Bibliophilia
Hello, my handle is henchminion and I have a book addiction. I went into Atticus today to get a single volume. I'd seen on the Internet that they were selling it for the lowest price in North America and I was determined to walk out with Just One Book.

Seven books later, I'm considerably poorer than when I walked in.

Did you know that the medieval studies section on the ground floor is only part of their collection? There are whole shelves of medieval studies paperbacks lurking in the very back of the basement. Fearing just this sort of motherlode, I'd never ventured that deep into the book mines before. And the sections devoted to European countries have medieval history books in them too. And, they've been marking down the price on their hardcovers, making them more competitive with the going rates on the Internet.

I found Charles Henry Ashdown's European Arms and Armor! And Steane's Archaeology of the Medieval English Monarchy in hardcover! And Rossiaud's Medieval Prostitution! (Swords, castles and sex: I admit I have all the intellectual sophistication of a teenage boy. I will try to vindicate myself by saying that I also bought a collection of Christopher Dyer's essays on economic history.)

I am a very bad henchminion. All this reminds me of that Internet classic, the Self-Test for Literature Abuse.