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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I don't agree it was the right thing. I haven't bought anything at all in that particular sale*. It's just a matter of willpower. I really don't need any more books right now.
*It hasn't quite finished yet, and I'm making no promises.
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Slightly less than half of me agrees with you. (Obviously, otherwise I would have resisted.)
The Jonathan Gash (Lovejoy) books were definitely a good buy - I've read the first two, and had the next two, but getting the next three for £0.84 was brilliant, and would have taken me only $0.31 over budget.
I hadn't read the Elizabeth Peters books before, nor the ones by Pam McIntosh, which would rule against the purchases. However, I have now read the first from both authors, and I'm very pleased with my purchases after all.
In fact, the ones I regret from January are the short story
Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction which I suspect I have in a free collection somewhere, and
Life After Life, which was a disappointment, and not by an author I know.
If such a good offer came up every month, I would have been definitely wrong to succumb to the temptation. But such good offers tend to be more like once a year.
Another two days and my horrendous $84.41/$40 overspend will be a less ridiculous $90.41/$80 overspend.
Will I make to March to be very nearly back on track with $121.91:$120? We shall see. If I do manage that, on April 1st I'll be back to $139.91:$160, comfortably back inside my limit. It's only 60 days…. Perhaps I can make it.