Currently feeling this. I have a couple paperbacks I’ve been meaning to read but never get to so they stand as great decoration and a stack of possibilities. In contrast, my audiobook collection is mostly read. It’s easier for me to read books that way and I don’t get as much guilt about having not read something because it doesn’t take up physical space.
I feel like this all the time. Recently, I’ve been trying out a book buying ban, and it’s a double-edged sword. Sometimes, it helps me look upon my TBR pile with renewed interest, but other times it just makes me mourn all the books I’ve got in my wishlist (sitting at 973 at the moment), none of which I’ll be able to experience until my self imposed ban is over. Worse still, I haven’t set an end date yet. I suppose I should, then it might be easier to bear.
Currently feeling this. I have a couple paperbacks I’ve been meaning to read but never get to so they stand as great decoration and a stack of possibilities. In contrast, my audiobook collection is mostly read. It’s easier for me to read books that way and I don’t get as much guilt about having not read something because it doesn’t take up physical space.
I feel like this all the time. Recently, I’ve been trying out a book buying ban, and it’s a double-edged sword. Sometimes, it helps me look upon my TBR pile with renewed interest, but other times it just makes me mourn all the books I’ve got in my wishlist (sitting at 973 at the moment), none of which I’ll be able to experience until my self imposed ban is over. Worse still, I haven’t set an end date yet. I suppose I should, then it might be easier to bear.
Great post. Kind of an intellectual version of induced demand.