When I read a book, I’m transported to another era, another place, even another universe. Reading is my escape, a way for me to forget all the stress and demands of this life, and delve into a realm of fantasy.
The draw back to this, is there are so many places I want to go, so many characters I want to meet. I can’t seem to stop finding new escape routes. I am a bibliophile with too many books and not enough time to really enjoy them.
Instead of reading the ones I have before getting new ones, I just keep getting new ones. So many that I had to get a separate bookcase for my ‘to-read’ stack.
I sometimes fantasize about having to be bed-ridden, unable to attend to my routine household chores, so that I can simply read, and read… and read.
I have managed to break the cycle of only buying hardcovers, paperbacks are so much nicer than they used to be. But.. day-um… it’s an expensive habit. I need to find a way to thin the herd, get rid of some of my accumulated library of novels.
I NEED to actually read more of them. This is my current stack of ‘in-progress’ books (banned books included). I’ve started reading each of these, and jumped to a new book at the slightest provocation. I will finish these before starting a new one… I will read the books lining my bookcases before buying more.
What I really need to do is renew my friendship with our local library. That would be epic… and a lot cheaper.
Day 16 – 30 Days of Shamelessness: spend money on a non-necessity or share a financial struggle
Thin spiral notebook 
you make me want to really get back into reading again. perhaps i will see the library tonight! 🙂
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LOL….I’ve read four of the books in your second photo.
You know I”m all about the library!!
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I love reading as well. I have two books on the go right now and mutiple boxes to go through as well. Good luck.
Lynn
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I am in the exact same situation. And, my local library was just diagnosed with bedbugs, so what can I do?
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I read 2 at a time & won’t start a new til I finish one of the 2…because it just works better for me that way. When I hear someone say: Oh, I don’t really read…it is incomprehensible to me. You could donate the ones you are through with(if you are through with any ;0); I bring mine to the food pantry I volunteer at & they all get scooped up in record speed.
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I have a jones for books – it’s almost impossible for me to pass a bookstore and not feel “The Tug” as they try to draw me in. Usually, they win.
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You are not alone. I have a big addictions to books, and like you, I keep buying. I don’t think I can live long enough to read all the books. I have four big bookshelves and one big one built into the wall near the fireplace.
LOL I thought the same thing about the library, but then I forget to return them and end up paying fines LOL.
Hugs!!!
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You book addiction is my wife’s movie addiction is my CD addiction.
That book shelf looks like our shelves of movies and CDs ( and some books).
I need to read that Chuck Palachnik Diary.
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I suffer the same addiction, but at least I’ve managed to address the clutter and traveling’s a whole lot easier. I went to Brazil on business for a month back in the day, and I took 50 (!) paperbacks with me. Who knew you could buy English books in the drug store?
I got a Kindle. Two years ago. I was prepared to hate it. I mean, there’s the whole tactile thing: the smell of the paper, the sound of the pages, the heft of the unknown in your hands. I was wrong. I love it. I still carry around 50 books, plus magazines and a newspaper, but the package never gets heavier. And I have a policy to never spend more than $9.99 on a book. Since publishers are on to people like me — they now price the new Kindle releases around $12-14.99 — I sometimes have to add a book to my Wish List and wait until the price comes down. That’s OK. I’m patient.
Oh, and did I say I love my Kindle?
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