These are (were?) my last book purchases of 2022.
I took advantage of Barnes & Noble's 50% Off Sale after Christmas AND bought the top 2 books from a local indie on Friday.
And with that I enter the #NoBuy/#BuyLess zone to #PrioritizeMyShelves in 2023 😁
The only exceptions I plan to make are for pre-orders already made and for gifts (although I'll encourage my family to get creative and think beyond books!)
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RaeLovesToRead Glad I'm not alone. Today was day 1 dessert free as well. No book buying... no dessert... how will I survive?!?! 😯😱😅 1y
rubyslippersreads @RaeLovesToRead You‘re very brave. 1y
CBee Oooooo 😍😍 Lessons in Chemistry - one of my 2022 faves!! I also look forward to the Joella - have you read his first?![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
A Little Hope: A Novel 1y
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CBee @RaeLovesToRead oh honey. I couldn‘t do both 😱😱 You‘re stronger than I!! 1y
TrishB @RaeLovesToRead 😱 for how long? 1y
Librariana @RaeLovesToRead Ok, remind me darling, is it gonna be for the WHOLE YEAR!?? Or just for the month of January??? 1y
JamieArc I plan on limiting myself to 1 book/month, plus two times when I can buy a few later this year. 1y
Librariana @JamieArc I think that is extremely sensible 😊 I have three pre-orders that happened in 2022 that I look forward to this year 😁 I think the only other times were book gifts might happen are anniversary, birthday, and Christmas. 1y
RaeLovesToRead @rubyslippersreads @CBee @TrishB @Librariana My plan is to review my goals month by month. So January is a dessert detox (Day 1 and I have a cracking headache 😬😬😬) and for the whole year I need to be CAREFUL about my purchases. I can't say I'm not going to buy anything, but I'm going to do my best. If any special editions come out, I may buy them and give them to Mum to gift me next Xmas 😅😅 It's a space thing as well as a money thing! 😋 1y
Librariana @CBee Awesome to hear that Lessons in Chemistry was one of your faves! 😁😊 I've heard great things about it from multiple friends. As for the Joella, I'm embarrassed to say... but I've never read anything by him 😳 I added A Quiet Life to our library system's catalog and was very intrigued by the premise. I realize I could've just borrowed it, but there was a holds queue already AND it mirrored the theme of the other memoirs I wanted to pick up. 1y
Librariana @RaeLovesToRead I promise this is a judgment free zone, hon so you do you! There's no judgment if something is purchased because goodness knows I've already made allowances for pre-orders and special occasions. As for the dessert detox, I do wish you luck 🍀 and hope it just gets easier. Hang in there! 🌈 1y
CBee @Librariana well, A Little Hope was his first book, so you‘re 1 book away from reading his whole body of work 😂 I enjoyed it! 1y
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