Sometimes I feel I'm starting to spend more time acquiring books than reading them.
In real terms this means:
In real terms this means:
- In the last fortnight, I've purchased about 8 or 9 books for different purposes (7 of which are pictured above).
- I've also ordered two more (one of them, necessary for my research, setting me back an ouch-provoking £42 plus p&p).
- I've had several book recommendations, one via MMS, another by phone, the rest via face-to-face recommendations
- I've had 2 full length books sent to me in PDF format
- I've returned two books to the library (they had been requested by someone)
- This leaves me with 18 - 18! - books out on loan at the moment, mostly from Senate House, my university and the Poetry Library.
- Of the 18 books I've borrowed, I've renewed at least 7 of them more than 5 times
- Of the 18 books, probably only about 6 or 7 are directly relevant to my studies
- In addition to books, I've printed off several essays, papers, articles etc...
- I've spent 3 days at the British Library, photographing several pages at a time (the ones I can't get anywhere else) so I can figure out what's important enough to go into the first chapter of my thesis
- I've spent several hours searching for books and then putting them into my digital reference storer
- I've spent nearly an hour thinking about what books I'll take with me on holiday at the end of the month...
- I've spent several moments wondering when I'll get the chance to properly enjoy reading a book again!
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