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Old 08-27-2014, 06:21 PM   #627
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
I can't even THINK of 160 books to read on one year, let alone think of almost 250 to buy... years on end.
Well, it's not like we select 'em in bulk lots or anything like that. But, for example, I just picked up an 8-book series that I owned in paperback and thoroughly enjoyed. I'm not expecting to reread 'em in the near future, but the author's recently finished a first draft on the ninth book (after a 20-year gap!), and I'm pretty sure that'll find its way into print one way or another. When it does, bam - perfect reason to pick it up and read all nine. At the same time, I picked up books 2-4 of a series where I own but haven't yet read book 1, and now my plan is to read all of those as a lump...when I get a chance.

And that's the problem: getting that chance. I can think of a few six-book series in my e-collection that I've either not started yet or read the first book of and not gotten around to the second, usually because something with a higher priority comes along, and the bypassed books slowly lose priority as that keeps happening...
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