read all the books I have before I buy another new book!

as I’ve made an effort to read the books I have. I’ll continue with the TBR challenge on 43 things, as well as reading 25 books this year. What I’ve realized is how much time I devote to reading other media: magazines, blogs, online news and analysis. Going to attempt giving up more of the online media.

While I haven’t bought books for myself, others have. Another birthday gone by and I’ve picked up eight new books. I want to make a dent in the piles of unread books, but more keep floating in. I’m wondering if I should continue to maintain the Amazon.com wish list.

is the 2007 TBR Challenge. I’m looking forward to making a minuscule dent in the dozens upon dozens of unread books. Really, once I restart the habit it becomes hard to stop.

It also helps to be fully engaged in what one is reading. And I can’t seem to put The Ancestor’s Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution so I might begin the challenge.

We’ve been fighting for space in the library for more books, and been doing alright in purging books we don’t want to keep. It’s taken several rounds but we’ve got some space.

While there are more books I’d like to buy and read, I’ve got too many I haven’t yet read. And that might give us more room, because there are more I could purge once they’re read. Finding spare time has been difficult.