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Originally Posted by pdurrant
In 2010, I intend
- Not to buy any more ebooks until at least my birthday on 8th May
- To buy as few ebooks as I can possibly manage after that
- To get my "to be read" folder below 200* by the end of the year
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Well, here we are, nearly half way through the year, and I haven't done too well so far.
I couldn't resist some of the splendid Fictionwise offers in the early part of the year. My major lapse was buying 70+ Agatha Christie novels.
My birthday has now passed, and I haven't bought many since my birthday, and I expect I won't be buying very many, as a goal now is to read two or more books from my TBR pile for every one book I buy. With eight books read, and only three bought so far, I'm just managing that.
So, despite having completed 75 books so far this year (well, 74 - there was one I didn't want to finish), my TBR folder is still above 400.
I have to say I'm very pleased at having decided to keep track of books read this year. I've enjoyed nearly all the books, but being able to look back at the list reminds me of the especially good ones.
I think I will have to have a serious sort through my folder, and remove books that I've read in paper format, or books that I really only want for reference, to see how many books
really belong in my "to be read" folder, rather than just ones I have and haven't read in ebook form.
My current goal is to have my TBR below 300 by the end of the year. I might just make it, with a bit of winnowing.