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Originally Posted by lol.systema
Thing is I purchase more than what I read.
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That is the failing of most of us in this thread. I'm trying to work my TBR down to a more sensible level of between three to six months reading material (for me that's 50 to 100 books). But I think it will be a long time before I get there.
This year I'm trying to control my purchasing by having a budget. January was a bit of a set-back, but I'm under budget for this month, so far, and I expect to be under budget for the rest of the year. But I will have to exert a tight control over my spending. I've looked ahead to books I anticipate buying this year (subscriptions and the Baen monthly bundle), and I find that if I bought no more than those for the rest of the year I'll end up $79.29 under budget.
Of course, I've over budget at the moment by $34.91...
This concentration on budget has done good things for my spending, but not my TBR pile. It just means that my average purchase price is low: $1.32 for the 87 books I've bought so far this year!