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Originally Posted by Tarana
It doesn't hurt to have more books than you can read/listen. If you have a comfortable 5 years of books unread/unlistened, it will sustain you should you have tougher economic times (which becomes my issue next year). More than 5 years is a problem because tastes change.
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Well, this strikes me as somewhat arbitrary.
Why five years? I'd argue that's far too big a backlog
and that tastes can change in a much shorter time frame. To state the obvious, money spent on an unread (or unlistened to) book is money wasted. So if you want a cushion against hard times, why not put the money you'd have spent on deals now for future consumption into an earmarked piggybank? And spend it with a clear conscience down the line on the book you want to read most right away?