I’m reading one of my February purchases, a wishlist book that went on sale, and it’s... ok. Not nearly bad enough to abandon as it’s in an area I like, but I kind of resent wasting reading time on it, more than I resent the purchase price at only $1.99. I’m mentioning it as an aide-mémoire to myself, about “shopping” in my own library. Perhaps it’s time to make some more cuts in my wishlist, although mostly the prices in my wishlist don’t budge. Just as well.
On the positive side, I’ve read three of the five books I’ve purchased this year; this one is the fourth, and I expect to like the fifth. My TBR goes down at a glacial rate (pre-global warming) however, as my reading also includes a lot of library, PD and audio (the last doesn’t enter into my TBR calculations). But a reduction in my TBR is only an ancillary aim, a benchmark; the point is not to buy.