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Originally Posted by issybird
Heh. I usually phrase it, “reading is for love.” One has to internalize the sense of sunk costs; having spent money on a book is not sufficient justification for reading it. It is, however, justification for not spending even more money on more of the same and is why buying for inventory is not a very good idea. Tastes change. Certainly even with a few duds for the discard pile you might have saved money overall, but choosier pays off in the long run.
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To be fair, most of them were
probably free. But it would take way too long to figure out how many. So I haven't really factored in the money cost, especially since over half of these are from 2013 and prior. I'm going in with the question, "Will reading this be a good or useful or enjoyable use of my time?" I'm also allowed to change my mind about a book at any point after I start reading it.
Life's too short.