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My total includes freebies and paper books.
My major problem seems to developing a new interest and buying m way into it without worrying much about my old interests. Typically this will n love some kind of list I have found or created, or maybe someone's complete works.
Prior to 2013 I was collecting Hugo winners. I finished them las year, and moved on to BSFA winners, and later Locus SF award winners. I've bought more-or-less everything I can for those now, too. A few days ago I filled up a wishlist with Campbell Memorial winners. This is really bad, when I've still got about 30 books to read from the other two awards.
Likewise with my recent crime fixation. Initially I was mainly buying the complete works of Agatha Christie. I probably have around fifty of them, now, if not more. The first one I don't have is Towards Zero, her 34th novel. I've read 8 novels. I think I'm far enough behind to ease off for a bit.
Springing from that I also had my ABC Murders alphabetic challenge, which I've now bought everything for, and a list of recommended Golden Age writers I found on the Internet which I tried to buy my way through for a month or two.
So the key for me is not to develop any major new veins of fiction to mine in 2014.
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