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Old 01-05-2026, 11:24 AM   #6136
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I got a Kobo Gift card for Christmas, so I used it to grab a few books on my wishlist.

The US prices on most of my books remained stubbornly high throughout the holidays, but on a whim I checked Kobo UK and saw that the Legend of the Condor Heroes books were both much cheaper and on sale, to boot, so traveling overseas let me complete my collection.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: US buyers really get shafted on book prices.
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Old 01-30-2026, 11:35 AM   #6137
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I made it to day 30 of 2026 before I bought my first ebook. Not too bad. Just grabbing a monthly deal before the month runs out.

It's still not a brilliant purchase since I haven't yet read the preceding book, and it will likely be on sale again before I do.
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Old 01-31-2026, 12:34 PM   #6138
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Started the year out with 185 and ended with 174. I managed to pare down my owned books by 11, but that includes a duplicate and a book I can't locate, so actually 9. I bought 8 newbies and of my owned books I read 17.

Boring numbers:

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Overall, I read 78 books of which 34 were borrowed, 17 were owned, 10 were audiobooks either borrowed or owned, and 17 were advance reader copies.



I'm sticking with my goal of only buying books I plan to read right away, even if they’re not on sale. So far I've not met it but at least it's kept my impulse buying down

01/06 - added one book not previously counted
01/31 - 175
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Old 01-31-2026, 04:16 PM   #6139
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My biggest problem is eBook sales.

To remedy this problem, I switched to only buying books I can't get from the library or Project Gutenberg. This has reduced my purchasing by a lot. And I never spend more than $2.99 for an eBook. If I have to pay more than that, I'll buy a physical book that I can later get money for at a local used bookstore.
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Old 02-02-2026, 11:16 AM   #6140
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My biggest problem is eBook sales.
Mine too. Bought 5 in January, none of which were on my wish list. All were $2.99 or less.
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Old 02-02-2026, 05:56 PM   #6141
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I feel as though I am slowing down. I only added 50 books to my collection in January.
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Old 02-03-2026, 03:18 AM   #6142
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Only seven bought in January.

I'm going to avoid any big offers this year, and I'm even going to resist offers on much later volumes of series I'm not up-to-date on.

Just this morning, I saw an offer on book 13 in a series, where I've only read 1-3, and the only other book in the series I have is book 10. I have decided to pass. By the time I have managed to buy and read 4-12, I'm sure it'll have gone on offer again.
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Old 02-03-2026, 08:08 AM   #6143
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I had a pretty good month in January. I did buy two books for a buck apiece where the sale created the want, but I've started both (they're longer reads). A third book was wishlist and had a colossal price reduction and I paid for it with promotional credit of the use it or lose it variety, which I don't count as outlay. So, $2 for three books either wishlist or already in process, that seems fine.

Just the same, I don't want to be buying three books a month. Last year I averaged under 1.5 books/month and the year before under one book/month. The issue with a sale creating a want is that even when they're read and they're good enough, they still take up precious reading time from books I really want to read.
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