Another month and time to take a meeting.
"Hi, my name is issy and I'm an ebook-buying addict."
Things chugged along comfortably enough in May. I bought four books for a total cash outlay of $19, bringing my year-to-date monthly averages to an exact mean of five books/month and a hair over $15/month. I only purchased books with no-rush shipping credit and Kobo coupons, which I applied to wishlist books. I almost posted a few days ago because I didn't anticipate another purchase in May, but in cleaning out an inbox I discovered an unused and expired Kobo coupon, which I decided to test. It worked.
All of this is eminently acceptable both on the face of it and as a reasonable level of both acquisition and outlay, and compared to the bender years quite astonishing. However, I have to note, as always, that this still means virtually no reduction in my TBR. That's not my specific goal, but it would still be a desirable and expected outcome! I rather anticipate and hope that my buying rate will continue to drift downward, so with luck there will finally be some movement.
As an aside, I didn't buy any pbooks in May, which leaves at only one for the year and does mean that there has been a minimal reduction in my paper TBR. It's something and at least the trajectory is in the right direction, however slight the slope.