[issybird]

I haven't bought a book since October and since I don't expect I'll buy one today, I'll wrap up the year.

I bought ten books and spent $19 in gift card credit; two books were bought with use-it-or-lose-it Google funny money which I don't count. Lest this sounds like making much ado over nothing much, I'll note that as recently as 2021 I bought 68 books for $226 and last year I bought 38 books for $154, so this is a dramatic change in my habits. My TBR is down 38.

I'd like to do better in terms of reading what I buy; I read four books of the ten, everything I bought through June and only one more. Of the six remaining, three were favorite authors I've not got to yet, so justifable; I have to admit the other three were cases where the sale price created the want. In the grand scheme and given my typical patterns, no big deal but something to be aware of.

My best year ever; my previous best was 2017, when I bought 22 books for $42, so I more than halved both figures. In fact, this year might prove to be unsustainable going forward, but we'll see.