OK, my half-year roundup, which includes a belated confession in regard to May, where I didn’t want to face the grim truth, akin to not stepping on the scale on Monday morning after an indulgent weekend.
I had bought six books through April, but in May alone bought
eight! 
and spent $22, exactly doubling my year-to-date expenditure. My only excuse is that it was at least in part due to expiring offers of various kinds and I’m not exactly sorry, but at some point spending money to save money is a mug’s game. Fortunately, I was able to pull myself together in June and bought only two books for $5. So on a semi-annual basis, 16 books for a total of $49, or less than two bucks per week, doesn’t seem all that terrible; however, I’m barely treading water in regard to my TBR and I’m doing extremely badly in terms of reading the books I buy right away.
And then there’s this, from yesterday:
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
I discovered the existence of a book and then ended up buying it 30 minutes later. Oops. To be fair, there was a very big discount making it only 2 dollars.
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Comrade! I did exactly the same myself; my book was $4, but that’s immaterial. Sigh. However, it doesn’t count toward my semi-annual totals.
To be continued, unfortunately….