family that scrapbooking literally saved my life....some of you are to me as important as some of my family or my friends I have had for almost 40 years....
so now I try to keep time to come be around...I always feel better after being around, I was feeling so so bad yesterday...went to the chat.... was great, slept, (got woken up by the postman, who didn't have anything for us...but likes the number of our door I think!!!! LOL)
Have you ever published anything Kim? I know you write?
 
Ok, so most of the reading I do is professional reading: about education, leadership, change, etc....those I like to buy in actual book form so that I can build a professional library. When I do read "pleasure" books, I get them on my kindle.
 
MrsPeel said:
ohhh I hear you aboiut the hard cover....I feel more than wimpy... I have some attacks some days (as Trista , poor girl, has had to listen to me so many times) when I feel useless.... can;t hold the books, can't cook on my own anymore....can't walk or stand up much.... I have found here so many people who have issues like ours, who understand so much what we go through....is such a blessing...

plus the people who don't, but still make you feel so much better...
I always say to my family that scrapbooking literally saved my life....some of you are to me as important as some of my family or my friends I have had for almost 40 years....
so now I try to keep time to come be around...I always feel better after being around, I was feeling so so bad yesterday...went to the chat.... was great, slept, (got woken up by the postman, who didn't have anything for us...but likes the number of our door I think!!!! LOL)
Have you ever published anything Kim? I know you write?
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I know. It is a nice feeling to be around understanding people. I've tried online "support" groups for my condition, but they are way more stressful and negative than supportive. :giggle

I have published a few poems, newspaper articles, and a short story. I'm terrible because I never send anything out. It has been AGES since I've submitted. Ugh.

It dawned on me that I have a "free" book for you all if you are interested in reading it. Last year, I participated in something called Novel in a Day. It was crazy. Everyone who participated was given a chapter to write. We didn't know what came before, or what would come after. We didn't really get much in the way of description, other than a short summary that told us the character(s) who needed to be in the scene/chapter, and where we had to leave them. I totally applaud the guy who puts it all together. It is amazing. Anyway, it was fun to take part. The book is a little choppy since no one knew what to go by, but for the most part, it flowed pretty smoothly, which was a surprise.

Here is a link to the book with different formats you can download for free. There were so many participants, they did two different versions of the same plotline. I had a chapter in the Blue version.

http://www.pigfender.com/index.php/2014/10/section7-niad-2014/
 
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Cyn, We order from Amazon quite a bit. Especially around the holidays so the free 2 day shipping is a steal!!

MrsPeel said:
do you guys not have the option to get only the Amazon Instant Video? or is that a good deal for you? do you buy a lot from Amazon?
I need to find out if there is something similar here...
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I love my kindle paperwhite. I may sit down for an hour or so.
 
I don't get a whole lot of time to ready, but Kindle is my way. And we have Amazon Prime, so the hubs and I purchase from there and of course share. It's quiet nice that we both tend to read the same kind of books.
 
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