Bookfast Update
Jul. 20th, 2011 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julieandrewsWell, the bookfast has slowed the flood of books I'm bringing into the house to a trickle, but it's still not non-existent. First there was the Amazon order I'd placed May 31st. Then there was the pre-order I'd nearly forgotten about that finally shipped. Then there was contributor's copies!
Plus I can borrow books for Triple Take, which means not just the book we're reading that month, but the Nebula novels, and the quarterly selection of all the Little House books. And I can't read A Strange Stirring without first reading The Feminine Mystique, right?
So books keep coming in. Somehow.
I think it's actually negatively impacted my reading though. I haven't read and completed too many books in the last 6 weeks. Been playing games, watching TV, borrowing DVDs because I let myself borrow DVDs from the library. And then I just bought HP 7.1 and all of Buffy (free birthday present to myself with Amazon points!)
I haven't reduced the number of library books I actually have checked out by more than a couple. But at least I haven't made that situation worse.
I might have to go on a longer bookfast, but I'm looking forward to being able to buy books again, or bring home books that look interesting in the moment, or put holds on books I'm eager to read..
Really must whittle down that library book stack(s).
Well, I'll be level 50 in Empires & Allies soon, and that game will get boring after that.. so at least there's that. Except then I also started playing Gardens of Time. (Despite all the Time Agents in it, I haven't run into Jack yet.)
Plus I can borrow books for Triple Take, which means not just the book we're reading that month, but the Nebula novels, and the quarterly selection of all the Little House books. And I can't read A Strange Stirring without first reading The Feminine Mystique, right?
So books keep coming in. Somehow.
I think it's actually negatively impacted my reading though. I haven't read and completed too many books in the last 6 weeks. Been playing games, watching TV, borrowing DVDs because I let myself borrow DVDs from the library. And then I just bought HP 7.1 and all of Buffy (free birthday present to myself with Amazon points!)
I haven't reduced the number of library books I actually have checked out by more than a couple. But at least I haven't made that situation worse.
I might have to go on a longer bookfast, but I'm looking forward to being able to buy books again, or bring home books that look interesting in the moment, or put holds on books I'm eager to read..
Really must whittle down that library book stack(s).
Well, I'll be level 50 in Empires & Allies soon, and that game will get boring after that.. so at least there's that. Except then I also started playing Gardens of Time. (Despite all the Time Agents in it, I haven't run into Jack yet.)