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

blindtoast

I have discovered a great new app on my phone - book pace. Its making me read more than i usually would. You put in the book you're reading and a date to start and finish - it then tells you how many pages you need to read each day and if you're on target or not. It has made me keep picking up the book I'm reading thinking just one more chapter and I'll be ahead of schedule!

mrs-moneypenny

i do a similar thing with the goodreads book challenge, i like to stay ahead of shedule on my amount of books ive chosen for the year. but with that you just have an amount of books the number of pages doesnt really come into it.

really enjoying the shepherds song, its very 'Godly' - a lady writes the 23 psalm out for her teenage son, who then has a huge row with her about pushing her religion down his throat, he stuffs the psalm into his coat pocket and storms off to college she goes off to do her days chores which includes taking sons coat to the dry cleaners on the way home she is involved in a really bad car crash and is left fighting for her life, as she drifts into unconsciousness she prays that her life will make make or have made a difference. The snow continues to fall heavily so the dry cleaners 'borrows' the coat she left deciding to return it the next day walking home in the snow and feeling very alone he finds the paper and reads the psalm finding comfort in its message. He meets someone and the psalm travels on the story follows the psalm written with love and prayer in each line as it travels the world bringing comfort and making changes to the lives it crosses.

DigForVictory

Forgive me if it has already been mentioned, but my household (current & parents') suffers from "tsundoku" - the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books.

Once we'd found the word, my mother was startled to see Dad print several neat labels with it, identifying the piles he was planning to get around to rathwer than piles awaiting more bookcasing. It's become a very popular gift to friends, who also suffer....

mrs-moneypenny

thanks digforvictory, i didnt even know there was a word for it. i used to be really terrible, id buy books because i liked the covers or because i thought it was one every home should have and they just seemed to pile up. then once i did start reading and found so much pleasure in it i was keeping the books so the problem got even worse. Now unless its an absolute keeper (Philippa Gregory, Mitch Albom and the book thief fall into this category) i take more pleasure from passing them i believing that a book was made to be read not to sit on a shelf somewhere gathering dust. I still have a huge amount of books to get through but now as i read them i pass them on to other who i think will enjoy them. Afterall there are so many brilliant books out there i very much doubt i will read the same ones again.

Shop-Til-You-Drop

Hiya everyone. Newbie here. I am the same, there are so many books I have piled up to read. When I left uni in April I was so looking forward to having more time to read for pleasure...how wrong I was, the only thing I seem to have had time for is to work more!

I have a long haul flight next month so I'm going to take 3 with me then and I'm also doing a book challenge on GoodReads and set myself a target of 12 a year. Sounds so few I know and makes my inner bookworm squirm but I work 2 jobs and time just seems to run away from me.

PatientMummy

Hi there, another newbie here. Is it OK if I join in on this challenge also? I have far too many books that I have bought and never read, need to get my pile down to an acceptable level.

mrs-moneypenny

welcome Shop-Til-You-Drop and PatientMummy, its always lovely to have new people in the thread. i know we shouldnt admit it but its lovely hearing what others are reading so we get recommendations for other great books we are missing out on

started the secret life of the titanic at the hairdressers this morning, it seems a bit of a chiclit book, i bought it at a charity table top sale a couple of years ago just because i felt i had to buy something. will be a read and pass on i think.

Happygreen

Thanks for the invite, Mrs-M , here I am! :T
We could add a swap shop or exchange for postage cost if somone really wants a book one of us has finished? Most of mine go to the local cat charity shop but it might be nice ?

I'm just about to finish Ian Rankin's "A good hanging" (Rebus short stories)

mrs-moneypenny

iwelcome happygreen glad youve joined us.

the offical MSE line is that we cant as we arnet supposed to swap addy etc details but if something mentioned catches someone else eye im pretty sure ays can be found;)

i always mention after i finish a book if its one i want to pass on:)

PatientMummy

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

welcome Shop-Til-You-Drop and PatientMummy, its always lovely to have new people in the thread. i know we shouldnt admit it but its lovely hearing what others are reading so we get recommendations for other great books we are missing out on

started the secret life of the titanic at the hairdressers this morning, it seems a bit of a chiclit book, i bought it at a charity table top sale a couple of years ago just because i felt i had to buy something. will be a read and pass on i think.

Thanks for the welcome

I'm currently reading The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver, I've seen the film and saw this book at a car boot sale not long ago for 25p so picked it up. Have to say I'm really enjoying it!