I Really Am Going to Read My Backlog!

So I finished Dear Sir, I'm Yours last night. It made me realize I'm at a place where I need to start working on my backlog of books BEFORE I buy more. I still have about 5 brand new books on my Kindle that I haven't read. Actually one I'm right in the middle of. I should finish it. I also have a stash of paperbacks on the headboard of the bed that I should finish, too. Get them out of the bedroom and onto the bookshelves where they belong.

Goes to show you how sidetracked I get. So until everything I have on the Kindle is marked READ, no more books. I know - famous last words. Let's see how much of the backlog I can actually get through. I have a few romance, some urban fantasy, some contemporary magic realism, a paranormal mystery and a bunch of samples for other books I wanted to try.

I guess we'll see. I read a ton more now that I have a Kindle. I'm realize what kept me from reading more before wasn't lack of money. It was lack of time or want to stop at the bookstore and sift through books. Now - people can recommend books to me, I'll write them down, then, when I'm sitting down at night winding down from my day I can kick back, look up the books that were recommended, click buy, download them and read them right there! No annoying searching shelves for titles (that may not be in stock!). No more annoying lines or sales clerks. It's just more convenient to buy novel to read now.

It's also nice for reading novellas and short stories by authors you like. I never bought short fiction magazines because it always turned out there was only one story per issue I really liked.  Sadly this is why print magazines are likely dying. I think more short fiction authors should publish short story collections so we could find writers we like and enjoy their stories in one lump.

Okay - enough of my blabbing. Catch you on the flip side...