'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread
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Hi Guys! :wave:
I read 'She Means Business' by Carrie Green.
It's pretty good.
I'm about 2/3 way through Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.
So far, so good...I only have another 6 to go to get me up-to-speed!
I hope you are all well. I feel as though I am reading all the time (internet) but rarely books nowadays!Please call me 'Pickle'
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carbootcrazy wrote: »Lovely that people post on this thread from time to time:T, I'd hate it to just die out.
Me too! I think I need to make reading books a priority again.
I've just scanned through the last page of the thread to see my last post (a while ago ) and I've realised that I've half red both of the books but finished neither! I had to return one to the library, but there's no reason why I can't finish the other one fairly quickly. This means I need to finish 'Daring Greatly' and 'Game of Thrones' post-haste.carbootcrazy wrote: »I'm having a massive blitz on 'clutter' although I don't truly consider it to be 'clutter' and that's why I'm having such issues with getting rid of it:o. This includes mountains of books which I know I'll never read again and which really need to go. OH is away this week so I've taken advantage of no interruptions (or grumbles) to drag out every book I can find and try to list/sell online or box up to take to charity. Of course, me being me, I keep getting sidetracked and find myself reading the hours away:o.
I hear ya, sister!carbootcrazy wrote: »Finding this book has given me an added impetus to get on with my decluttering as I'm rewarding myself with a 30 minute read for every 3 hours 'work';).
Ooh, now that's quite a good idea! I may have to adopt a similar work/reward pattern. :cool:carbootcrazy wrote: »I've had no end of computer and internet connection issues this past few months:mad:. Instead of freeing up more time to read I found I was forever faffing about trying to get and stay online. I was in a bad mood much of the time (didn't realised how much my life depends on the internet:o) and I just couldn't get in the right frame of mind to get stuck into a book.
Honestly, I spend so much time on t'internet it's not even funny! I've had to commute to work instead of drive this past fortnight, which has given my time I wouldn't normally have for reading otherwise heaven only knows where I would have found the time!blindtoast wrote: »I've got Bridget Jones Baby lined up as my next read I think so that should be a quicker one and get me back on target!
I think I read this. It's the one where she notices the owl at the beginning and end of the book, right?Please call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
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I've been plodding through books recently. Some better than others. At the moment I'm reading Gena/Finn which I'm enjoying. The whole book is messages - e-mail/letter/text/blog/IM etc. Makes it a pretty quick read.No more buying books Books in 2016 = 20.
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I finished Gena/Finn this morning. Unexpected ending but I enjoyed it and love the format its written inNo more buying books Books in 2016 = 20.
Target for 2018 = 7/21
No more buying DVDs ? 2018 target 27/52
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I've gone back to a few books I started but never finished so I hope to have a few books to list here shortly.Please call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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Still plodding rather than storming through books. A couple of graphic novels and a Dr Seuss collection have helped to up my read number but I'm still part way through 3 different books - trying to get them finished before I go on to anything elseNo more buying books Books in 2016 = 20.
Target for 2018 = 7/21
No more buying DVDs ? 2018 target 27/52
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Oh this is just the thread I need! So many unread books - and hundreds more my husband brought with him when he moved in 18 months ago. At the moment I'm rereading a lot of old !!!! Francis thrillers though - brain too dead to read anything new!0
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Lovely to see the post being resuscitated, it would be such a pity to see it fizzle out:j:j. Sad to say, I've been very remiss posting for months and hope to remedy that from now on. Famous last words, eh?;)
My attempts to finish off reading all the books actually in my possession have hit the buffers:o. I have a sort of valid excuse because the mobile library has changed it's route and schedule and now visits my village twice a month on a Tuesday afternoon instead of once a month on a Saturday morning when I was never here. Not sure if it's good or bad as now I have ready access to lots of lovely free books (including anything from the county's library catalogue that I can order for collection from the van).
It means that the stash of unread books that I already own and which have languished unloved and unread for years (decades even in many cases:eek:) will probably remain that way for a good while yet.0 -
Did not know this thread existed! I'm terrible for buying book that I still haven't read, have got a bit better with 'real' books but kindle daily deals are my downfall. Have been trying to read through my unread books in 2017 anyway - was aiming for one a month, am on my twelfth already, now to see how many I can get through before the end of the year.
Just trying to finish up with less unread books by January than I had last January.Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
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Been doing really badly with my reading the last few months but hoping that will start to change shortly.
The one thing I'm gutted about is that I used to put my read books I didn't want to keep on readitswapit but the site's gone down. I also had a load of books on my wishlist I wanted to read and now lost that as well. Might be just as well though seeing as I'm struggling to get through the books I already have Luckily most of them are on my kindle :rotfl:Did owe £9,951.96
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