Utentemurdermostbritish

I currently have over 800 paperbacks on 4 bookshelves in my bedroom. I plan on bringing in two more bookshelves. One is already there, but it's pretty empty. After they are filled, I don't know what I'll do...guess I'll have to stop buying books...GASP! No, I don't think so. I'm already doubles stacking the books, but I could put another row in front of each row I suppose, that would just about double my capacity.

I buy mostly used paperbacks. The only hardcover books I have are a couple of anthologies that never made it to paperback (as far as I know anyway) They are cheaper, easy to find, easier to carry and take up less space. I buy most of books on-line, from sellers who have no or little shipping charges. I can recommend a few... A Cozy Bookseller, Mystery House Books, Grave Matters (only during their 'Free Shipping' sales)a few sellers on ABEbooks and for the hard to find or new PB releases I use Amazon. I've heard good things about paperbackswap and bookmooch, but I don't want to give any of my books away unless they are duplicates.

I will be adding to my library slowly and I don't plan to pay attention to which covers my books have. I'm not gonna lug them all downstairs to make sure they match.

I'm 41 years old, and currently live in the Ashland area of Kentucky. I'm originally from California. I have one daughter, who isn't around much since she turned 18. I'm disabled by illness. Besides reading mysteries (mostly murder, mostly British historical, traditional and cozies) I like to crochet. I also enjoy card games on the computer, like Cribbage and Canasta.