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File under Slopes, Slippery:
I made something of a fetish last year of not-buying. It was a good discipline after a years-long binge. Not that I didn't buy anything at all, but I ended up spending a trivial amount of money (almost everything was wishlist + promotion) and my TBR went down.
But I'm considering loosening the restraints a bit. I recently finished a charming book that I bought last year mostly with B&N settlement credit. I'd love to read subsequent books, but Google Play (where I have a lot of promotional credit) doesn't carry them, nor does Kobo. That leaves B&N where I have an insignificant amount of credit left and B&N is no longer worth the nuisance anyway or Amazon, and they're agency-priced and unlikely to go down in price or on sale. The upside to that, such as it is, is that there would be no point in buying until I was on the verge of reading it, so no net addition to the TBR. However, they would up my average price spent per book substantially and it's not as if I don't have other things to read.... But I think when the urge hits, I'll go ahead.
But, I know these are dangerous waters (mixing my metaphors; see Slopes, Slippery above. I do better with none than with some; it's certainly easier for me!
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