12-29-2016, 11:12 PM | #4051 |
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My sum up for the year - I didn't meet any of my goals this year, BUT, I did spend about $200 less than last year. I cancelled all but one subscription. I bought zero cookbooks and only 2 craft books (ebooks). Unfortunately, I still bought more books than what I can read in a year. I will be better next year. I still have 4 or 5 audiobooks left from 2009 and 12-13 from 2010, so did a good job on getting to some of the oldest stuff.
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12-31-2016, 05:00 PM | #4052 |
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I just made a challenge to read more and buy less. I hope I can do it. Bought a couple of ebooks on sale yesterday and I hooe it's a long while before I buy more. Gotta stay strong!
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12-31-2016, 05:58 PM | #4053 |
Is that a sandwich?
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I did very well in 2016. I read 30 books which is a couple more than last year.
Purchased 19 Library 7 Free 4 I bought only 11 books and spent a total of $10.61. |
12-31-2016, 06:03 PM | #4054 |
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01-01-2017, 02:57 AM | #4055 | |
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I'm delighted to announce that I haven't bought anything in 2017 so far. Eight hours down, 364 days and 16 hours to go! |
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01-01-2017, 02:59 AM | #4056 |
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I am determined to look on the bright side. After that big Open Road sale, it'll be really hard for me to buy more books in 2017 than 2016!
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01-01-2017, 03:20 AM | #4057 | |
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After some recounting during 2016, my TBR now stands at 1185... |
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01-01-2017, 05:02 AM | #4058 | |
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01-01-2017, 05:44 AM | #4059 |
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I, on the other hand, have bought five of those sale books I've been deferring from the end of December. Still, I did reduce my TBR in 2016.
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01-01-2017, 07:30 AM | #4060 | |
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Obviously I'm a feast or famine type (and I did know that about myself). So that means it really does have to be no purchases at all. I'll take it a month at a time. |
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01-01-2017, 09:54 AM | #4061 |
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The two good things I can say about my graphic novel buying binges are that (1) I use reward-point credit, rather than spending cash, and (2) I tend to read the new purchases quickly; the comiXology app's good for that.
In the last days of 2016, I bought a dozen graphic novels - Marvel was having a big sale. I read five of those yesterday and four today, and the remaining three will no doubt follow in short order. (I've heard a lot about the Dark Phoenix Saga, Spidey/Silk stories always look interesting, and Iron Fist... well, that was free and I'm getting curious about the character, so win-win.) Thus, on the optimistic side, I can honestly say that not even ten hours into the new year, I've knocked four books off of Mount Tsundoku, added none to it, and spent nothing. Now to see how long that trend can last... |
01-01-2017, 10:14 AM | #4062 |
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I just counted my 2016 total, and I came in at just over $80, which is well under my goal of $20 per month. No kudos deserved, because I 'over' over stockpiled for 3-4 years in anticipation of my retirement this year. So I literally have thousands of books to read.
Nevertheless I'm pleased with 2016. I was able to break the really bad habit of visiting Amazon daily deals several times a week. I hate to think about what I probably spent there on books I may never read In 2017 my goal is to make intentional purchases of books I intend to read right away, like the next Liaden to come out. No more books on spec. And to keep picking away at the stockpile. |
01-01-2017, 02:04 PM | #4063 |
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Well just finished the Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza so had to buy the next two in the series (not written any more) so we are 19hours into 2017 and i have spent £3.98
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01-02-2017, 03:52 PM | #4064 |
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01-02-2017, 07:36 PM | #4065 |
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I guess I'm glad I mostly missed the Open Road sale. I still have 80% of those books from the Kobocolypse a couple years ago to read. I forgot to get my Baen bundle before the end of the year so had to count it this year. So, I only got one Baen bundle last year. Yay!
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