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#NoNoNovember
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LeahBergen
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#BooksFromBoxes and they're not even for ME. Both of these are for someone's #BookToteSwap parcel and I'm almost ready to start wrapping. 👍🏻

#TuneIntoNovember

merelybookish Some lucky person! 🙂 6y
Cinfhen You Da BEST!!! 6y
AmyG Yay! 6y
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Moray_Reads How is your #NoNoNovember going? Still going strong (8 days in!) 6y
LeahBergen @Moray_Reads So far, so good - but I can‘t be too smug. I have a few orders from last month that I‘m still waiting on and they give me something to look forward to. 😆 6y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen I had a shock when a parcel arrived for me at work today, I started to think it's ordered something in my sleep! It turned out to be a copy of a book that I helped find some primary sources for. Unfortunately it's in German but it's a lovely thing and gifts don't count. Phew! 6y
LeahBergen @Moray_Reads Sleep-ordering may be a real danger for us if we deny ourselves for TOO long, right? We better play it safe and stick to just the one month ban. 😉 Oh, and gifts NEVER count. 6y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen I've done it before. I once wrote up to an Amazon confirmation of a book I ordered at 3am. I mean I THOUGHT about it earlier but I was definitely asleep at that time 6y
LeahBergen @Moray_Reads Nooo! That‘s the best! 😂😂 6y
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Mdargusch
Every Last Lie | Mary Kubica
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Sadly I️ do not have room on my TBR shelves for one more book and I️ refuse to start another TBR shelf. So a book buying ban is really in effect this time! 🙅🏼‍♀️ #sundayshelfie #bountiful #somanybookssolittletime #blameitonlitsy
#yesvember17

Tamra Beautiful spot! Good luck! 😉 6y
Reviewsbylola What will you do with all your swap books?!? 😂😂😂 Better get reading! 6y
Cinfhen She can store them by your house @Reviewsbylola 😉 6y
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Mdargusch I️ going to be feverishly reading @Reviewsbylola and @Cinfhen to make room! 6y
Mdargusch Thanks @Tamra because my resolve has crumbled many times. 6y
Reviewsbylola Finishing LD will give you space for three more books! 6y
Mdargusch Good point @Reviewsbylola but that‘s a month away. I️ guess just in time for swap books. 6y
LeahBergen I'm on a book ban for this month, too. I'm calling it #NoNoNovember. I'm hoping to hold out for longer than a week. 😆 6y
Libby1 I‘m in the same boat. And it‘s sinking... 6y
Mdargusch Yes! @LeahBergen and @Libby1 - misery loves company! 🤩🤩🤩 6y
emilyhaldi I see plenty of room to squeeze more in there 😂😂 6y
Mdargusch I️ don‘t have any other place for the plants 🤷🏼‍♀️ @emilyhaldi 6y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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A few weeks ago I started to feel overwhelmed by my TBR. Most of the shelves in my house contain UNREAD books. And they're overflowing. (Thanks #litfluence!) That's before I count my digital shelves.

So the book buying ban begins. I'm going minimal! And I decide to make a graphic to keep track in minimalism style. Wish me luck!

readordierachel Good luck! I need to do this too. 6y
Ms_T I know exactly what you mean. I‘m also feeling overwhelmed right now 😕 6y
Booksnchill Awesome idea! 6y
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Cinfhen You purchased 35 books last month?!?! 6y
Cinfhen Love this idea!!! I will be following your progress and hopefully following I'm your approach 🙌🏻💕 6y
Kaye Don‘t blame you a bit. There might be others in here that would want to join you in this. I can‘t stand lots of clutter myself so try to keep the books put away and I usually give them away once done with them. 6y
SkeletonKey I need to do this as well 😖 6y
2BR02B While I know I should be following your example (I bought around 40 physical books last month, and around 15 ebooks) I can't bring myself to commit to a book buying ban. My reasoning is that I have relatively few vices, with impulse book buying being the most pronounced. If I quit, who can say what would fill the void? I'd be liable to take up bath salts, or armed robbery instead. 6y
alysonimagines @BarbaraTheBibliophage I can definitely relate to an overwhelming TBR pile! Mine is all digital now, which makes it easier to tuck out of sight but also more dangerous. @2BR02B I know what you mean about vices. I feel like ebook buying is one of my few compulsive addictions and is relatively harmless to myself or others. Also since I am a library orphan, I really depend on those ebook bargains to maintain my reading habit! 6y
BarbaraBB I like the idea. One day I‘ll follow you, but not yet... not yet... 😂 6y
GlassAsDiamonds I should do this as well.... 6y
LeahBergen I've already put myself on a book- buying ban this month, too. I'm calling it #NoNoNovember 😂 I will probably fail this week! 6y
MaureenMc Good luck! 👏 6y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @2BR02B I like the way you think! 😂 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Ms_T I‘m glad I‘m not alone! 6y
Simona I wish you luck 🤞 This is my goal for the next year ... 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen I was shocked when I added it up! The Book Outlet sale and also a lot of cheap ebooks are my excuse. It doesn‘t even count what I bought with the gift certificate from @MicheleinPhilly. I feel like it‘s an obsession. Not so fun! 😜 6y
HelloImJez Good luck! 🤞💕 I need to do the same, I have a whole shelf dedicated to unread books! 6y
Lreads Good luck! I know I have a lot of unread books but I'm not good with numbers so I don't count. 🙃 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Kaye I give most of my books away once I‘m finished too. I know lots of us try to stop buying. My math just doesn‘t add up - I read 10 books a month and buy 30? No bueno for my stress level. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @2BR02B I love your logic. In the likely event I fail at this, may I borrow it? 😜 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @alysonwrites I hear ya! I was all digital until about 18 mos ago. Then I realized that bargain physical books are often cheaper. They just fill up so much SPACE. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @LeahBergen I‘ll use that hashtag too (it‘s perfect!) and we can goad each other on ... to the ban, not the buying! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Jezjezaw I‘d like to get mine down to just one shelf again!! 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @ReadsWithTea I wasn‘t counting, until I did. Oooffff. 6y
blondie I need to do this too. My shelves are overwhelming me. I'd love to narrow my books down to one shelf again. But i keep buying. Ugh. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @blondie The overwhelm is taking the fun out of searching for the best books at best deals. 🙁 6y
rabbitprincess I'm skipping my favourite used book sale this year because I acquired about 40 books over the past two months 😁 Hoping to avoid buying books until after Christmas. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @rabbitprincess Stay strong, my friend! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y
MicheleinPhilly HAHA! Good luck! 6y
Captivatedbybooks Shiiiiii lol good luck mama better you than me 😉 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Captivatedbybooks Daaaammmm. You made me laugh. Thanks. This'll be rough. 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @MicheleinPhilly Yeah, with this whole group of enablers I'll last about a week. Maybe. 😜❤️ 6y
Cinfhen Brilliant hashtag @LeahBergen but @2BR02B makes a really good point!!!! 6y
LeahBergen @Cinfhen Yeah, who am I trying to fool? I have about 15 books on order (from October) that will trickle in over the month. I'll snap as soon as I see a hot shiny book for cheap though. 😂 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @LeahBergen @Cinfhen I really have to last, but I have serious doubts about my abilities to do so. But I'll be happy if I can cut way way way back. 35 a month is ridiculous! If I make it past the release date of Donna Brazil's' book about the 2016 election (due 11/7), I'll be happy. At least I'm engaging my mind constructively. 6y
Cinfhen #realisticgoals I'm all for that! 6y
DivineDiana I‘m with you! Resisting as much as is humanly possible. 😬 ( Unless, I move in to a very large house that has a room for a Library like The Beast in Beauty and the 😉) 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @DivineDiana Like your emoji, I am gritting my teeth and still resisting. As long as I have my tiny townhouse, and no new Prince to take me away ... 6y
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Moray_Reads
Winter: A Novel | Ali Smith
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It's a thing of beauty. I was tempted to read it immediately but in saving it for the weekend so I can savour every word ❤❤❤

merelybookish Is she doing a book for each season? 😍 6y
Booksnchill It‘s out??!!! 6y
Moray_Reads @Booksnchill Just today! 6y
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Moray_Reads @merelybookish Yep. Four books each with a Hockey cover 😍 6y
saresmoore I am FILLED with envy. I mean, vicarious joy. Yes, of course that‘s what I mean... 6y
merelybookish @Moray_Reads That's exciting news! 6y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore Haha 😉 This doesn't count as breaking my #NoBooksNovember because I ordered it in March. And that's the story in sticking to 6y
susanw Very jealous! 6y
minkyb Beautiful. 6y
LeahBergen Gah! Thanks for reminding me of my own #NoBooksNovember. I'm calling mine #NoNoNovember. 😂 6y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen we'll get through it together ✊ 6y
youneverarrived Ohh I didn‘t know it was out yet! 😍 gorgeous cover and I love your pic. 6y
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