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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
What's a book wishlist? I'm not playing dumb, I'm just honestly a bit confused. Wished my library had it? Wished I owned it? Wished it was available in ebook format? Wished the author would hurry up and finish it?  |
Essentially, it’s “books I’d like to read that I don’t own.”
Sometimes it means “I’d buy this if/when it’s cheaper.” Sometimes, “I plan to get around to this and then I’ll buy it. Or borrow it.” It’s the complementary list to one’s TBR list (to be read, that is, books I own that I haven’t read yet).
Goodreads totally threw a spanner into this nice dichotomy with its “Want-to-read” category, which mixes owned and not-owned and is totally not serious. I have GR friends who have literally thousands on their WTR list. Whom are they kidding? Only themselves.