My name is Mark, and I'm a book-aholic.

[baldguy]

I can't help it. I browse book stores for hours on end - new or used it doesn't matter. I look at Amazon the first thing in the morning, then I go to Powells - just to see if they have something more.

I'm reading two right now. I've got ten sitting on my desk. And I ... I bought four more yesterday & two today.

I know I can control this - this urge to buy everything I see. But lately I've had trouble doing so. I see a familiar author, or the next book in a series and I just NEED to have it. What got me yesterday was Robert Caro's third LBJ book. I said to myself "why not? you've read the others, and its JUST ONE MORE!" But I found myself grabbing others, and I just had to go back today.

What am I going to do?

[Kire]

1. first,

admit that you are powerless over this addiction, that your life has become unmanagable

[BoX o BooX]

2. No need to control it.

Just channel it... as in, support your LOCAL booksellers, not Amazon.

Hey... there are worse addictions to have. :D

[My Pet Goat]

3. I don't see a problem here?

What else are you going to do, watch CNN?

[Lorien]

4. I don't know, I have the same affliction

losing 2/3 of my salary slowed me down a bit, but I have so many books and bookshelves now that I fear my home may get swallowed in a sinkhole of it's own making.

[ogradda]

5. tell me where to get a decently priced bookshelf

i have books crammed all over the place. i want a BIG bookshelf but can't find one i can afford. and i already have too many 3 shelfers.