Lucybird Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Before I joined here my TBR pile was never more than 3 books, now just my paperback TBRs are at 25 and I have no idea how many are on my kindle. The blog doesn't help either, I've had to close to review requests because it's getting out of hand. My wishlist is worse, it's about 7 pages long on amazon. Edited January 13, 2013 by Lucybird Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 My wishlist is worse, it's about 7 pages long on amazon. I dream of a wishlist that small - mine currently stands at just over 400!!!! I blame frankie, poppyshake, vodkafan, Chrissy, Janet, lauraloves, Michelle, chaliepud et al. Quote
ashleighjane Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Well I just bought 4 new books, and I have no idea when I will read them - so I definitely buy more than I can ever possibly read! Quote
Lucybird Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 I dream of a wishlist that small - mine currently stands at just over 400!!!! I blame frankie, poppyshake, vodkafan, Chrissy, Janet, lauraloves, Michelle, chaliepud et al. lol. That makes me sound quite restrained! Quote
emelee Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 I buy so many books it's ridiculous. I think I own about 400 books that I have not read yet, and I want to place a new order later this month. I am the same way when it comes to DVDs -- and pretty much everything else too. I love shopping, and I think I need or will love everything. My theme song should be "I want it all" by Queen. Quote
frankie Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 I dream of a wishlist that small - mine currently stands at just over 400!!!! I blame frankie, poppyshake, vodkafan, Chrissy, Janet, lauraloves, Michelle, chaliepud et al. The blame game is a two-way street kinda game, you know Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 The blame game is a two-way street kinda game, you know Rumbled Quote
lauraloves Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I dream of a wishlist that small - mine currently stands at just over 400!!!! I blame frankie, poppyshake, vodkafan, Chrissy, Janet, lauraloves, Michelle, chaliepud et al. I'm innocent However i do have a massively long wishlist which compliments my massively long TBR! P.S. Stop reading really good books please as I've just added another on your recommendation Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I'm innocent As if! P.S. Stop reading really good books please as I've just added another on your recommendation Mwah ha ha - if I had a moustache I'd be maniacally twirling it now Quote
Janet Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 I dream of a wishlist that small - mine currently stands at just over 400!!!! I blame frankie, poppyshake, vodkafan, Chrissy, Janet, lauraloves, Michelle, chaliepud et al. Yes, those people (and you!) are to blame for long wish lists! I'm very impressed with a 400 page wish list! I have 8 wish lists to do with books on Amazon, but the largest of those is only 6 pages long! Quote
chesilbeach Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 Ooh, not quite that bad, I meant 400 books not 400 pages! It's over 400 books spread across 20 wishlists Quote
Janet Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 Ooh, not quite that bad, I meant 400 books not 400 pages! It's over 400 books spread across 20 wishlists Ah right - that makes more sense! Quote
Nollaig Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 400 pages of books - wow! That would be some wishlist! As I was getting ready for work this morning, I spied The Magician King sitting on my bed under The Magicians, which I dug out to re-read first. I bought The Magician King as soon as I heard about it, because it was imperative reading, and here I am several weeks later, having forgotten all about it because I'm too busy reading other things! This is a very sorry state of affairs, and I'm going to have to manage my purchases a little better I think! On the plus side, before I joined this forum I never read at all, because I didn't have a clue where to start with adult books, so even if I'm buying too many, that's better than buying none at all Quote
Kylie Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 (On a side note, I'm looking forward to reading Kylie's reply to this!). Yep, me aswell! Well I think you probably already know the answer! I don't know how many I bought last year, but I bought around 1 and a 1/2 books per day in 2011 (you do the math). I am determined not to buy as many this year, but it still gives me a lot of leeway! Seriously though...I obviously have a slight problem with buying more books than I can ever hope to read (especially if I keep going the way I am). I am a bit more skint than I used to be, so that will hopefully take the shine off my book buying a little. Somewhere in the near future, I hope to have a year in which I read more than I buy (although that will probably mean I am flat broke and living in a box somewhere with all the books I can carry). Quote
lauraloves Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 As if! Mwah ha ha - if I had a moustache I'd be maniacally twirling it now Hehe well a girl can dream Quote
emelee Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Just "accidentally" ordered 4 more books. I won't be able to finish all books I buy even if I was forever without a job and lived until I was 100. Quote
whitegold Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I definitely buy way more than I read. I love book browsing. I love flipping through books. And I love buying them. I just wish I could read 500x faster to keep up with my book buying! Quote
madcow Posted January 23, 2013 Posted January 23, 2013 I still haven't written them all down I might go through box by box this year and write them down and see if anything jumps out at me! I got over 600 books for £25 last year. Won an auction on eBay and went to pick them up not expecting too much and ended up with some fantastic reads, some were brand new too! O M G that's amazing you lucky thing. There's a long queue, no cutting in line! She's had to beat us with a stick to get back, to stop us from drooling over her boxes of books... Slopes off slowly to join the queue.......... If you are looking for good homes for any extra books I sure we could all help out... Here here!!! Ok I'm guilty as charged, I've lost count of Mt TBR but I don't care Even loss of my mojo didn't stop me buying more books, I have started to refrain from looking in shops but only cos' i can buy for my kindle and that way hubby doesn't know I've bought any lol Quote
Timstar Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 As with most people on here I buy too many books, and as with most people this is the year I will be cutting back and getting my TBR pile down Quote
SueK Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Guilty as charged too! I buy far too many more than I can read. I wish I had four pairs of eyes! I also blame the Kindle Daily Deal I mean how can you resist some of them at 99p each. I don't see myself cutting back though. Quote
Kell Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I definitely do. That's part of what led me to include not buying any books for myself this year on my list of 52 things in 52 weeks challenges this year! So fa I've managed not to buy any, but it's really tough! I keep seeing all these marvelous books I want to pick up and take home with me. Fortunately, I am allowing myself to receive books from others as gifts, or for reviewing purposes, and I am allowed to borrow books from the library or from friends, but I am not allowed to spend on single penny on books for me. Of course, this means my books buying frenzy for Xander will be immense come birthday and Xmas time - LOL! So, till the end of the year, I can only read: books I already own books I am given as gifts books I am sent to review books I borrow from the library books I borrow from friends As I have about 50 books sitting on the shelf at home that I have yet to read, I don't think I'll run out of reading material any time soon! Quote
Athena Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Wow, that's really strong of you Kell! Good luck with it . Quote
bobblybear Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I also blame the Kindle Daily Deal I mean how can you resist some of them at 99p each. I don't see myself cutting back though. I think this was my downfall last year. I've been a lot better so far this year (early days though, isn't it?), and resisted buying books just because they sound interesting. I only plan on buying the Daily Deals if it's something that I already have on my Wishlist. Quote
chaliepud Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 I think this was my downfall last year. I've been a lot better so far this year (early days though, isn't it?), and resisted buying books just because they sound interesting. I only plan on buying the Daily Deals if it's something that I already have on my Wishlist. This was another reason why I went for the kobo, not so many good deals! Quote
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