This is a blog to document my many quests – and some of my thoughts. This quest is reading every single book in my library. I have two libraries, one in the house I’m renting, and one in my real home. In the rental house I live in, and these are my actual books, I have about 100 TBR books just…. filling up my shelves. Books I’ve bought, or “saved” from being discarded from libraries. Books I’ve always wanted to read, or believed should be something that someone like me – an academia nerd – should have on their shelves.
But the thing about books on a shelf, many people assume that you had read them all. I haven’t. It was a source of shame and embarrassment. So I decided that I will read them all and document my process. I have read (up to now) about 15 of the books, I cheated and bought 6 books to get me out of the slump – but no more buying new books until I finish what I have!
This is also a way for me to save money because I spend a lot of money on books I always assume I would enjoy… then leave them lying on the shelf forever. NO MORE! Once I buy it – I’ll read it. My shelves will be full and my shame would be gone.
I hope you stick around as I go through these books, and maybe be inspired to buy one of these books, or “save” books being discarded from public or school libraries!
See you among the pages …. I’ll think of a different farewell next time!
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