How Many Unread Books to You Have On Your Kindle/Nook?

[Kayci]

There are so many free promotions now, I have maybe 100 books? I sort by alphabetical order and if I'm not into the book after a page or two, I put it aside. But even with that method I'm only to the Cs...

[[deleted user]]

965 at the last count - if I read one a day it will take me about 3 years. :)

[Karen]

Wanda wrote: "Karen wrote: "I have so many, I don't even know where to start. I get them, planning on starting right away, but then.....there are always more that I want, so they get pushed back. Right now I h..."

Wanda- I read "The Lonely" last night. I was up until 3:30 am. So good!!! Loved it!!!!

[J]

Karen & Wanda:

I'll try to correct my reader's block and read "The Lonely" tonight.

[Arlene]

Judy wrote: "JM - Okay, I'll bite. What's a steam game?

Arlene: I agree that when I see a new book I would like to read it usually gets read before the other 60 or so older books. And, of course, there is A..."

LOL...glad I'm not the only one!

[Donna]

I am at least two hundred, I pre-order my favorite authors, pick up freebies that sound good and I have had a Kindle since they came out, then moved to a Kindle Fire, I have at even more I have read in my cloud. I am hooked no way about it !

[Karen]

Judy wrote: "Karen & Wanda:

I'll try to correct my reader's block and read "The Lonely" tonight."

Judy- Start early, because once you start, you won't stop. (see earlier post about 3:30 bedtime) Really good. Not as good as TTM, but what is???? I think I'm going to re-read The Tied Man soon. I get nervous just thinking about it.

[Lorrea - WhatChaReadin'?]

I probably have about 1000 books on my kindle that I have not read. Everyday, I get the free books that look interesting to me. My name is Lorrea and I'm a bookaholic. It started about 25 years ago. I once got in trouble because my mom thought I was missing. I had went into my closet to read after she told me to go to bed. The next morning she came to wake me and she couldn't find me and I didn't hear her, since I had fallen asleep I the closet. I also own about 50 physical books that I haven't read.

[Karen]

OK. If you haven't heard about this website, it is a site that lists free Kindle books in all different genres. Its called hundredzeros.com Look if you dare!!!! BWWWWAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!

[Donna]

Karen wrote: "Judy wrote: "Karen & Wanda:

I'll try to correct my reader's block and read "The Lonely" tonight."

Judy- Start early, because once you start, you won't stop. (see earlier post about 3:30 bedtime)..."

I love it and I will stand next to you at the meeting ! lol ! I guessed I am afraid to really count !

[CL]

I have my old Sony reader with about 150 books unread & then I switched to the Kindles upgrading to the Kindle Fire when it came out. I have about 75 unread on the carousel but unread on the Kindle I have about a total of 250. Amazon offers the daily deal that used to be 99 cents but they raised it to $1.99. How can you pass up a book that cheap that will give you hours of enjoyment. I keep justifying all the unread books because someday many years from now when I retire & I am to old to keep up with or be able to afford the new technology I will read all the books on my Kindle & Sony readers. Not to mention all the hard cover books I had purchased to read before the e-reader. I do not go a day without reading & I do not leave the house w/o something to read like an old southern lady who doesn't feel her outfit is complete until she has put on her pearls.

[CL]

Heather wrote: "I do use the kindle app on my iPad, but when I had my kindle 2, I've had it for years, I downloaded a lot of PDFs that were available for free that I still want to read, romances, mysteries, anythi..."

Heather I am with you .. can't start to read on a day off or I get nothing done either. My best day is day where I can just laze the day away reading.

[CL]

Jamie wrote: "Oh, I also have over 200 books in my workroom/library. I also think that someday we will not be able to get books. Probably have read too many stories where that has happened! lol I'm like a..."

Jamie I am with you it is very rare for me to go a day w/o reading or I do not feel my day has been complete. I have purchased many many many books over the years as well & cannot bear to part with them because I know one day I will read them when I have more time. If my readers crash I have to have back-up reading material or I am sure I would self combust from lack of reading material. I have been known to stop & buy a book when I have forgotten my current book I was reading @ home but like you I have downloaded the aps (all 3 reading aps - I-book, Kindle, E-Sony reading ap) to my smart phone too!! It is an addiction I agree but a good one. = )

[J]

Cl: A great addiction, I agree.

On the plus side, I am now over my reader's block. I read Love Love by Beth Michele yesterday (adored it) and am more than 50% through The Lonely and I find it very interesting and suspenseful and will definitely finish today.

On the negative side: I bought six more books last night and this morning. Definitely not winning the war of finishing rather than acquiring.

[Dani]

Janine wrote: "I generally only use my Kindle while I'm on holiday and I currently have about 600 books on it to read, but I'm going away for nine weeks soon, so should cut that down a bit. I try to be selective ..."

I spotted a used Kindle at my favorite resale shop for $65 and I thought about picking it up for vacation reading. I already have an iPad 2 but most of the games I have on it require internet access, which is crazy expensive on a cruise ship. I usually end up using my tablet just for reading, anyway, so a cheap Kindle might be a better option -- especially when we go ashore and I do my reading on the beach!

[Dani]

JM wrote: "I collect books like I collect steam games. The second you get rid of the storage limitations, I apparently become a hoarder."

I definitely know that feeling! For the most part I've gotten over my desire to hold on to physical things, but I can't resist the temptation to fill my digital devices with free games, free apps, free music, and free books. Right now my iPad is almost at its storage limit because of free games that I haven't even tried yet.

[J]

Yes, having a built up stash of unread on books on my Kindle is great when you don't have wireless connection for awhile. However, I don't think I'll ever be without wireless long enough anymore to finish all the books I have unread. I should have never read how many unread books some of you guys have on your reading devices. It has only fed my addiction.

[Dani]

In my Kindle app I have 41 unread books, but they aren't all novels; a little less than half of them are cookbooks, home decor books, and such. There are 7 unread books in my iBooks app. I would probably have more if I was the sort to buy books, but all of these were free from Amazon. Having a tight budget and being unemployed off and on for the past several years has given me the patience to wait for books to show up at my local library.

That doesn't stop me from making a long TBR list on Goodreads, of course! Currently my list stands at 269 titles. I also have a separate list of 142 titles called "not at my library"; sometimes those books get added to my library's catalog so I don't want to forget about them.

[Dani]

Judy wrote: "Yes, having a built up stash of unread on books on my Kindle is great when you don't have wireless connection for awhile. However, I don't think I'll ever be without wireless long enough anymore t..."

I seem to be surrounded by wireless access myself, which isn't exactly a good thing. I was a voracious reader as a teenager and young adult, but the advent of affordable high-speed internet and DVRs lured me away from books. It is a struggle for me to turn off the computer and the TV to pick up a book, so I welcome a week at sea with no access. I wouldn't give up the technology for the way things used to be, though. When I was a kid, I had to wait until my mother took me to the library once a month and there was a four-book limit. Now my kids and I can download library e-books from our house.

[Karen]

I have to many to count...LOL. But there's a lot.

[Cerenity]

Yeah this seems to be a common problem constantly finding books that seem really good and the list keeps on growing. I have read 6 out of the 54 i have downloaded. And for a while i am definitely keeping myself away from amazon and focus on what i have.

[Brenda]

My problem is that they go on sale and I scarf them up when they are discounted. I have over 900 books on my Goodreads and over 500 are to-reads. I go to the farthest point in the carousel until there is something that I want to read right now. I'm waiting for the fourth book in the Santini's before I start reading them. I have about 100 in carousel waiting to be read. But, there are times I'm hospitalized that I can't get a connection and I have a tendency to catch up and have to go back and reread some. So I leave them on the shelf but, take them off of the carousel.

[Brenda]

My problem used to be that I had a husband that would pitch a terrifying fit if I picked up a book to read. It would make him crazy (While he sat glued to the TV) so when we finally got a divorce I started making up for it in a massive way. Since the divorce 2 years ago I have read over a thousand books. Some I had been secretly collecting hoping to sneak read them and then some I bought as soon as he asked me to pack his bags.....yes I did and gave him help getting them to his car to boot. Anything for him to leave. I love my books now so much more.

[[deleted user]]

TMTC!

[Dani]

Brenda, my husband is just the opposite. I gave up reading anything other than magazines when I had my first kid; I tend to get absorbed in a book and shut out the world, which isn't good when I'm supposed to be watching my kid! About 12 years later, I bought a chunkster of a book and barely talked to anyone for three days. My husband was amazed because I tend to be a chatterbox. Now he never interrupts me when I'm reading because he knows he will get a break to watch his DIY shows :-).

[Dawn]

I have 489 books and I keep adding, wondering when I'm going to read them all :)

[Dani]

Like some others have mentioned, this thread has inspired me to go back and look at what is on my iPad and see if I am still interested in reading these books. In the past I would download almost every free book I came across. Now I am more discriminating, but I'm sure I still have several books on my tablet and on my TBR list that I am no longer interested in.

[Danielle ⚾️]

I download book previews (iPdad) read the first chapter and if it grabs my attention I will buy it. Because of goodreads now I have like 78 and adding more daily!

[Tamara]

Too much.It scares the shit out of me :D

[J]

I just keep buying and reading, but the reading is definitely not keeping up with the buying.

Another book to preorder and add: Tammara Webber just announced there will be another "Easy" in 2014. Lucas's backstory with some Easy crossover. Can't wait!!!

[Wanda]

I have approximately 150. I'm currently reading , which is an awesome book. I'm trying to alternate my genres with each book...but that's easier said than done!

[J]

Wanda: Screaming in the Silence is one of those books that you feel so guilty about wishing for an HEA! It was a great read. (One of my hard copy purchases.)

[Kristen]

Oh wow, I have only 36 that I haven't read on my nook. I'm weird, and buy series and book that I know I'll like in Hardback and paperback. If I'm not sure I will like it, then I usually buy it on my nook (mainly because it is cheaper). I also have started downloading the free or dollar versions of books that look good. So I think I'm ok for now, but I also think my husband wouldn't agree on that. lol

[Eriemay]

i have 45 books.. hope to finish all those books within this year..

[J]

Kristen:

Wow, only 36 books!! You are a youngster compared to us hardcore bookaholics. I'm the opposite of you, I read on Kindle first and then buy a hard copy to have for eternity if I like it. (Only exception is "The Tied Man" which isn't out in paperback yet.)

[Wanda]

Kristen wrote: "Oh wow, I have only 36 that I haven't read on my nook. I'm weird, and buy series and book that I know I'll like in Hardback and paperback. If I'm not sure I will like it, then I usually buy it on m..."

Now that you have started downloading the free and dollar versions, that 36 will quickly multiply!! That's how my sickness started!! Just the other night my daughter suggested I start looking for a rehab facility that specializes in those of us who download freebies and sale books!

[Wanda]

Judy wrote: "Kristen:

Wow, only 36 books!! You are a youngster compared to us hardcore bookaholics. I'm the opposite of you, I read on Kindle first and then buy a hard copy to have for eternity if I like it. ..."

I'm the same way. I prefer to read electronically (fewer people know what you're REALLY reading) and collect thes best in hard copy.

[MsAjay (Ms. Undercover Geek)]

Judy wrote: "Jamie:

I've mentioned on some other threads, I purchase a hard copy of the books I REALLY like! I figure someday something will happen and we will all be in survival mode and might not have elect..."

I love your logic!!

[Annie]

I feel better now. I think I have 5 or so that I haven't read and yet I keep shopping or looking at the library for more.

[Angela]

Judy wrote: "Jamie:

I've mentioned on some other threads, I purchase a hard copy of the books I REALLY like! I figure someday something will happen and we will all be in survival mode and might not have elect..."

I do the same thing! I buy hardcopies of all my favorites, too. I've got the Little Women series, Harry Potters, 50 Shades, the Bourne trilogy, and some Jennifer Crusie. Right now I've got around 150 books on my To Read shelf here @ Goodreads, and another 40 or so books on my Kindle just waiting for their turn. It's such a delicious dilemma!

[Angela]

Karen wrote: "I have so many, I don't even know where to start. I get them, planning on starting right away, but then.....there are always more that I want, so they get pushed back. Right now I have 1244 books..."

Karen, I'm giving you a standing ovation. You make me feel so much better, because I am exactly the same way. I am an intelligent, educated human being. WHY am i so irrational about books?! But as someone else said: hey, there are worse things to be addicted to/obsessed about, right? :)

[Karen]

Right Angela!!! We could be crack whores!! That would be WAY worse.

My husband and I decided last week that we are going sell our house and downsize a bit. (House size, payment and just life in general. We are spread too thin, doing things and spending money on stuff that's not important to us.) Any-hoo....I was going through all of my books, trying to decide which ones to put into a garage sale, or trade in to the used book store. I am having MAJOR anxiety about getting rid of my books. I have romance novels, weight loss books, Organizational books, (Haven't helped yet, but I'm optimistic) Christian apologetic books, suspense novels, and all kinds of kids books too. Books I don't NEED, but I love just the same. I whine to my husband......I mean, WHINE like a baby, that I don't want to get rid of ANY of the books I have. You know what he says???? He tells me to just pack them up, and we'll find somewhere for them when we move into a new house. GOD I LOVE HIM!!!!! He was probably thinking that he is thankful for my "no crack" addiction too, but whatever!!! So, I packed them up by author. (Something from one of my dozen organizational books must have rubbed off:) I think I have every Mary Balogh and Judith McNaught ever written in paper back, in addition to the ones that are available in eBook format, because, I too, like to have copies of the books I love in hard copy.

I am going to sell some books I know I won't ever read again so I can purchase the Kristen Ashley books that are coming out in paperback. Then I'll have a hard copy and eBook copy of those too.

My husband did not understand why I would do this.(He is so silly)

So, I'm with Jaime on this.....what IF all of those doomsday scenarios come true, and we are left with no electricity. What if we have to go back to kerosene lanterns, chopping wood for fires, and only bathing once a week?? How will I charge my Nook to read my beloved Mary Balogh, Judith McNaught, and Kristen Ashley??? (The Tied Man would be another hard copy purchase, so Tabitha McGowan needs to get a move on getting that handled, before something bad happens.) Forget stockpiling food, fuel and ammunition, I'll stockpile hard copies of my "keeper" books. I saw a show just this weekend about a woman who was buying a underground bunker that would withstand a nuclear blast. Who needs that??? My thinking is, how could I go through life without ever again reading Whitney My Love or Motorcycle Man??? It would not be a life worth living, I tell you!!!

To crack down on my growing TBR list....I've decided that I am only adding free books that I will read immediately. I've put about 10 books I've already purchased/freebie, to my homepage, and am removing them as I read them. At this rate, baring a Zombie Apocalypse, or the end of life as we know it, I will still, never get through my TBR list, and I'm OK with that.

Also, this thread is so fun!! So glad to know that I'm not the only one!!!!

[J]

Karen: Wow! An eloquent bookaholic after my own heart! With a husband who cares!! (My husband has no idea who Christian Grey is and would only know him if he was on Pawn Stars.) I think your rant should become part of the official Goodreads bookaholic 12-step program and our new motto should be "At Least We're Not Addicted to Something Worse!"

[Wanda]

Judy wrote: "Wanda: Screaming in the Silence is one of those books that you feel so guilty about wishing for an HEA! It was a great read. (One of my hard copy purchases.)"

Just finished Screaming in the Silence. What a great book and the guilt was/is definitely there. I must say that if it weren't for the epilogue, I may have thrown my nook. I'm so glad I didn't read it when the epilogue wasn't included!!

Did you finish The Lonely?

[J]

Wanda:

Yes, I liked The Lonely a lot. My only downgrade, 4 stars rather than 5 was I thought it got a little tedious at the end (flying off to whereever to meet him, etc.) But thanks so much for the recommendation. It really helped with my reader's block.

As to Screaming in the Silence, yes, I was shocked when someone from Amazon emailed me since I had mentioned the epilogue in my review. He had never seen it and wanted to know what it said (I gave him the summary). I can't imagine the book ending with Kaden in the courtoom, or even worse with her just staying in Paris at his apartment never contacting him again. My Kindle would have also been in pieces.

[Wanda]

Thank you, it's so great to know that I wasn't alone in that!

[J]

Tabitha:

If you are hanging around this thread, a few of us would sure like to purchase a hard copy of "The Tied Man" for our survival bunkers. Any news on that front?

[Karen]

Judy wrote: "Karen: Wow! An eloquent bookaholic after my own heart! With a husband who cares!! (My husband has no idea who Christian Grey is and would only know him if he was on Pawn Stars.) I think your ran..."

LOL!!! That is an awesome motto!!! I think we should get shirts made!!!

Don't be too impressed about my hubby's acceptance of my "problem". My husband only knows who Christian Grey is, because he saw in some news report how popular the books were, and wanted to know if I had read them? Before the 50 Shades books the most risque books I'd read were Mary Balogh, and Judith McNaught, which are, at best, considered warm. He was very surprised I had read them. I then felt compelled to justify myself, so I launched into a 10 minute exhortation about the wonderfulness of the books, and how they were so much more than just smut books. I think he listened because he was hoping that I would read more books like them, which would be a "benefit" to him, if you know what I mean ;)

When I finished with The Tied Man, he listened while I explained the book to him, which took quite awhile. I know I saw his eyes cross at least once, because he could really care less. While I am grateful that he puts up with my addiction and book hoarding, I feel justified in saying that he does it, not so much for me, but in hopes of what he will get out of it. *wink* *wink*

Speaking of men and their "gutter brains", just finished . Hilarious insight to the male thought process. Kind of scary, but, pretty sure it's accurate. Laugh out loud funny!!

[Laura]

I've got about 1200 unread on my kindle! Reading other comments I don't think I've got that much of a problem lol

[Auhmanduh]

I have about 80 unread books on my Nook right now. Trying to knock them out but I cannot keep up!

Too many books, not enough time.