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

Heartland

Can you count me in please - hopefully it will give me some encouragement to read the books I've purchased and not even attempted to start

blindtoast

I must confess an incoming over the weekend. Took loads of bags to the charity shop and only came out with a book and a birthday present so not bad. The book was The vintage teacup club and only cost 49p so don't feel too bad!

Thrifty_Pixie

Greetings peeps.

Finished a book over the snowy weekend:

Book #3
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran - 5/5

This was a really funny, intelligent read.

Now I'm about 2/3 of the way through book #4 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

And none bought!!! :j

Peace,
TP
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mrs-moneypenny

Thrifty_Pixie wrote: »

Greetings peeps.

Finished a book over the snowy weekend:

Book #3
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran - 5/5

This was a really funny, intelligent read.

Now I'm about 2/3 of the way through book #4 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

And none bought!!! :j

Peace,
TP
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thanks for the recomendation i admit picking that up at the carboot last year its on my tbr [STRIKE]pile[/STRIKE]mountain

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

miss_scrooge wrote: »

Been reading 6 books read a bit of one book and put it down then the next book etc.Have a gap on my bookshelf now haven't seen one that big in years.I stop reading book after the 2nd page if can't get it in my head.Can't believe had some books on my shelves for years and when I get round to reading them find out not worth reading.Bookcrossing mine after finished them so if I don't read them someone else will.

A suggestion http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Books-Joe-Queenan/dp/0670025828/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358863764&sr=1-1
You should read this book as Queenan reads 14 x books at a time. He may not return to a book until after 20 years but he gets back to them in the end!
I have 14 on my goodreads reading at the moment list!!!:money::money::beer::beer:

Thrifty_Pixie

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

thanks for the recomendation i admit picking that up at the carboot last year its on my tbr [STRIKE]pile[/STRIKE]mountain

it actually had me laughing out loud, so i hope you enjoy it!

Thrifty_Pixie

Greetings!

Another one down:

Book #4
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

This was a great, quick read. Possible the best YA fantasy book I've read in quite a while.

Now onwards to #5...

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

TP
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ruby_eskimo

Hi everyone! I seem to be making epic progress on the to be read mountain of books. I finished one shelf last year and now have almost finished a second! Only one more to go and then I can start buying again!

Finished;

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Now on to When God Was a Rabbit. Liking it so far!

Blondie54321

The title of this thread caught my eye. A couple of days ago I joined Good Reads and can't believe how many books I had to enter on my 'to read' shelf.

I consider myself to be a fast reader and I read nearly every night but apparently I can buy books quicker!

Since buying a kindle I've neglected my full bookshelves but I'm now determined to read all those books I've paid good money for over the years....once I've finished entering them on the app and get a total figure

Thrifty_Pixie

I was wondering how many of you have a database/spreadsheet/paper list of your book collections?

I realised a few years back that if I were to have a house fire (heaven forbid) I would never remember all of the books I had owned, and would possibly never be able to afford to replace them all anyway! So when I could eventually afford to take out contents insurance I decided to tackle the mammoth task of cataloguing them all. I must admit it also pandered to my slight OCD tendencies too

So now I have a (fairly) simple Excel worksheet list with the following fields:

Status - currently reading/next reads/readNrid

Approx Purchase Date - this was a little harder to remember, but is meant to prompt me to read more that have been languishing on the shelves for the longest time

ISBN - in progress, but it's very time consuming...
Title
Author
Genre
Cover Type

Notes - first editions/special editions/details of co-writers or illustrators/note of gifters

In Progress
Read
Date Read
To Read
Reference
Need to Restart

- the last 6 fields to aid me with my stats.

This is how I know, at a glance, that I have far too many books :rotfl:

I also have other sheets in the file for my DVDs and CDs.

Anyone else keep such a database...oh....and...who *ahem*...just LOVES keeping it updated?

TP
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