It's the end of the month and I've cracked up. Until a few days ago, I was coasting; I had bought one deal for $2 and one book with my no-rush shipping credit, which doesn't count
for me and which applies to one of my yearly challenges.
But someone mentioned a book I'd never heard of which is exactly my kind of thing and wasn't too pricey. Still not a disaster, but it's that proverbial slippery slope. I violated my critical resolution not to buy any more pbooks, alas! It was so cheap, you know? But now I'll end the month with no change in my paperbook mountain. And after that, Kobo blindsided me with that 50% off coupon. I populated a list of purchases, at which point sanity returned. I limited my indulgence to one book which has been on my wishlist for a very long time and which applies to a reading challenge.
But the gods weren't done having their fun with me, it seems. In today's NY Times there was one of those desert island books articles and of the seven novels listed, five are favorites; in fact, one is on my all-time list and three others made my best of the year list in the past couple of years. So obviously I
needed to get the two I haven't read; it's not often you come across a guarantee like this!
Fortunately, OverDrive has one, so it was
only one more title in the pileup.
The total damage was four purchased ebooks (and one free with credit) for a total of $20, so it could have been worse. Still, I should have waited on the impulse purchase; it wasn't going anywhere. I'm even more regretful about the pbook.