I've started keeping track of my "conversion rate" - how many of the books I'm buying I am actually reading.
Last year I managed about 30%, and about half of those were library loans, which have a built-in time limit. This year I have so far read 1 of the 17 books I have gained, and am in the middle of a second. The one I have read was a novella, and a freebie at that. The one I am now reading is my Prime lending library loan, which has a pseudo-deadline (I get one loan a calendar month, which means I need to finish this one before the end of February or I lose my February loan. Not that I know what to borrow for February.) That's not really a great record, although it is early days.
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