I was going to wait until the end of the month for my roundup, but this works, too, as we've notched four weeks on the year and my "budget" is one book per week. Of which I've bought none so far!
I've read eleven books but my TBR is still down by only four, because of pbooks, library books, public domain and an audiobook. This probably won't change by month's end, as I won't finish another bought ebook by then. I've identified two books I'm going to get with Kobo coupons but I'll wait until Sunday, just for the bragging right of no books bought in the first month.
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Originally Posted by BelleZora
Last year's budget goal of $40 monthly didn't work for me because I didn't change any habits. If I spend a couple of hours daily reading MR bargain and recommendation threads as well as all the various book blogs, I'm going to find books I NEED to read really CHEAP. If, instead, I use those two hours to just read a book, I enjoy a pleasant morning without feeding any book hoarding compulsion. Such a simple solution.
But I regret nothing. As Paul has said, it is having a sizable TBR on hand that allows us to be selective about our purchases. It's just that when one perceives that a happy pastime has passed some point of rationality, it is time for a reality check.
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Last year my goal was amorphous ("buy fewer ebooks"), hence no success. All I did was keep a list of purchases. I do think the list helped me formulate my goal for this year, though, because the total was patently ridiculous.
I'm not really sorry, either, but even if can maintain my current pace of a TBR reduction of 50 per annum (which is highly ambitious, as I won't stop buying books altogether as I have so far this month), we're still talking years and years and years of unread books. Such a problem.
I have to acknowledge that I'm enjoying abstemiousness as much as gluttony. Slowing down, becoming more thoughtful - these are positive things which are more sustained pleasures than the transient rush of hitting the buy button.
Congratulations all around, folks!