Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. This week is Ten Book Related Problems I Have. Oh boy, this is going to be bad. 🙂
1. Impulse buying. Once I see a pretty cover or an intriguing synopsis for a book on Book Outlet I’m lost. That site is my kryptonite.
2. Cover insanity. I’m a little OCD about my covers. I need them to match, and also be all in the same format.
3. Format problems. Why can’t books be all the same height? I would rather have a non matching cover in matching formats than the weird look of the format differences.
4. Getting lost. I know I shouldn’t start a good book at 7:00 because I won’t be able to stop until I finish. By that time it might be 1 in the morning and I’m going to hate my life in the morning.
5. Water, water, everywhere. I own hundreds of books but sometimes I feel like I don’t have a thing to read.
6. Lending anxiety. I do lend my books to a select group of trusted folks. Even though I do trust them, I get a bit of separation anxiety when parted from my beloved books.
7. Mail call. I get a lot of books in the mail through trades, publishers, or my buying habits. Sometimes I get a little over excited and sit by the window waiting for my slightly annoyed mail carrier or UPS man. I think they’re tired of me. 🙂
8. Double-stacked cases. I have 17 bookcases but even that is not enough space to hold my collection. I need to ditch the 4 shelvers and get bigger cases.
9. A never-ending TBR. *cough 1,000+ books on my goodreads TBR. Help.
10. Clearing shelves. So I decide to clear out a bunch of books, now what do I do with them? Trade? Sell? Donate? Cry?
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I am horrible with the impulse buying, especially during those Book Outlet sales.
I put in two orders in during this last one. I can't help myself.
To get rid of books I donate to library book sales. And then cry!
So many options.
I am so glad its not just me with over 1000 TBR books! The list is never going to end
I didn't want to print the exact number.
I also need all my books to have matching covers. I hate cover changes! I used to always let friends read my books and I'd lend them out, but I'm definitely going to have to stop doing that. Great list!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Definitely! I feel you!
Nice list of book related problems!! For number 10, have you ever thought about joining Bookcrossing and exchanging books with other readers worldwide?? I love Bookcrossing and have exchanged many books with other readers. Here's a link to my TTT for the week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/02/top-ten-tuesday-ten-book-related.html
I do BookMooch and YABookExchange.
Oh, I love it! And yes, I too have over 1,000 books in my Goodreads TBR. And it may not have everything I actually have in my TBR entered!
As for #7, I confess I kind of time out my day by deliveries. They usually come around lunchtime so I know my day is halfway over. If they're late… I think the mail and UPS in particular are pretty sick of me all things considered.
Haha that's awesome! I know I'm going to have a bunch coming soon.
Double-stacked bookcases–yep, that's me. 🙂 I can relate to many on your list, to be honest. Why does it have to be so hard to choose the next book to read when we have so many to choose from? Ugh.
It kills me!
Ha — the double stacked bookcase. I have books the regular way, then books on top of those, and then books in front of those. It's insanity!
Jen @YARomantics
That's how mine are stacked!
I've cleared out my shelves once before, just posted a picture on twitter asking if anyone wanted any of them and people were happy to pay postage if they liked the look of them 🙂 Or maybe a general giveaway?
Cora @ Tea Party Princess
I've done both of those but there are so many I can't afford to send them all out.
Love your list! I thought my 8 bookshelves were bad, but you have me beat! I keep insisting that the 3-4 shelf bookcases shouldn't count, but no one believes me. And when books in a series aren't the same height, it drives me nuts! Good to know I'm not alone. 🙂
Terri @ Alexia's Books and Such…