Silliness What books have you got that you'll probably never read?

seagull · 03-03-2010, 06:18 AM

We've all done it, bought an item that we have absolutely no intention to use but use it to try and impress guests or someone else. I'm sure I'm not the only person that does it with books

On my Kindle I have heaps of books that I'll probably never read, I use the excuse that I might need them sometime for quotations though I doubt I'll ever need to quote Dante, Milton or Virgil

The book that I have got that I'm least likely to read, well it's probably a tie between The Canterbury Tales and The Wealth of Nations.

poohbear_nc · 03-03-2010, 09:10 AM

I fear I'll never get through the Forsyte Saga. Or all the MobileReference "Complete Works of ...." I stocked up on when I got my first Kindle. But, I'll never run out of something to read ... ever.

joobies · 03-03-2010, 09:13 AM

Probably the DaVinci, although I am still interested in Leonardo....

dsvick · 03-03-2010, 10:48 AM

I can't say. The act of actually picking a book that I don't think I'll read will make me take notice of it and, quite probably, read it.

So the book I probably wont read is the one that I forgot I downloaded.

Xanthe · 03-03-2010, 12:02 PM

~laughing~

Probably about half of the ones that I've downloaded. I am a book packrat - the more the merrier, even if I never get around to reading them. I suppose they're some sort of security blanket; having that world of choices just makes me happy.

I think though, that I might actually read some of those books that I "should" read, simply because they already came loaded on my Libre, so I don't have to go to the library or the bookstore to get the physical book, Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and Melville's "Moby Dick" being two of them.

astra · 03-04-2010, 04:03 AM

The complete(except the last book) Sword of Truth Terry G., hardbacks.
The first 4 books of A Song of Ice and Fire by G. Martin, hardbacks.

I am going to try to sell them on eBay.

GeoffC · 03-04-2010, 11:33 AM

some of the TOR free-bees issued sometime back whenever they were issued....a few I have read I cannot for love nor money get an e-version of the remainder of the series ...

03-03-2010, 06:18 AM	#1
seagull Addict Posts: 247 Karma: 89950 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 2	What books have you got that you'll probably never read? We've all done it, bought an item that we have absolutely no intention to use but use it to try and impress guests or someone else. I'm sure I'm not the only person that does it with books On my Kindle I have heaps of books that I'll probably never read, I use the excuse that I might need them sometime for quotations though I doubt I'll ever need to quote Dante, Milton or Virgil The book that I have got that I'm least likely to read, well it's probably a tie between The Canterbury Tales and The Wealth of Nations.

03-04-2010, 04:03 AM	#6
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	The complete(except the last book) Sword of Truth Terry G., hardbacks. The first 4 books of A Song of Ice and Fire by G. Martin, hardbacks. I am going to try to sell them on eBay. Last edited by astra; 03-04-2010 at 04:07 AM.

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03-03-2010, 09:10 AM	#2
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,130 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I fear I'll never get through the Forsyte Saga. Or all the MobileReference "Complete Works of ...." I stocked up on when I got my first Kindle. But, I'll never run out of something to read ... ever.

03-03-2010, 09:13 AM	#3
joobies Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 1856 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle 1, Sony PRS-505	Probably the DaVinci, although I am still interested in Leonardo....

03-03-2010, 10:48 AM	#4
dsvick Wizard Posts: 2,737 Karma: 635747 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Device: PRS-900	I can't say. The act of actually picking a book that I don't think I'll read will make me take notice of it and, quite probably, read it. So the book I probably wont read is the one that I forgot I downloaded.

03-03-2010, 12:02 PM	#5
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	~laughing~ Probably about half of the ones that I've downloaded. I am a book packrat - the more the merrier, even if I never get around to reading them. I suppose they're some sort of security blanket; having that world of choices just makes me happy. I think though, that I might actually read some of those books that I "should" read, simply because they already came loaded on my Libre, so I don't have to go to the library or the bookstore to get the physical book, Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and Melville's "Moby Dick" being two of them.

03-04-2010, 11:33 AM	#7
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	some of the TOR free-bees issued sometime back whenever they were issued....a few I have read I cannot for love nor money get an e-version of the remainder of the series ...

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