Weird Withdrawal

There is a current constant effort on my part not to splurge on books until I get my book backlogs down on a considerable number. Since the year has started slow for me in the reading department due to work and life and everything else, it will be quite a challenge to get things down. My only source of hope is that it’s still the beginning of the year. There is no need to panic.

But I’m quite impressed that I haven’t bought books lately, not even one, for the past 3 weeks. It could be the strong desire to save and be true to my resolution. There are so many great titles that I have already acquired that need to be read anyways. Or is it because of E-Books?

My rekindled and renewed romance with e-books is partly to blame and be thanked for. Almost all the new titles out there are already available on E-Books sites for free! With E-Books, I don’t have to spend immediately not unless I really want my own physical copy of the book, which is supposed to be so good that I want to spend for it.  I won’t increase my already bloated book tower backlogs. I can easily feed my shopping desires with only a fast internet and an IPAD on hand. Most importantly I can get to risk a lot since I don’t need to waste resources.

I already have multiple collections on my IPAD and I’m finding the proper control not to go crazy in bookstores as before. But don’t get me wrong. Books are still the best thing. I still find myself wanting to visit the stores and inevitably purchase books I’ve really thought about. If my goal this year is curb my expenses, manage my shelf space and be more exposed to books real time, then (I never thought I would say this but) Thank God for E-Books!