'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

berrybabe

Well I finished "push" by Saphire in 2 days but it's quite a short book thank god as I didn't really enjoy it!
Then the last 2 days I cut down on my internet use and have started reading "The snowman" by Jo Nesbo which I have had lying about since september It's really good so far.

Managed to resist the temptation of waterstones on the way home from work aswell, go me!

Dee-Dee

Hi All,

My name is Dee-Dee and I'm a bookaholic!

I LOVE my books and although I try to keep it MSE and charitable by buying from charity shops rather than bookshops I still buy a ridiculous amount of books. I must have over 1000 and there are a fair few that I still haven't read, yet I keep buying more and more.

I really need to save some money this year and to be honest I'm running out of space as we have books stacked up all around the house as I hate to part with my books.

If it is ok I'd really like to join this challenge and I'd like to pledge to the following:

• I will not buy any books from bookshops this year (apart from spending my birthday and Christmas vouchers).
• I will have a clear out of books that I have read and know that I will never read again. These books will be sold or given to charity.
• I can buy 1 book for every 2 that I sell / donate and I will only buy from charity shops.

Wish me luck everyone - I think I'm going to need it And thanks for this great idea.

setmefree2

Finished Reading "Round about a Pound a week".:T:T:T:T:T

A life changing book about how working class people budgeted and spent their wages in the early 1900s.

Everytime I read this book it made me feel incredibly lucky!

Happy Reading

InaPickle

Welcome, Dee! Best of luck - I must admit, I've been making my way through my books much more since I joined this challenge. Hopefully it will work well for you, too.

Setmefree2, that 'Round a Pound' book sounds really interesting. Might have to get it out of the library sometime.

mrs-moneypenny

another one off my tbr list, read "diva's dont knit" by Gil McNeil over christmas and am 3/4 way through the sequel. really enjoying them. about a widowed mum who goes back to the seside town she grew up in to take over the running of her grans wool shop.
promised my mum i will read some more Lynn Andrews next as she likes those once ive finished with them so they get passed on to her and then her friends and eventually end up at a charity shop.

done nothing since dinner except finish reading needles and pearls (the follow up book) so got to get something done pretty quick now like make a lasagne and tidy the upstairs landing of christmas clutter.

going to start 'across a summer sea' by lyn andrews later

setmefree2

InaPickle wrote: »

Setmefree2, that 'Round a Pound' book sounds really interesting. Might have to get it out of the library sometime.

I would highly recommend it. I bought an old copy of an Amazon supplier for a couple of quid.

InaPickle

setmefree2 wrote: »

I would highly recommend it. I bought an old copy of an Amazon supplier for a couple of quid.

Must. Not. Buy. Any. More. Books. Nooooo! :A

setmefree2

InaPickle wrote: »

Must. Not. Buy. Any. More. Books. Nooooo! :A

LOL I forgot :rotfl:

littlepinkstars44

So it is a new year, and a new list of books to get through.
Got lots for Christmas

Red - Currently Reading

Books

Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead
Misguided Angel - Melissa da la Cruz
Awakened - P.C Cast
Divided Souls - Gabrielle Poole
Bloodlust - Alex Duval
Initiation - Alex Duval
Ritual - Alex Duval
Legacy - Alex Duval
The Deceleration - Gemma Malley
The Resistance - Gemma Malley
Divine by Mistake - P.C Cast
Divine by Choice - P.C Cast
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
Linger - Maggie Stiefvater
Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
Ink Exchange - Melissa Marr
Glass Houses - Rachel Caine
The Dead Girls Dance - Rachel Caine
Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine
Feast of Fools - Rachel Caine
Lord of Misrule - Rachel Caine
Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine
Fade Out - Rachel Caine
Evermore - Aylson Noel
Blue Moon - Aylson Noel
Shadow land - Aylson Noel
Second Glance - Jodi Picoult
Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult
Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty
Second Star to the Right - Deborah Hautzig
Running on Empty - Anna Paterson
Skin Game - Caroline Kettlewell
Smashed - Koren Zailckas
Spin Cycle - Zoe Strachman
Negative Space - Zoe Strachman
My Summer of Love - Helen Cross
The Host - Stephanie Meyer

elaine12022

Hi everybody

Just had a quick relook at my 'Clear Your Clutter' book by Karen Kingston. She has a section on people with lots of books. By clearing out excess books she says you can make room for new interests & relationships.

I was spurred on before Christmas, have finished 'The Weaker Vessel' by Antonia Fraser, and one of the books about the Civil War, Also the book by John McCarthy & Jill Morrell about the time he was a hostage in Beirut. Enjoyed all these.

One novel about the Gunpowder Plot has gone to my mother.

Now have on the Go 'The Secret Life of Water' by Masaru Emoto (amazing book, the pictures of water crystals are so interesting, did you know water responds to different words in different ways? ), I'm still on a book about the British constitution, (nearly finished) and another book on the Civil War. Also a book about Celtic things, a novel about Welsh life about 100 years ago(nearly finished this too) and the autobiography of a Welsh Punk Rocker (hadn't realised how well known the group had been). Oh and a John Grisham novel. (this won't take me long I don't think).

Have only acquired 2 new books - one I was given for Christmas, old Celtic tales. And one came free with a magasine!