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o saeclum infacetum
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Location: New England
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Not necessarily. When I’m driving, for example, it’s much more efficient to listen than to read. Dead women read no books.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: South Georgia
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#5493 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Voyage
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I'm in danger. I just bought a seven book series. Now, these were the earlier series of mysteries where I've read the first one of a spin-off series and liked it. Probably liked it better than my rating (4/5) reflects. So I'm almost certain to enjoy these books.
But still. Seven books in one go. Bringing my total for the year up to 19! A lot better than previous years, and I remain pleased by all my purchases this year so far (yes, I really did want each and every book). But I need to redouble my efforts to scrutinise any possible purchase. I must remember to ask: Do I really want this book? Would it be better to wait until later to buy? |
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Mauritius
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4
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I have downloaded about 20 books from mobileread since the start of the year. I really have enough books to last me a lifetime and I can see myself opening the purse strings just for about 3 books per year. My cup runneth over.
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Location: Norfolk, England
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I suspect that one of my reasons for over-buying is that I have years of pre-ebook era experience where finding enough interesting books to keep up with my reading speed was a constant struggle. Moving from an era of famine to an era of feast has its problems. But on the whole, feast is better. ![]() This month I've bought five ebooks from my wishlist that went on special offer. And they're all books that I'm very happy to have bought. My book buying at the moment is heavily weighted towards the start of the month when the Amazon monthly deals get released. I probably won't buy another book until May. Last edited by pdurrant; 04-02-2021 at 09:18 AM. |
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Location: South Georgia
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#5497 |
o saeclum infacetum
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Location: New England
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In March I bought two books after buying none in February. I fell as I anticipated because of a couple of quite good coupons. No real regrets, but I’ll note that I got a couple equally good coupons toward the end of the month and I let them expire. Not that there aren’t wishlist books that I could have used them on, but the issue of “just how soon do I see myself reading this” kicked in, in a good way.
I’ve bought five books so far this year, which puts me on pace to do better than my best year, 2017, when I bought only 22 books. However, I’ve already spent nearly half what I spent that year, so I think this being my cheapest year is already out of reach. My TBR inches down at a glacial pace; so much of my reading is library/pd/audio. I’m making an effort to be less seduced by library books; not that provenance matters per se, but books read on a whim because I could borrow them tend to be less satisfying than the ones I paid cold hard cash for. And the due date factor means they jump to the head of the queue ahead of books I really want to read. |
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#5498 |
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Minneapolis
Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos
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My Audible binging got pretty bad but I have now cancelled my membership until at least November. I also have to step up my listening as my spreadsheet indicates by my current rate, I have 8.4 years of unlistened audiobook listening ahead. That is all sources, not just Audible though. Gack!
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: New York City
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A friend got me started on this by saying she was "giving" me a book she wanted me to have. I went to get it and saw that I had to take a trial membership to get it. So she was not giving me anything except the idea to read that book. I didn't know that I would not get into the habit of listening to books. I prefer to read on my kindle. I listen to podcasts when I go for a walk. |
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o saeclum infacetum
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Location: New York City
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Thanks. Then I would still have access to the app? I wouldn't leave until I buy all those books. Oh, what I got myself into. Will have to start listening more.
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#5502 |
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#5503 |
Is that a sandwich?
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I bought one book so far this year. However, I'll soon need to obtain more. Recently, I've been sampling and deleting the many "vintage" books on my ereaders. My bought-and-loaded TBR list is under 20.
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Diligent dilettante
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: in my mind
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Going back through my "My Books" at Kobo was a salutary experience. Discovering I still had ~160 unread books all bought in the 30 months since I got my first Kobo has given me the jolt I needed to keep my fingers off the keyboard when the Kobo emails come in - though I did buy the latest in Karen Baugh Menuhin's Heathcliff Lennox series from Kindle over the weekend. Still, 13 bought this year versus 79 read is a positive start on tackling my TBR .
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