Now that we are nearing the end of February 2019, I decided to look back at last year’s purchases…and how many of those books I’ve read so far.
In 2018, I purchased 109 books,, and have read 78. I DNFed two books.
So I need to get busy and read a few more. I won’t even go into my purchases for the previous years, although I whittled those stacks down a bit during my Read the Books You Buy Challenges in 2016 and 2017: 100 books in 2016 and 121 in 2017.
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Ideally, I would purchase only as many books as I could read each month. Wouldn’t that be great? But my love of the new books I see every month would interfere with that plan. So I will just keep plugging away at those TBRs…and also find new books at NetGalley and Vine. Which reminds me: I haven’t checked Vine in a while!
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How do you manage your reading/purchasing/reviewing stats?
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I can totally relate, if see a book I like I just and if it’s a book from one of my favorite authors i have to get it.
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Thanks for visiting, and we have to feed those compulsions!
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I’m amazed how you were able to keep track. I’m scared to even know how many I have XD
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Thanks, CK Reads; I have pages on this blog where I keep track of books purchased, read, and review books. I’m a bit compulsive. Lol
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Ugh I feel you, I also have a book buying disorder….I also have a signing up for arcs disorder which interferes with reading my tbr….it feels like a losing battle but I only have myself to blame!!!
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Thanks, CJR, it is definitely a disoder, isn’t it? But I’m afraid it’s incurable! Lol
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You’re right, it is incurable. But there is always hope 😂
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I actually did okay on the not buying new books last year – it was the review books that put me under. This year I’m not worrying about my buying but am trying to focus on getting the actual physical books I have read. Good luck with your book buying!
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Thanks, Katherine, I do love adding books to my shelves, both through buying and review copies; either way, they feel like treasures to be savored.
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Before I buy, I check to see if the library has the books. Saved a lot of dollars that way. But some books just have to be bought.
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Thanks for visiting, Harvee, and checking the library is a great idea. I’m trying to be more diligent about that.
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I doubt you are alone on this. I read somewhere that someone said its like supporting “The Arts” even if you don’t get to read it or not for a long time. Yay to glossy new promising books.
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Thanks, Kathryn, we are all addicted to adding books to our shelves, but we could have worse addictions, lol.
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I think anyone reading your blog can relate to this post. Lately I’ll buy kindle books that are at an irresistible price but most of my books come from NetGalley or directly from the publisher. As vices go, I’m okay with spending on books 🙂
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Thanks, Mary, I may bemoan the state of my stacks, but in large part, I savor my book treasures and can’t think of anything I would rather spend money on. I do cherish my NetGalley books, too.
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I never used to keep track but then I had too many times where I’d buy a book only to find I already had a copy. So now I log them all in a spreadsheet. I say all but in fact I keep finding books in odd places that are not in the spreadsheet so my TBR count keeps changing
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I try hard not to buy many books since I have so many already but then I think about my local bookstore and how I want to support it, etc, etc. I have gotten a little better here lately, but it’s hard!
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Thanks for visiting, Kathy, I’ve been trying to cut expenses, but my first items to trim will be my movie channels, which I just did. I can find a lot on my streaming services. I don’t like to do without books. But I could use the library more.😊
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No purchases for last five years.
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Wow, I’m impressed, Mystica!
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I’m pretty good at reading the books I pay full price for (although I have a couple of those still unread from last year too), but my weakness is those $1.99/$2.99 books that Amazon sells through their Kindle monthly deals. I buy a lot of those. I figure that if I read 1/5th of those books, then I’m paying the same amount as if I bought 1 book for $10 and read it. At least I always have something to read this way!
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Thanks, Brooke, and your buying plan sounds wise. I need to try it!
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