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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I must admit that I find the popular, " I already have enough books in my TBR pile to last me the rest of my life" sentiment a bit puzzling. I don't blame people for having available TBR "ePiles," but it does strike me as odd to worry about "sticking primarily to them" or to quantify the time it would take to work through them all. If it's strictly a financial concern, then sure ... limit yourself to books you already own until such time as your financial situation changes. Otherwise, buy what you want/read what you want/when you want. I never want to come close to the end of the list (real or virtual) of books I'd like to read in my lifetime. I hope to always be crippled with choice--acquired or un-. When I finish one book, I enjoy having every, single book in the world being in the running for my next. It's a sweet, sweet affliction I hope never to be cured of.  |
I never went through the download all those free books phase. There are a handful of PD authors that I was interested in, but I found myself buying the omnibus volumes of most of those authors.
After noticing that a few ebooks that I purchased in the past are no longer available, I decided that getting new ebooks that I want, when I notice it, is the best solution. So I might buy 8 or 9 books by a specific author at a time, then space out reading them to avoid burn out.