I’ve always kinda known book hoarding was a problem of mine… But it wasn’t until I started packing them up for a house move that I actually realised just how much of a problem it actually is. Guys, seven boxes later, and I’m still not done. Seven boxes of books and counting!
I’ve been under self imposed book-buying bans before, but I’ll be honest with you, my self control (shelf control?) is… kinda pathetic. I think the longest I’ve lasted was three months. And then I went to YALC this summer and bought about five months worth of books so……
Yeah.
Today we’re asking:
Do you have book buying bans for yourself?
Here’s what some of our fellow bookworms had to say! Do you have book bans? Do you have any tips on honouring said book bans?
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Casia Schreyer: www.casiaschreyer.wordpress.com
My husband has a semi-strict ban on books coming into the house. I can buy books for the kids from the school book orders, and I can buy paperbacks by local authors or to complete a set I already have started. Everything else is supposed to be e-books now. I can buy all the books I want so long as their on my phone or computer. He’s refusing to build another bookshelf so when it’s full, I’m done. (Or I need to move to a new house and get him to build a bigger bookshelf there!
Brandy Potter – www.brandypotterbooks.com
Yes I do. They are self imposed too so yay my sense of self control! (Wow that was a little Fight Clubish ahahah) I am not allowed to buy a book that I have not read at least twice. By read I mean listened to on Audible or borrowed from the Kindle Library. I have to use my subscriptions first. Then I have to attempt to find the book for free or at a Thrift Store. If I can’t do that, then I try a bookstore first. Finally, I can use Amazon. Why the process? Well I have an entire box of books that I bought thinking I would like them that are awful. I have had this box for a few years now because I keep saying I am going to force my way through them. Therefore my family has said, no more wasting money on books you aren’t going to read. My husband has expanded that to free ones too. I also like to support bookstores before Amazon.
Jo Linsdell at www.JoLinsdell.com
I need to give myself book buying bans. My TBR has a habit of getting out of control, and so every so often I make myself promise not to buy any more books until I get through at least some of the ones sitting on my TBR.
I also ban myself from requesting any more new titles on Net Galley sometimes. It’s easy to create a backlog of titles on Net Galley and so to stop mine getting too out of control, once I get to 10 books on my TBR I ban myself from getting any more until I have it back down to at least half that. Helps keep my rating percentage on site looking good too.
See yah next tomorrow!
The schedule:
1st www.JoLinsdell.com
2nd www.upstreamwriter.blogspot.com
3rd www.brandypotterbooks.com
4th www.tania-richardson.com
5th www.tania-richardson.com
6th www.writersideoflife.com
7th http://lauramorningstar.com
8th https://brandypotterbooks.com
9th www.casiaschreyer.wordpress.com
10th www.JoLinsdell.com
11th www.tania-richardson.com
12th www.tania-richardson.com
13th http://thebookwormcafeblog.wordpress.com
14th http://thebookwormcafeblog.wordpress.com
15th www.brandypotterbooks.com
16th www.casiaschreyer.wordpress.com
17th https://brandypotterbooks.com
18th www.tania-richardson.com
19th www.tania-richardson.com
20th www.writersideoflife.com
21st https://brandypotterbooks.com
22nd http://lauramorningstar.com
23rd www.upstreamwriter.blogspot.com
24th www.writersideoflife.com
25th https://brandypotterbooks.com
26th http://lauramorningstar.com
27th http://lovelyaudiobooks.info
28th https://brandypotterbooks.com
29th www.casiaschreyer.wordpress.com
30th http://lauramorningstar.com
31st www.brandypotterbooks.com
Brews + Books 
Haha yeah I have no shelf control 😂
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I find my buying habits to be… Shelfish.
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Punny…. very punny! 😉
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So, moving across the country with fifteen boxes of books was a nightmare in 2011. In 2014, my fiancee said no keep those books at dads. I’ve bought maybe twenty books since 2014. I’ve got 400 Kindle e books and I borrow 6-8 books every two weeks from the library. I read them all. I’m crazy. I’m not allowed to buy print books so I buy ebooks and stack them in my iPad. It’s great.
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Woah, 20 Books in four years! That’s inpressive! I’ve been trying to get better at getting books from the library instead of buying them, but it’s a work in progress! Getting the BorrowBox app has definately helped though!
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I can’t. He will have a fit. I only buy books I love in print. I want to buy the Sandman Slim series because I just love it.!
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I love the E-reader thing, but being night blind, the light can really give me a migraine. Plus I tend to read in the tub… only place children and pets don’t follow.
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