Buying then not reading books

yah

If you buy used it's not really a bad habit

>>9284034
yea
I buy faster than I read

I always give a genuine attempt at reading a book I buy. If it genuinely isn't interesting me by the time I'm about a third of the way through, I drop it.

I buy in bunches, I'll spend like a month or so coming up with a list of authors or works I want to check out then I'll buy them over a couple weeks and then lay off until I've worked a good way through what I bought and then buy another bunch like that. Usually in bunches of no more than 10 books at a time.

Yep

I'm not going to buy more books until I read the shit I have though, I feel like it's gone on long enough and too far
85% of the books that rest on my shelf right now are unfinished

Yep. I have three Dostoevsky and 2 Steinbeck classics that I have yet to open and they've been on my bookshelf for months

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Yeah, pic fucking related, especially the far left stack.

>>9284034
NoI don't have this problem because I buy books that I will enjoy and entertain me instead of buying books because the pseuds of /lit/ say they are "great".

>>9284209
It's more books I see referenced elsewhere. I don't even use /lit/

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>>9284113
I read that as Pynchon Programming

Yeah I buy bulk of used book, either on Amazon (1 penny plus 2.80 postage) or eBay. Trouble is I can smash out book after book but when I hit one that isn't as good as I had hoped it knocks me. I feel like I can't just leave it, but I start going days without reading a chapter, eventually weeks.

It's happening right now. I started 1984. Part 1 was great, but Part 2, while it was supposed to give me the feeling and experience part 1 did, has completely lost my interest.

>>9284777
Anon finish it, the ending is the best part

I understand what you mean though, the introduction of the story can often be really exhilarating and then you just want it to end

>>9284034
Not really, I'm actually pretty strict myself in terms of finishing my current book before buying another. Though I did just buy some hindu scriptures for future reading, so maybe I'm getting slack lol