There are too many books, you guys.
I finished The Last Graduate yesterday (which I liked well enough to rec to my family), and I've got 6 ebooks out from the library, and 1 physical book (Because they had the first two in the trilogy in e-book, but not the third because...reasons?) And I was looking at them this morning to check how many of them have sequels, because then finishing that book just adds another book to the pile.
2 of the e-books are the final in a trilogy (Last Emperox and Empire of Gold). The physical book is (Acceptance). And one of the e-books is a stand-alone collection of short stories.
I'm also on 9 waitlists (one is ready to borrow, but I'm putting it off till tomorrow to buy me an extra day). At least 7 of them are part of a series.
There are too many books, you guys.
And more keep being written! It's a problem.
There are too many books, you guys.
I am sad to admit that not only do I have no hope of ever making it through my "to be read" pile, lately I have been noticing books on my shelves and realizing, "I know I've read that, but I don't remember it at all."
Being an adult reader sucks. I miss my younger days when I could just spend the weekend devouring a book or two without worrying about all the stuff I should be doing instead. My to be read pile is getting ridiculous, both with fiction and with RPG sourcebooks.
There are too many books, you guys.
I weeded out the bookshelves after Christmas because there was no room for the new books I got for Christmas (and got myself before Christmas). And the thing is, I ended up with 3 Trader Joe's bags full of books (well, like 2/3 full, because a full bag of books is fucking heavy), and there's no open space on my shelves. They're full. The only difference is that the shelves aren't double-stacked any more. For now.
Teppy, same - the only reason I have space on my shelves is down to having lent multiple books to people (for example, Ken has all of my Murderbot); if they ever give them back, I'm screwed.
I've resorted to dropping books I know I'm not going to reread in my building's laundry room, which is kind of an ad hoc freecycle spot. Otherwise ... well, I could use another bookshelf.
I'd have to subdivide a room using bookshelves for the divider--I have no more wall space.
...of course I could always hang more wall art on the back of the bookshelves... Hmm.
There used to be a used bookstore in the area called (appropriately) Chaos Unlimited. It was on the second and third stories of an old townhouse and had bookshelves used as room dividers. They had to put up a sign with an arrow saying "upstairs went thataway". And you frequently had to step over the cat who, of course, liked to lie in the middle of the doorway.
