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Self Inflicted Library Overwhelm.

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OneBookTooMany · 22/11/2025 10:51

I read a lot. I have many, many books on my TBR pile-I like this and I like adding to it!

But now, because I didn't want to buy more and more new hardbacks, I decided to join the library and, as sure as night follows day, I have allowed that list to get out of control.

I currently have 10 loans-4 are read and ready to be returned today, as well as another that I haven't read as someone else has reserved it. I another 20 on my reserve list, five of which have come in this morning.

I want all these library books-I cannot, I just can't, cancel my reserve list although I should or at least stop reading reviews and then dashing to add them to my library list. I have pulled back from buying books for my TBR.

I am beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed, as library dates mean I have to read in order and my TBR never shrinks because I am frantically reading library books. I do want to read them, I'm not ordering books that I don't want to read.

I know what the solution is but I can't implement it. Am I the only twit to have got herself into this situation or are there more of us?

OP posts:
Tryingatleast · 06/12/2025 22:49

Op you need to start making lists of your absolutely have to be read as opposed to a normal tbr, otherwise it’s going to start getting ridiculously stressful. I think a lot of us bookworms have tentancies that err on the side of addiction!

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