Having had an uber productive day so far, I decided I would do a little blog updating and reflect on all book related tales of October. And this is when my addiction truly hit me! Now I know I have A LOT of books; having moved all of them from house to house over the past few years this is far from being news, but I think my book buying addiction might have got a tad out of hand over the past month. I am slightly OCD-ish about my books, and have a handy little list on my ipod of all the books I own, with tick boxes for when I have read them (yes, I am aware of how geeky this is, but I do love to tick boxes). According to this list I own 52 books that I have yet to read, and there are a further 15 on my Kindle…I’m no mathematician, but that’s nearly 70 books I haven’t read yet…some people don’t even own 7 books, let alone 70 they haven’t read!
October saw this staggering ‘to be read’ list grow even higher with many new book purchases. In the past month alone I have added:
The Winter of the World – Ken Follett (Haven’t read the first in the trilogy yet)
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
My Cousin Rachel – Daphne Du Maurier
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Jane and Prudence – Barbara Pym
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont – Elizabeth Taylor
to the Kindle, and:
Complete Short Stories – Elizabeth Taylor
Someone at a Distance – Dorothy Whipple
to the bookcase! This list doesn’t even include the pile of books I keep getting out from the library!
When will the madness end?!? So I have come to a resolution…by the end of March 2013 the number of books I own but have yet to read WILL/MUST be under 50! Sounds like a simple enough goal, but I know me, and as soon as I finish one book, another new one seems to take its place. Therefore I must rely on my self control (which has failed me on many ocassions in the past) and I will stick to this goal, especially as I have so many books I want to re-read as well! It is like a never ending circle of book buying bliss!
October Reading
On the plus side I have read a handful of books in the past month, most from the library, but still. I sped through two more in M.C.Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series, but I have opted not to blog about these when I read them, as I whizz through them in a day and I read them purely for a cosy crime thrill. I have read and blogged about:
The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton – Elizabeth Spiller (and even received a comment from the author!)
The Go-Between – L.P. Hartley
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
I have enjoyed all the novels I read in October, which is a great achievement, as there is nothing worse than perserving with a novel you despise. I have now moved on to Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge which I am loving, and it is will be a tick off the ridiculous ‘to be read’ list!
LindyLit 
You think a ticklist is geeky? I have like 5 different spreadsheets all dedicated to books and reading on my laptop! :S
I know what you mean though – I always end up buying 3 for 2 in Foyles. There is no way I can read as much as I buy so my TBR shelf is now full and I am sticking new books everywhere! Not good…but I don’t think I can stop!!
I don’t think I would want to stop if I’m truly honest, but it might be time for a short hiatus so I don’t run out of space in the near future…obviously my Christmas list is full of books so in reality it will never work, but the thought is there at least
You have made me feel slightly better, my 30 to-be-read books now seems paltry!
If I can get it down to 30 I would be so happy; it is a tad ridiculous at the moment
I dare not tell you the number of books on our TBR shelves, I have had a serious addition for years. 🙂