Created by Sam @ FictionallySam and Clo @ BookDragons, this event is about bringing the whole book blogging community together, under the umbrella term, “Bookend Events”.
Today’s prompt is hosted by Jayati @ It’s Just A Coffee Addicted Bibliophile this is her last day of hosting the event. A Guide to buying optimal number of books: Share some tips on how you can resist the urge to buy new shiny books by using your TBR as a motivation and how you choose what new books to buy, when to buy them, etc.
Since I don’t necessarily buy books, I mostly order from subscription services like Scribd, Overdrive, and sometimes my library, I don’t have this problem. But even for borrowing books, I have to be mindful of how many books I can read at once. I mostly can read up to 2-3 books at once, not including my disastrous Goodreads TBR, which has over 10 books I’m supposedly in the middle of.
But as for tips, I would say:
- Keep in mind of how many books you have already.
- Keep in mind of books you’re reading already.
- Ask yourself: if this book were to disappear tomorrow, would I survive it? If no, buy/borrow it. If yes, you can live without it.
- Keep track of borrowing/buying deadlines. Especially for subscription services like Scribd and Overdrive, for they give deadlines for how long you can have the specific book. If your deadline is coming up, and you have nothing to read, it should be ok to treat yo’self!!
