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Originally Posted by issybird
Resources are finite. As cheap as ebooks are, money spent on a book that's never read is money wasted, at least to the extent that you overpaid for the rush of buying it. It can be sobering to look at a list of books, or at any other indulgence, and realize that you never used it/will never use it. There's a trip to Italy lurking there, or however you want to label your running-away funds, even sweet charity.
This is why I think some strive to become more thoughtful, because of the sheer waste involved in the unused. There are other factors, also, even just being overwhelmed by the clutter, even eclutter, which is a time sink as well as a money sink. Opulence is fine up to a point, but then too much becomes just too much.
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More reasons not to saddle myself with a pre-bought TBR! A virtual TBR where I purchase only when ready to read = few wasted purchases when I die.
