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

ruby_eskimo

I freaking love Jo Nesbo and urge everyone to read his books. Met him a couple of times and he's a lovely guy too. Right, time to stop fangirling now...

Hi everyone, been a bit absent but have been reading lots still. Have also cleared out my bookshelves of all the books I won't read again; now just need to try and get rid of them!

Currently reading "The Great Perhaps" by Joe Meno and should have it done by the end of the week. Have officially hit my target of 56 books to be read this year but I'm going to try and get through as many as I can in the next 6 weeks. Have about 30 left on the TBR pile and then I can start buying again!

mrs-moneypenny

the christmas paperbacks have been broken into, i started on a winters tale this week after finishing chocolate wishes - both by the same author trisha ashley and about the same area and people, really enjoying the christmassy one and can hardly put it down, ill be wishing for snow next!!

FrugalinShropshire

Well I finished Jambusters, a great history of the Womens Institute during WW2, very inspirational!
I am now reading Counselling for Toads. The pile of half read books by the bed is getting smaller

mrs-moneypenny

done nothing much today apart from finish reading a winter's tale. im now on the magic of Christmas also by Trisha Ashley

Gem-gem

Someone at work is having a turnout as they are moving abroad - I received 5 books - will post titles over the next few days.

FrugalinShropshire

I stayed up late to finish Counselling for Toads by Robert de Board, a short book based on Wind in the Willows where Toad is depressed and experiences counselling. It was a sweet story and a great insight into transactional analysis.

Happygreen

I just finished 2 from the library.
"Life's Golden Ticket" by the motivational speaker I mentioned last week, Brendon Burchart. He calls it an "inspirational novel", which in a way it is - a very different page-turner from what I read normally.
In the kitchen I had "Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers" by Alexander McCallSmith. I enjoyed all of his Scotland based books but I don't have to own them!
Next will be one I had started earlier from the beside table pile, will keep you posted on what I decide.

Thrifty_Pixie

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

LOL. thrifty and thats only if you dont spot and more books you NEED to add to your list.

EXACTLY! my wishlists on Amazon and Goodreads are ridiculous. but NEXT year I am REALLY going to try and get some sort of system going....like read 3 books and can then buy 1? something like that

Thrifty_Pixie

hi folks :coffee:

we've had a quiet weekend, as we had to postpone garden tidying because of all the wet weather. therefore I have got a fair bit of reading done:

#56/60 The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher 5/5 - this is a comfort re-read for me

#57/60 The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer 5/5 - I cannot believe this is a debut novel. it's such a touching story of mental illness and written with such command of intertwining narratives. greatly enjoyed.

i'm now reading Dissolution by C.J. Sansom. I've read this one before a while back, but i'm re-reading it to remind myself before I move onto the other 4 I have in the series...in a teetering pile at the foot of the bookcases in the dining room

finishing #56 up there saw me pass my goal of reading 15,000 pages this year too (to avoid the temptation to pick up short or children's books to meet my 60 target!), so am pleased about that.

hope everyone's well!

pip pip
TP

Happygreen

Thrifty_Pixie wrote: »

EXACTLY! my wishlists on Amazon and Goodreads are ridiculous. but NEXT year I am REALLY going to try and get some sort of system going....like read 3 books and can then buy 1? something like that

The only list I have is with the library's on-line catalogue, lol. I even had to restrain myself with the reserving service as I can't keep up in the kitchen with all the new stuff on audio....
2015 will be year 4 of "no new books" - that includes cast-offs from friends (or "read-this-then-return-it-to-mes") until all others are shelved or gone. It's interesting as this year I have failed only twice, one for a cookery book and another at a charity sale as I had wanted that book for years - and guess what, I have still not read it! . If I'm really honest, I won't have to buy any books for the rest of my life....EVER (and I just found a bag of Terry Pratchet's paperbacks in the shed - are they any good?) I am also stunned to see that DD2 is turning out to be a 16-year old mirror-me! She collects books :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: