I'm going to do something radical in 2008.
This is my own fault.
This year I read a total of 42 books (report on the last one forthcoming), and I have nearly 200 unread books on my bookshelves, most of which are fiction, which means that I have over four years' worth of reading material, not including magazines! Therefore, in order to catch up, I hereby declare that I will buy no fiction (for myself) in 2008.* I will also buy no books about writing (for myself) in 2008. The only books I will buy for myself in 2008 will be non-fiction, and only ones I need for research purposes (after using the library first!).
Plus, I'm going to aim for reading at least 50 books, preferably more. I was close this year. I can do this.
Don't taunt me, I beseech you.
* existing pre-orders excluded.
This is my own fault.
This year I read a total of 42 books (report on the last one forthcoming), and I have nearly 200 unread books on my bookshelves, most of which are fiction, which means that I have over four years' worth of reading material, not including magazines! Therefore, in order to catch up, I hereby declare that I will buy no fiction (for myself) in 2008.* I will also buy no books about writing (for myself) in 2008. The only books I will buy for myself in 2008 will be non-fiction, and only ones I need for research purposes (after using the library first!).
Plus, I'm going to aim for reading at least 50 books, preferably more. I was close this year. I can do this.
Don't taunt me, I beseech you.
* existing pre-orders excluded.
Comments
On the plus side, that's probably fewer than if I hadn't tried....
Last year was primarily my 'cut down the 800-item books to read list' and I'm going to end the year with less than 400, and that includes the books I added in 2007. So this year is going to be the read-books-I-already-have year.
Good luck with the backlog! And happy new year! :)
As for other writers, real writers understand if you haven't read their books, since you're probably too busy to keep up if you're writing and do other things too.
Your writer friends should understand :-)
I know what you mean, though. It's impossible, and we all know it's impossible.