Comments on: The Tyranny of the To-Read Pile http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kristen http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-309837 Kristen Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:46:42 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1448#comment-309837 I try to bring at least one aging unread item from my bookcase whenever I’m flying somewhere. So I have pretty much no choice but to actually read it.

Also, joining GoodReads has somehow guilted me into getting through a lot more stuff, especially the classics. Ego, I suppose.

]]> By: Mary http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-309216 Mary Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:57:48 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1448#comment-309216 As an Uber Book Hoarder, I share a particular dilemma that I bet is mirrored with some of you. My friends and family know that an invitation to Mary’s includes an invitation to browse the plethora of bookshelves that inhabit my home and more often than not they
include their “Thank you! It was wonderful seeing you…It’s been too too long!” with “I’m so excited to read these! As soon as I’m done I’ll bring them back ….you are sooooo awesome!!!!”
If this sounds like you… you also know that you fall prey to buying books twice. I console myself knowing that in my own way I am a publisher / writers / bookstores dream……

]]> By: katherine http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-308867 katherine Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:19:50 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1448#comment-308867 I am a book hoarder too, but sometimes when I actually do sit down to read one or several of my hoarded books, I find that some of them really are lousy books (at least for me) and I don’t need to bother reading them but I still get to remove a book from my To-Read pile.

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-308839 Keir Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:59:23 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1448#comment-308839 Thanks, Tricia. Interesting to learn that the book-gathering impulse transcends physical books!

]]> By: Tricia http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/12/09/the-tyranny-of-the-to-read-pile/comment-page-1/#comment-308794 Tricia Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:06:57 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=1448#comment-308794 These are some funny observations. I recently purchased a Kindle and I’ve noticed this same book gathering behavior as with my hard copy pile.

I thought I was just attracted to covers and seduced by the coffee smell in Barnes and Noble and somehow that magical combination forced me to leave with several books.

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