A year of no book buying. Anyone care to join me?

[Parisbanana]

I've had a dummy run, starting at the beginning of the school year in September, just so it didn't seem too daunting! But so far I'm embracing it. I buy a lot of books generally and just thought we'd got so many in the house. I do read the vast majority of what I buy, but I do have books I haven't read, and my husband and teenage kids have some great books I would love to read.
So over the past 3 months I have definitely decreased my bedside pile. I am currently reading A Christmas Carol which dh reads every December but I never have. It's quite a joy to browse our book cases and spot things I haven't read and think this is the year I'll get round to it! Or to reread old favourites.
And I've just been made redundant so tightening the book buying belt is even more important.

Anyone fancy giving it a go?

Currently reading book 4 - A Boy Made of Blocks.

Fell off the thread. No books bought. Just finished a crappy thriller and taking beyond forever to plod through delusions of gender on kindle.

Read two short self help books on kindle. Plodding through 'I am Pilgrim'. It's really good it's just long (not in a bad way!).

I rang Audible and put my membership on hold for three months to give me time to get through some of the unlistened to books. I have about fifteen, so many hours of listening.

I have managed to read the grand total of one book from the hundreds of actual real books in the house. It's a Jodi Picoult (I'm not a fan) so will pass it on afterwards as I will never re-read it.

I started reading The Bronze Horseman on my Kindle as I'd heard such great things about it, but I'm finding it naff. Continue or give up?

I have been to the library twice this week (different county library services) to borrow books for my children and I borrowed books for me too even though I probably won't read them. It was more just to support the libraries to be honest as they're under threat of closure. So I am going to keep on visiting and borrowing every week as it's a service I really don't want to lose.

Which Jodi picoult was it? I do enjoy them but there are a few I'm not totally keen on!

crap. I would give up after about 50-100 pages life is too short & too many good books to read.

I have three books out at moment from the library. I just can't seem to resist. 🤔

Absolutely not! A life without books ain't worth living!

If you have read them and don't want them ;ying around, then Oxfam has bookshops.

Or get a kindle!

Blossom we aren't giving up books just trying not to buy more and work on our TBR piles or borrow from libraries

Blossom - what Matilda said! I've so many unread books on my Kindle and lots of unread actual books in the house that I want to get read before I buy any more. If I buy new I tend to read them and end up never getting around to older purchases.

Yes it's not giving up on books just giving up on spending money on them :o :o

I have over 100 unread books on my kindle and at least 50 actual books round the house, so I'm definitely not giving up books, just not buying more until I've read all those!

Nearly finished my fifth book. Today I went into Waterstones and bought 2 books for my godson. His birthday is not until May, I just wanted the excuse to smell books and look at them....

Still none bought here. DH has bought himself loads and its giving me the rage!

oh lawks. I sent for 4 books from the book people for my Mum, thinking they would be nice for Mother's Day, My sister did the same. So now I have bought 4 books by mistake. I have only read 4 since January. All my hard work wiped out

I need to confess....I fell off the wagon and bought a couple of 99p kindle books that have been on my TBR list for a while (The Revenant and The Burgess Boys) and due to library reservations all appearing incredibly quickly all at once still haven't read any paper books I actually own!

I think although there have been a few slips and forgotten preorders! this thread is still doing us a favour as we're very conscious about what we're buying. I never used to think twice about buying 99p books!

I've fallen off the wagon too.

Watched Outlander and was bereft after it finished so wanted to read the books again so bought the first one on Kindle. Read them when they first came out and I know they are badly written tosh for the most part but I don't care!

And yes agree wth Matilda- I'm definitely more conscious. And I have read some of my unread pile.

Book 11 How I Lost You - Jenny Blackhurst is now finished and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Now just to pick the next book from the never ending list

I really enjoyed that one Matilda I think I have another if hers to read there too 🙊

Giving up on A Boy Made of Blocks halfway through and can't go on. Shame as friends had raved about it!

I'm sure I have another one by her too divergent

I'm now onto The Girls - Lisa Jewell and enjoying it so far.

Never head of a boy made of blocks.. what was it that made you give up?

I'm such a slow reader lately so I've only finished one book from before Christmas (The Book of You - meh), read one other (The Teacher - so bad I'm actually bothering to leave an amazon review) and I'm STILL ploughing through delusions of gender.

I've started the Rosie Effect though - super fast read, I really loved the first one as the main character Don is so relatable (I am autistic) and I'm reading a manga as well

I just don't feel anything has happened in it. It's just plodding along and life is too short 😩

Really enjoyed the Rosie books

I confess.....

Today I bought A place called Winter.

By Patrick Gayle . Who is wonderful.

Just did not resist for more than about 40 seconds.

About to start it now . Very excited.

Oh dear.

I was recommended a book on a thread about writing memoirs and I'm really pleased because I found that it's in stock at my local library so wouldn't even need to pay a reservation fee. So I can borrow it when I'm next there! :)

The OP makes me feel panicky, I can't bear to read the whole thread (lovingly strokes her three new books that she won't read for another year)