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That's exactly the kind of thing I'm trying to avoid right now. I have plenty of unread crime fiction, so even though I have previously read at least one of the Cadfael books and know I would enjoy them, I'm just going to leave them unbought. I already have that vacancy well covered.
I realised after my splurge on the contest codes at Kobo last month that it's actually the more unusual items - usually things that have sat unloved on my wishlist for ages - that mean something to me. I like fantasy, SF and crime, and often fall for good deals on those, but I have dozens/hundreds of unread books in all three genres. If I pick up some weird memoir or piece of non-fiction I am much more likely to actually read it in the near future. The one kobo coupon book I have been dipping into since the splurge is Just My Type by Simon Garfield, a book about fonts and typography, which I almost didn't buy, not sure I really wanted it that much. The rest of them were F&SF and go to end of some very long queues.
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