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In March I bought two books after buying none in February. I fell as I anticipated because of a couple of quite good coupons. No real regrets, but I’ll note that I got a couple equally good coupons toward the end of the month and I let them expire. Not that there aren’t wishlist books that I could have used them on, but the issue of “just how soon do I see myself reading this” kicked in, in a good way.
I’ve bought five books so far this year, which puts me on pace to do better than my best year, 2017, when I bought only 22 books. However, I’ve already spent nearly half what I spent that year, so I think this being my cheapest year is already out of reach.
My TBR inches down at a glacial pace; so much of my reading is library/pd/audio. I’m making an effort to be less seduced by library books; not that provenance matters per se, but books read on a whim because I could borrow them tend to be less satisfying than the ones I paid cold hard cash for. And the due date factor means they jump to the head of the queue ahead of books I really want to read.
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