Charity
Reading Challenge
Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up here)
Duration: January-December 2017
# of books: You decide
Host: Becky's Book Reviews (sign up here)
Duration: January-December 2017
# of books: You decide
This was my second year participating in Becky's challenge. Like last year, I signed up with a goal of 12 books and I've now reached that--so my commitment has been met.
It
was interesting to to track my charity giving based on books during 2016. I get
a great number of my used books from our Friends of the Library [FoL] used book
shop and their twice yearly sales as well as the Hoosier Hills [Food Bank]
Community Book Fair. So, I read books that I've gotten from there over the
years. I am still recording each time I indulge my book habit at FoL book shop
and at the fall book fair in 2017. Last year I spent a total of $268.15 at
charity book sales and at FoL shop. We'll see how much I give away in 2017. I
will report a final total at year's end.
1.
Death
of a Racehorse by John Creasey [bought at the Hoosier Hills Book Fair October
2016] (1/7/17)
2.
Murder
at the Masque by Amy Myers [FoL Bookstore, 7/12/14] (1/16/17)
3.
The
Black Count by Tom Reiss [FoL Bookstore, 4/18/15] (1/21/17)
4.
I
Have No Mouth
& I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison [Hoosier Hills Book Fair October
2015] (1/24/17)
5.
Deception
Island by M. K. Loren [FoL Bookstore 7/12/14] (2/13/17)
6.
Zadok's
Treasure by Margot Arnold [FoL Bookstore 5/29/14] (2/22/17)
7.
Silence
Observed by Michael Innes [Hoosier Hills Book Fair October 2016]
(3/28/17)
8.
The
Official
Dictionary of Sarcasm
by James Napoli [FoL Bookstore 1/2/16] (4/14/17)
9.
Death
with
Blue Ribbon by Leo Bruce [Red Cross Book Fair October 2013] (4/20/17)
10.
Who
Is the Next? by Henry Kitchell Webster [FoL Book Sale] (4/24/17)
11.
The
Fennister Affair by Josephine Bell [Hoosier Hills Book Fair October
2016] (4/28/17)
12.
Storm
Center by Douglas Clark [Hoosier Hills Book Fair October 2016] (5/1/17)
Complete!
I've never totaled up how much I spend on books, let alone breaking it down by type of book buying. But here's something that may shock you. I spent more than your annual total of $268.15 on my last four book purchases alone. Yikes! Can you imagine what the grand total for one full year would be? I shudder just imagining it. If only every single bookseller I dealt with was a charity. What a nifty tax deduction that would be!
ReplyDeleteJohn...This doesn't take into account my 2-3 trips to the used bookstore in Illinois. That's where I tend to drop the most cash. Or the few times I venture into cyberspace to order...
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