[issybird]

Oy. Even with creative accounting that put the Kobocalypse in February and essentially wiped the slate clean for March, I've fallen even further behind. Since February 31, I've bought nine books for about $20. The amount is fine and the value was there, but since I'll only have read nine books this month including library books, pbooks and public domain, it mean that instead of a net reduction in my TBR, I've added to it. I made a few good decisions at the margin on books that I hope will be cheaper and/or won't be read in the near future, but clearly I'm not pulling the hairshirt near tight enough.

Frankly, I'm at a loss. I suppose that having goals in my mind is better than nothing, as it helps a bit, but it also seems a quite silly to keep making resolutions that are obviously just so much pie in the sky. I can even forgive myself for the 90% off spree, but the upward creep in my TBR under ordinary conditions, despite my resolutions, is troubling.

Do I draw a line under the first quarter and absurdly dust off my resolutions for a reduced TBR? Do I amend my goals to a more realistic level, even though "realistic" tends to mean any offer I can't refuse? Or do I just give up and stop wittering about it, since ebooks are a cheap indulgence and I can still put groceries on the table? I admit the last isn't appealing either, since I do have this sense of being virtually buried under my elibrary. The increasing accumulation makes it harder and harder to see the trees for the forest, to mix my metaphors. I really can't decide where to go from here.