I can’t stop buying books!

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Help!

I picked up a huge stack in Asda for my holiday, which I then started to read.

Then I got some more on Amazon, which I’ve broken into.

Then I got even more in Asda today! I just can’t help myself! I’ve read five in five days!

You can but a) it’s a massive faff and b) only works if you know exactly what it is you want.

If you just want to browse a selection of good books then that’s harder.

Not everyone likes the same books. If the OP likes the books she’s bought from Asda, why would she stop buying books from Asda?

Ours is open 10-3 Weds- Friday!

Get a kindle - new releases are cheaper. Then Amazon to get anything that's not new cheap.

Ask around family and friends and get a book swap circle going, we pencil our initials inside the front cover to keep track of what we’ve read. Then they go to charity.

I volunteer in a charity shop that does this. So I buy 3, read them then re donate. It’s cheaper than getting to the library.

Normally I recommend Libby and signing up to multiple libraries for this problem. It works brilliantly for me as I read widely and across genres (not a snob - just as happy with fantasy as with lit fic). I have read 70 books so far this year and spent about £20 thanks to Libby.

But I tried to do this for my mum and realised book availability on Libby depends very much on the kind of books you read. She reads only crime and thriller and the waiting lists are looooong!

Since Asda tends to stock the latest bestsellers, I imagine the OP would not have much luck getting books from Libby when she wants them. But charity shops are full of the latest bestsellers so may be a good option if money or space is the problem.

It's a nice problem to have!

I'm shocked at the difference in library services. In Ireland we can order any titles from any of the libraries in country and they are delivered to your local library for you. I very often get brand new releases I've pre-ordered and get the first copy to read the week it comes out. We can have 12 books out at a time and 12 on order. And even in my small town the library is open 10-5 6 days a week and until 8pm two evenings. And now they have newspaper subscriptions and electronic borrow box etc.

I used to work in council services in UK back in 2010 or a few years during austerity when they started to defund libraries, and running some with volunteers etc and it makes me so sad to see what's happened in the UK library system.

It's not drugs or alcohol!

I have one, but I’m a not a huge fan of the fact you can’t sell them on after. At least with we buy books you can get a few quid back!

You can join any boroughs online libraries without having to visit a branch, just sign up online. I’m a member of about 8 of my neighbouring boroughs libraries and have never been to an actual building in some of them 🙈 Between BorrowBox and Libby, there is always lots available. You can filter by books that are ready now or reserve them.

Reminds me of when my nan got given 50 shades of grey by a joking cousin.

It was found, 17 pages in, next to her bedside when she was rushed to hospital with a stroke! We still laugh ow 🤣

It’s such a shame. I remember going to the library as a child and taking out whole stacks of books.

I think you can order online now, but to be honest I don’t really feel that it’s worth it, because it takes so long to get them in.

I’m sorry, but I don’t see a problem here?

Your poor nan! Hope she recovered from the shock of it all.

I'm similar but I feel less guilty if I buy on vinted then resell. Most books sell for £1.

Ive read 80 books so far this year...probably 30 from library , 20 from charity shops and rest from ebay/ amazon.

I’ve bought 18 books in the last week 🤣 (and read 4!)

I only read on Kindle. I have hundreds of unread books (I've had a Kindle since about 2011) so now I only allow myself to buy books when they cost 99p.

Many books, even new/worthy ones that book snobs would consider appropriate are 99 p sooner or later and I'm never short of books to read, because I just read what I already have and wait until the ones on my wish list are 99 p. Therefore, seeing as I've paid so little for them, I don't feel I'm missing out by not being able to resell them.

But if your TBR pile is growing, you're practising the Japanese are of Tsundoku, which has got to be good.

Well my dh claims it's a hobby in and of itself....

Wish I could read that many that quickly! It generally takes me a week to get through a book if ignore all my other hobbies.

I have about 20 I want to read at the moment.

Here is the best crime thriller, translated from German, for you, by Duerrenmatt, you won't be able to put it down -

The Pledge

Please give it a try!

I overcame this by getting a Kindle and downloading books for free from Project Gutenberg, the library and the Libby app also help.

It is

Absolutely nothing wrong with this OP

Crack on!!!