Marie's Attempt to Reduce the Stacks

[Sarah]

Free eBooks are a problem here, too, and, like you, I don't really care about virtual space, only physical. I hope you do well.

[Diane]

Have fun with the climb ...see you at the top

[Bev]

Hi Marie! Yes, I tell myself that reading my physical books will reduce my stacks--but I just keep on buying and replacing....

Good luck with your climb!

[Bev]

Marie wrote: "The first book I elected to read on my TBR Journey was the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke. On one particularly glorious day at a book lover's garage sale I..."

I had the same experience with the one book I read by her (The Plum Pudding Murder). Another thought I had was on the number of recipes included: " honestly....28 recipes in one book? Is this a cozy mystery with a bit of cooking theme or a cook book with a murder thrown in for spice? "

[Bev]

PS: Plum Pudding is #12 in the series--so I don't think she gets a whole lot better. Of course, Goodreads reports an overall score of nearly four stars on that one, so maybe I'm wrong....

[Bev]

Marie wrote: " I saw the high ratings as well, but I'm finding that my reading tastes don't correspond in many cases to the ratings here. I just read another book (not off the TBR stacks sadly) that was over 4 and I gave it one star.
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Yeah...I tend to differ from the majority quite often as well.

I do understand about not wanting to get rid of books without reading them. I've done that once in a while--mostly with books that have been on the shelves for over twenty years. I figure if they've sat there that long unread then I'm probably not going to read them.