The 48 Unread Books

[elena1701]

In January, I went through our bookshelves and listed all the books we own that I haven't read and want to read (there are several books belonging to Miles that I have no interest in reading). Despite having a ban on buying new books since January 2010, and only getting new books as birthday and Christmas presents, there are 48 unread books on the

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[limone1]

I have an unread Julie Myerson too, The Lost Child. Otherwise we don't have any unread books in common. I'm no expert, but there are quite a few SF books on your list?

Impressed with your no new books for over two years! I haven't counted my unread books, but I suspect there are more than 48. I have cut back on buying new ones, but part of the charm of reading is discovering new books, so as a compromise I try and get book club books from the library and allow myself to browse when picking them up (and get the odd one from charity shops when dropping things off, it's for a good cause...)

ETA because I have the attention span of a grape today and can't even finish sentences.

[elena1701]

Yes, it's mostly science-fiction, with a few childrens/ young adult books, and a few non-fiction books. I haven't read any other Julie Myerson - 'Home' is a history of all the people who lived in the house she owns in the 100+ years since it was built, so looks pretty interesting.

The book-buying ban started because we were getting married and needed to save money! Since then we've moved to a smaller house so we have less space to store books (and are spending all our space cash on house repairs). So I have had new books since the start of the ban, but only as presents from other people :) Library books aren't included in the ban, so I've been able to keep up with new books that way too.

I have to avoid second-hand bookshops and charity shops, as they are just too tempting!

[limone1]

'Home' is on my to-read list too ever since I heard about it and the reason I picked up 'The Lost Child'.

A recommendation on the YA books is 'Jellicoe Road' you don't need to be into YA books, just great reading experiences to appreciate it.

Congratulations on your marriage! Guess a common love of books and reading beat the strategy of marrying someone who's not into books to leave more room for our own books ;)