How many books do you get per month?

[Guest radjack]

Just wondering how many books do you buy/swap/get per month?

 

Edited July 6, 2008 by radjack

[Nici]

That varies from month to month for me. For example, I didn't get any last month and this month (only 6 days in LOL) 14 books have come into my house!

 

I really have to stop.......

[The Library Nook]

Varies from month to month but to be honest I try not to count.

[tbain]

It also varies with me but most weeks I do tend to buy at least one book. Just lately I have been buying two or three every week.

[Echo]

Of course, it varies, but generally I bring home about 5 or 6 books a month, often from Borders and used book stores. But during lean times, it can be more like 2 or 3.

[Kell]

Seeing as how I'm taking part in the "Read 3, Buy 1" thread, my book buying has come crashing almost to a standstill. Not so long ago, I would think nothing of coming home with half a dozen books every couple of weeks and ordering a few online in between time, but I'm trying to be very good at the moment and bring down the size of Mount TBR!

[Kylie]

Mine varies as well. Like Kell, since I joined the 'read 3, buy 1' support group, my buying has almost come to a standstill.

 

At worst (or best? ) this year, I bought 22 books. In the past 2 months, I've only bought 4 books in total.

[Tambo]

Currently, I have a self imposed limit of 2 new books per month as I'm on a budget.

 

I'm looking to branch out into things like bookmooch.

[aromaannie]

I reckon on average around 6 a month

[Sedge]

Due to my huge TBR pile I've successfully stopped myself from buying any more books for a few weeks. Unfortunately we now have 2 weeks off work and I can hear Waterstones calling. Why fight it?

[Kate]

Due to my huge TBR pile I've successfully stopped myself from buying any more books for a few weeks. Unfortunately we now have 2 weeks off work and I can hear Waterstones calling. Why fight it?

 

Not to be a bad influence or anything...but do it!!!

 

I used to buy tons of books so I joined the "Read three buy one" support group and haven't purchased a book in ages. I am getting withdrawal symptoms though....

[Talisman]

I think I have bought around 6 maybe all year - but I have also been sent copies by self published friends that I exchanged my own book for, and borrow quite a lot from the library as well. I also tend to re-read a lot of the books that I do have, especially non-fiction, more than once.

 

Have just won

[~Andrea~]

Have just won

[Loopyloo100]

Already this month I have acquired 6 additions to my collection of books and I've borrowed another 3 from the library. I am trying hard at the moment to calm down a little as I have more than enough to be reading and also having 2 books on the go at once is unusual for me.

[Freewheeling Andy]

I've acquired no books this month. And, given the increasingly slow rate at which I've been reading, that is no bad thing.

[Guest radjack]

So long i got 3 new books this month, but i'm about to get 2 new ones (suggestions?)

[grammyva]

I returned two books yesterday to my library and picked up four more that were on reserve for me. I get an average of 8 per month. BTW, I don't buy books except as gifts as I formerly worked at the library and I use it to the max!

 

Grammyva

[Kate]

Blimey - this month I've bought one book, but got another free, I got 4 out the library and had 4 sent to me.....

[literarisch]

It varies.. some months I'll get 5 or 6. Some months none.

 

But I'd say on average I get about 1 or 2 a month..

 

In a few weeks I'll be in the states for about 3 weeks. I'm sooo excited! There are so many books I want to get and the exchange rate is so good!

[petit_canard25]

At the library I usually take out at least 3 maybe 4...

 

I have 4 books at home right now, and i have quite a few that I read off the computer as well..such a bookworm..my co-workers call me Linus from Charlie Brown because I always have a book with me

[Ruth]

Oh dear, I should be hanging my head in shame. I tend to buy about 4 or 5 books a week, and despite reading constantly, I can't read them all as quickly as that. However, I really do intend to stop buying any for at least a couple of months, and then try and reduce the amount I buy - honest!

[petit_canard25]

Oh dear, I should be hanging my head in shame. I tend to buy about 4 or 5 books a week, and despite reading constantly, I can't read them all as quickly as that. However, I really do intend to stop buying any for at least a couple of months, and then try and reduce the amount I buy - honest!

OH MY GOD...a week....that's amazing...it gets addicting doesn't it?

[TashaG]

Oh dear, I should be hanging my head in shame. I tend to buy about 4 or 5 books a week, and despite reading constantly, I can't read them all as quickly as that. However, I really do intend to stop buying any for at least a couple of months, and then try and reduce the amount I buy - honest!

 

I don't quite buy 4 or 5 a week, but I am guilty of buying them quicker than I can read them! Went to pick Mum up from work today (she works in a library) and have decided that I will limit my buying of books to when I want something specific that isn't available from the library or has a long hold list or if friends buy me vouchers as a present! Not sure I will be able to manage it though, I just love the smell and feel of a brand new unread book!

[Jules2]

I must admit, I don't really think about how many books I buy, but it is rare for me to go into tesco's without buying a couple of books (well they get lonely on their own!) and then there is the Friday wind-down at Borders when I find myself buying at least one more. I would say, I must buy about 7-8 a month but I am trying to cut down a little as I can't read that fast and I'm running out of room to keep them.

 

Jules

[supergran71]

I am trying very hard not to buy more books at the moment, because of my TBR pile, but somes if I spot a second hand version of one I want or would like and its, say, only 50p or