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Originally Posted by issybird
Kind of a bad news, good news status update.
On Sunday, only the second day of the year!  I fell prey to a good value on a book of some interest. And then today, I caught myself investigating a couple of intriguing prices and finally said, STOP. So not only did I back off, I contacted Kobo CS and returned my Sunday purchase. (Pity I didn’t buy it at Amazon, which is where I saw it anyway.)
So the slate has been wiped clean and I hope I’ve both learned a lesson (again!) and that success will breed success. Because I really don’t need more ebooks.
(On a related but OT note: I also went through my holds at OverDrive and canceled most of them - the ones of less than extremely high interest. If it’s a book I really want to read, lowering my TBR rather than reading a borrowed book becomes a foolish goal. However, the problem with library books and one I’ve had my entire life is that the nature of due dates pushes the books I want to read most down the reading queue behind marginal books that need to be returned.) |
Cheers to you for that!
For the New Year, I made sure that my court bag included my Kobo Mini. I usually work at a public library if court ends early due to travel logistics. Being IN the library usually led to getting library books that I didn't really need.
Having my mini with me led me to start actually reading a book I own yesterday rather than checking one out. It means I have different books going on different readers, but its not really an different than having a book going on the reader and a library book on the beside table.