read all the books I have before buying even one more

Catch 22 is done. What a strange and interesting book. I have yet to choose another book to read, but: my mom gave me a bag full of books.

It’s becoming clear I will never finish this goal, even though I’m NOT buying books. : )

Read towards this goal: 36

I must avoid used book stores at all costs, because I always end up coming out with something. Usually more than one thing.

I must finish the Iliad, then The Picture of Dorian Gray, then the Odyssey, then Oliver Twist, then some other book whose name escapes me before I even think of getting anything else.

House of 1000 Candles, that is an old (1905) mystery book. It was really good. I also Read Tomorrow, which was a good book about the us being attacked by russia. I have just started Catch – 22 which I’ve had for some time and never gotten around to reading. It’s proving to be quite good.

Read towards this goal: 35

It is too hard.

It Can Not be done! I am as addicted to bookstores as I am to reading. I won’t fool myself by keeping this goal on my list.

... as I was packing my bookshelf up, I realized I’d done it! From Pathophysiology to The Scarlet Pimpernel, I’ve read every one of those suckers.

Now I’m allowed to buy more books! I can go visit my little used bookstore in North Buffalo where the owner and I have vocal disagreements about the merits of Ernest Hemingway as I indulge in trashy true crime novels and thick, unreadable Don DeLillo tomes.

And my boyfriend and librarians both gave me a)more books and b)book store gift cards for my birthday! Agh. I CAN do this. I can.

I Have Loads That I’ve Bought And Never Read More Than A Few Chapters Of, Because I Get A New And More Exciting One.

an old 1963 reader’s digest condensed books collection and an old DAW science fiction short stories collection

Read towards this goal: 33

These type of books do not count:

1. academic litterature (count as refrence work. No way i’m reading all my academic books cover-to-cover!!!!)

2. Self-help books (reading them cover-to-cover is not required. Usually its enough to just read a chapter now an then)

3. Poetry (same argument as above)

4. coffe-table/picture books. (they are always nice to have)

5. Dictionaries (same argument as above)

and the list goes on…...