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Book addiction (lemmus.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Do any of you just buy books to add them to your library?

Knowing you may not get to them for a while?

What do you do, do you only add it to your library if you read it?

Do you limit yourself when you see books and say you already have a waitlist at home?

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[–] HipPriest@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I used to be a sucker for doing this with real books and now because I don't have the storage space I'm just a sucker for doing it with ebooks!

I do only get books that I know I will actually want to read, and it may even take me a year or two to get to it/get around to finishing it but it's not usually a waste. It sometimes certainly is. But I think the ratio of books I'll read at some point/books I'll die without opening it's much better.

Either way I definitely always have a massive backlog.

I don't see this as a negative though - I always have something to read!

[–] Mickey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yup same here. I have an extensive ebook collection that I’ve been putting together for a while. It helps that I only get them while they’re on sale so it’s actually not too bad (I tell myself)! But yes there are a ton of them.

I have a whole list of books waiting for price drops as well that get added to the pile. My general rule is that if it’s <$5 and it’s on the list I get it.