Why I'm reading 100 books I already own before buying any new ones
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I hope folk use the hashtag #readwhatyouownchallenge so it will be easy to follow everyone’s progress.
That sounds great Greg, will be doing that and enjoying everyone's progress 💪🦾stay strong 😃
Definitely!
@BADisRAD’s Library It’s your own pace. What ever you can do.
"Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good book, resting unopened in its slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper." ~ from 'The Boilerplate Rhino' by David Quammen.
This my approach to buying & reading books.
That’s a wonderful quote!
✊🏻 I feel you my friend... I have about 1000 unread books 🙈. I intend to read them all, but I'm logically aware this is not realistic. I can't read ALL my unread books when I continuously buy books. However, I'm a super moody reader, and I have this ridiculous fear that I'm going to be in the mood for something, and I'm not going to have that something on hand to read, so having LOTS of different books on hand feels warm and cozy and comforting for me! (It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I have no self control where books are concerned and know I will fail if I try 😂.)
Hey Brandy! I totally agree about that comforting feeling of being surrounded by books you haven't read. Fortunately I can read 100 and still be there! LOL
This has been therapy for my book buying illness. I thank you!
Great!
Reading a 100 books may seem impossible to some readers, but we all know for a fact that Olly is more than capable of actually exceeding our own expectations of him. May he continue to be blessed along the way. Its what he deserves most.
Thank you, that's a lovely thing to say!
I wish i could do so, at my curant speed, i will finish all my owned books in 14 years, if i do not buy new ones. 😭
@@alien777 As long as you're reading, it's all good!
@@CriminOllyBlog thank you, sometimes i stress my self about the wrong things
My love of books started with Nancy Drew. I saved every penny to buy a new one every week or two. Once I graduated nursing school & had some money I bought lots of books. Books make me happy. That being said I really need to read what I have. I focus on the new on my TBR as well.
I love the fact that so many of us can trace our love of books back to a particular title or series!
They are definitely different hobbies....1. reading books 2. buying books and I have a third - adding books to my TBR (electronically, as a wishlist). I'm going to start this dec 1 and shoot for the bronze tier. Then next year I can step it up
Ah yes, I do that third one too sometimes. Great to have you taking part!
lol, I very easily have over a thousand books in my TBR list. I doubt I'll ever read all of them.
I'm in! I'll aim for platinum by the end of February. Like you I'm not a true collector. A select few get the designation "old friend" books and become part of my permanent collection, most are read and passed on, but my TBR shelves and stacks are always growing.
That's fantastic! Good luck!
I’ve committed to the Bronze level. I may move up my start date. It makes total sense since I have all the books I want to read - plus the earlier I start, the earlier I finish! 😊📚
That's some good logic!
@@CriminOllyBlog And my mathematical projections say that you will be at 75 when I finish 25. 😜
@@M-J It's possible!
LOL the title on your video. I haven't bought a single book for myself for YEARS using this money saving tip! :P
Thank you, sir. I'm joining your challenge here in Texas. Today I completed 1/100. I'll keep you posted.
Excellent! Thanks for taking part, Kevin!
Like you my book buying outpaces my book reading. I am going set my own challenge at 50 books starting today. I am one of the slower readers so that will likely take me a year. Looking around my shelves I am excited to get started! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation. Great, thoughtful video as always!
Fantastic that you’re taking part! Good luck with it and thanks so much for watching and commenting!
I am a buyer but I also plan at some distant time to read them.
I live in a small beach house so I have one large bookcase and each shelf holds 2 rows of books. So it is easy to overlook the ones in the back. When I dust them I do find orphans that I really want to read.
Here in Costa Rica, as I told you, I have to have a book that I buy sent to my daughter in Indiana, she sends it to our shipper in Florida, and they send it to their office here in CR and I go pick it up. It's expensive and adds much to the cost of the book.
So any book I buy has tittled my interest tremendously.
I can't wait to hear about your 100 books. I'm trying for 50.
I am reading "The Exorcist" again. The movie was stupid, but the book is very scary.
Sorry to ramble, but that's just me. I love your channel which I guess means I love you. LOL
You’re too kind, Pat! And you certainly don’t have to apologise for leaving long comments, they’re a delight to read! Agree that the Exorcist is an excellent book.
Hope the benefits of living in Costa Rica outweigh the book buying hassle!
Good luck with your 50 and thanks so much for watching 😊
I think I have a bigger problem with borrowing from the library while I have piles and piles of books to read. I almost always buy used when I do buy. The exception is Indy/small published books, especially if they are from an author I know and already enjoy. I almost always pass on the books I do buy to one of my children or my mom. I’m definitely going to do this challenge.
Great that you're in for the challenge! And supporting indie publishers is always good!
It’s back!!!! - I did do my own version of this in the Summer with my 30 book challenge, which was hard work - especially as I enjoy finding books in the wild so much. I am tempted by this though and was going to do some thing like a limit to how many books I buy ata time after Christmas….but I might go for Bronze….as you say for some people a larger number would stop them buying for aaaaaaaaaages. Good luck with this, although I am sure you’ll breeze through it as you read so quickly!
Cheers Gareth! And yes, finding books in the wild is such a pleasure.
I love this idea. I have a full bookcase and stacks around my house of books I haven't read yet and I would love to clear them. I also read very quickly so I'm thinking I will choose the Gold challenge because I don't want it to take me too long 😅 But its a great idea.
Fantastic! Great to have you part of it!
I used to love buying books, but over the past few years I've been struggling financially going through law school and as a result going to bookshops became more depressing than anything else really. It even soured my enjoyment of reading to a degree. Then I started reading on my phone/tablet through library apps and it reopened and I think redefined my love of reading and books.
There's something freeing about letting go of a book, often to another reader, after reading it instead of putting it back up on the shelf to accumulate dust. That being said, I definitely still own a lot of physical books that I need to finally get around to reading 🙈
Yes! Releasing a book out into the wild can be a great pleasure. I've done some giveaways on the channel in the past and always really enjoyed the experience. Glad yo hear you've got back into reading again
Ok, I’m in for bronze. After the agony of 50 books last year, I’m not pledging more than 25 this time! Good thing I didn’t watch this video an hour ago- I just bought the first book in the Death Note series! I start the 25 book challenge NOW! 🎉
Aha great to have you on board and great timing!
Evening Olly, I found your channel recently and thoroughly enjoy your channel, thank you for posting so many interesting videos.
The last couple of years I've struggled to get much reading done for various reasons (mental health and really hating varifocal glasses) but I kept buying books occasionally. I started reading regularly again last month and this challenge seems a perfect way to motivate myself to read the books I've purchased over the last couple of years.
I've recently started to use Goodreads (a wonderful app), so I'll try and tie your challenge in with next year's Goodreads reading challenge. I think between fiction and non-fiction I've got at least 50 unread books, so I'll aim to finish 50.
That's great - both that you're reading again and that you're in for the challenge. My goodreads link is on my about page if you want to connect there!
@@CriminOllyBlog definitely, seeing what others are reading is a brilliant way to discover new stuff.
I think I fall somewhere in the middle of your dialectic. I certainly buy books faster than I can read them, but only by about 10%. I read between 120-150 books a year and keep my unread books entirely separate from my main shelves. My TBR hovers around 100 books at any time, but those books don't get filed in the main collection until I've read them. Every now and then I go on a book-buying-ban, but I'm comfortable with the gentle eroding of the TBR while allowing myself to pick up new releases whenever the mood takes me. Lockdown was a great time for me to pick up books I'd owned for a while, read them and move them to the main collection.
10% feels like a pretty good safety buffer, I'd be very happy with that!
I love this idea! I jump in it joyfully! 💛
Fantastic!
This is the perfect time of year for this! Clean up my TBR and start fresh for 2023. I might not make it to 100, but this certainly gives me permission to shake off any "required reading" events and mood read to clean things up. 😉
Brilliant! Great to have you on board, Kelly!
I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to approach this next year. Looking forward to following along with your challenge. 😊💙
Brilliant, thanks Jolene!
Glad to see this challenge going around again. My 30 book challenge is about equivalent to your 100 😂
I definitely fall into the category of being a collector of books and not just a reader, especially with anything R.L. Stine.
I do thin out my collection over time though and usually only keep books that I like or would reread in the future.
I really need to get better at getting rid of books once I've read them
Boy o Boy can I relate to this, one of my main problems. I have more books than I have read. I recently had to move and downsize my collection and I still have more unread than read. Sounds like a good strategy to make a little dent in my to read list, but not sure I can do it. Too much inputs in my life. There are you guys on book tube making recommendations, the media, scanning amazon etc. I have some friends who are authors always making good picks. I live near 2 major college towns of 2 major US university. I usually make a pilgrimage there at least once a year. Like most of these towns there are a huge amount of good used book stores. I usually come home with sack busting a haul. Just found another great used store down the highway from me. It is going to be hard to do, but I will give it a try. Good luck to all my fellow book lovers who are taking up the challenge .Keep buggering on.
Temptation is all around us! It's so easy to keep acquiring!
Good luck with the challenge!
So glad to have found your page. I think this is a great challenge! I have a really extensive TBR pile at my home. I LOVE to buy books to read. Then it seems like life gets in the way and there is always another new book to me to read. My interests vary so I have a wide wide library to choose from. I'm working on a book for NANOWRIMO, so reading 100 between now and the end of the year might be a serious lift. I will strive for 40 between now and the new year before I buy any new books. I'm currently reading The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy and I have Roger Zelaney's Amber series also on the nightstand.
Great to have you taking part, Allen. Good luck with NANOWRIMO!
Omgoodness I'm am so tempted to do this. I have oodles of books o want to read but so easy to buy more too. I think I am going to try the 100 book challenge. I dont have a discord but might try and sign up so I can join. Thank you so much for sharing ~ Tracey
It would be so cool to have you doing this! Look forward to seeing you on the Discord!
I brought home an outrageous number of books this year. This would be the perfect type of challenge to set for myself. 🤔
Do it!
Excellent idea. I reckon I can do bronze by the end of the year. I own so many books that I really want to read! (and just never get to). Off to peruse shelf/kindle/audio to make a list - if I don't do that it's just not going to happen (again 😂)
Ah brilliant! Great to have you on board!
Wow. This is the right message for me right now. I'm definitely in, a few days later than others. I'm pretty seriously disabled, almost completely housebound, and have too often used buying digital books and music as a kind of antidepressant and distraction. I'm happy to aim for the gold - I've got many hundreds of unread books and would like to get a hundred of them read. I should finish up in the spring or summer.
That’s awesome. Great to have you taking part. Hope reading the books proves a better and more effective distraction for you than buying them 😊
Hah. Found your channel through Greg at Another Bibliophile Reads. I started my “Read the Books I Own” in July - when the books I was acquiring vs reading were coming in at a ratio of at least 10 to 1…
It’s been very hard not to buy new books. But so far so good.
Welcome to the channel! Good luck with your challenge!
Good luck with your challenge, Olly. I think you can do it!
Thanks, Priscilla!
My book buying habits are the same as yours. Yes I am interested in the challenge as I have too many unread books on my shelves. I better start small though. Hmm 2 days in a row a non-fiction book mentioned at the end. Interesting.
You've obviously infected my brain somehow
I keep thinking that along with the rules, this is basically what I do anyway with my giant TBR and trying to predominantly read that, then I talk myself out of actually setting the goal! Definitely was already going to do 25-30 to kick off next year but I feel like January is in my head so that Christmas is out of the way. I don’t know! I have complete faith you will reach your goal though! Good luck! 📚📚📚📚📚
Thanks Alice - and yes I think it's very similar to what you do with your giant TBR
I really need to do this. I may join in, but I am still going to get my subscription box books.
Would be great to have you on board, Mindy!
I've never felt so seen. You pretty much summed me up in the first part of your video. I buy at a much greater rate than I read. I have a few books where I have multiple copies but there are usually reasons for that, but I totally agree that buying and reading are two very different hobbies. This is such a good idea though and I am really inspired now to see if I could do something similar.
Would be great to have you take part if you fancy it
@@CriminOllyBlog I'll definitely be having a go next year. I don't normally make resolutions but this could be a great challenge to start in January.
You explained my whole personality. I buy books that are popular, I also thrift alot of books. And I do count this as a hobby of mine. I have about 80 books on my physical tbr which I want to read a large chunk of them this year.
I was guilty of buying faster than reading but the past few months I have stopped buying books to save money. I had set myself the goal of reading 1-2 books from my physical TBR per month but at the same time I have been borrowing more from the library to fit specific moods or seasons or wanting to read a book I just heard about that sounded really exciting. Watching this video has motivated me to maybe increasing that monthly goal. Not sure yet. Maybe for the new year.
The library is a great way to pick up new things. Good luck with your monthly goal!
Hello Olly great video. Firstly I would say I am a reader of books and a buyer of books but definitely feel like a collector of them as well. However, when I say collector I wouldn’t say like it has to be a first edition as long as I can read it. I guess with collecting it would be more an author or a series such as the 87th precinct which I have a few books of I am yet to read. I think it’s definitely a lot quicker to build a tbr than reduce. Also if your in a charity shop and see books it’s hard to think they will still be there I know I’ve been very guilty of this after so long of not buying books. I’ve brought 15 books not to say look at me but to say that’s bad. I definitely will be taking part in this as I was going to make a list to see the books I haven’t read yet to shame me into stop buying books. I think I would be shocked at the number of books I’ve not read.
Hey Chris, great to have you taking part!
I love this challenge!!!
You should do it!
I don't recall how long ago it was but reddit did the 100 book challenge. I started from 2020-2021 but only accomplished 40 books in that year. This year however I really dug deep and as of this posting I have finished 62 books. I feel I can finish by 2023 but who knows. I also bought a HB Dearest book by one of your CZcams video recommendations and I enjoyed it. Very much enjoy your channel!
Ah interesting, I didn't know about the Reddit one! Glad you enjoyed Dearest and that you're liking the channel!
3:25 - agree as a predominantly fantasy reader I love having a series collection on my Shelves!
I also enjoy the anticipation of book. Reading one now I excitedly bought myself for my birthday a year and a half ago.
It's also nice to feel like you have a personal library to choose from. I also enjoy books as art. Fantasy in particular has alot of effort put into Covers, hardback under the cover and end pages. I try to track down my fave covers on World of Books and have Covers facing out then swap them around every 3/4 months or so.
I'm terrible at buying all the books in a series because I like the first 10 pages of the first book.LOL
@@CriminOllyBlog 😆😆😆 true! I have been restrained with a couple even when I see there is only one edition in hardback (I love hardback) on the bookshop shelf 😬
Oh yes, I acquire books in hope I will read them and often times bc I want to rescue them. I think the saving books is a separate hobby from reading and the acquiring books that I hope I will read one day is part of my reading hobby. Bc I do actually read them. Just not at as fast a rate as I acquire them!
I've been contemplating this sort of thing over the last few months as well! Looking at the spreadsheet of all the books I've gotten in 2022, it's soo many! So I was hoping to come up with a challenge similar to this in 2023.
I'll take the opportunity to jump on your "Read What You Own Challenge" at the bronze level (25 books) while I contemplate my longer goals! I'll need to have a think about what rules and caveats I want to follow.
Thanks for opening it to all!
Fantastic, great to have you involved! Hope it goes well for you. I use a spreadsheet to track what I've read. I tried tracking what I'd bought as well but it took too long to update!
I buy my books in blocks of three from Amazon. I research what I would like to read (non-fiction, biography, novel (horror usually)). I loosely stick those three areas, read all three before researching the next three. As a result all books on my shelves have been read with the exception of what I am currently reading or what is on the way.
Wow, that's a really disciplined way to do it!
@@CriminOllyBlog purely down to finances
I have to make sure that it is something I am into, hence the research. I have to be sure I have not spent X amount on a piece of crap. Your references have directed me to two books.
I think owning an ereader changed my buying habits for books. Before I would buy a book as I needed it to read I maybe had 1 or 2 that I had not read but that was the most. After I bought an ereader I signed up for a daily deal newsletter and other sites that sent me deals. I was buying 4-5 books for every one I was reading. I have, in the last 4-5 years really slowed down my buying again but my tbr is now way out of control and I have in excess of 500 unread books. I have seen 3 other channels I follow say they are going to do this challenge and I am going to have a go at this myself though I may set my target at 15 as I know I struggle not buying books and this means I would have to go around 2 months before I can buy a book.
Fantastic that you're going to give it a try, and yes, those daily deal emails are a terrible temptation! I have so many kindle books it's not true!
Same, between kindle and physical my TBR is probably in the 1000s. I'm going to be taking part in this challenge too.
Brilliant! Great to have you as part of it, Nadine!
I'm in! Going to do this! LOL - will have my video up soon on it. Love this challenge. Will be good for me.
Fantastic! Welcome aboard Bart! Good luck!
@@CriminOllyBlog - Thanks! Looking forward to it.
@@CriminOllyBlog - You know what I would like? When I finish this book challenge, and I make it to 100 books without purchasing a new one, I want a signed, stamped Platinum CriminOlly certificate that I can show everyone on my celebration video!
@@bookrisingisclosed Ha ha! I might do that!
I may need to restart my book channel to get this done. I think I'd need that sort of public commitment. I have plenty of books to do it but I keep checking out library books and adding to my kindle unlimited and free kindle books. I should do this because it would be good for me to downsize my physical collection due to an expected move.
You should do that!
I'm so excited to have found this video! I started a channel just last weekend for the purpose of holding myself accountable to my goal of reading more of the books I own and buying less. I'm following anyone I can who has a similar goal so I'm watching people that aren't going to influence me to buy more haha Lovely video!
Ah that's fantastic! Have subbed and will check out your channel later. Good luck with both the BookTubing and the not buying!
@@CriminOllyBlog Thank you! My tbr challenge video should be up this weekend 🙂
Look forward to it!
I don’t think I can commit to 100 books, but I do plan not to renew some of my book clubs . You are spot on about how the newer books tend to push their way up at the top of my TBR list.
Yeah it's a shame because whenever I buy a book it's with the intention of reading it, but they get forgotten so quickly!
11:36 - was just thinking of a similar rule myself, as I motivate myself to hit healthy goals by earning book points then I get a book from under my bed. Any I earn from today won't count.
Really loving this challenge Olly, thank you and, Greg and your discord chat for opening it up to all 📚💜
Having some extra motivation like that will definitely help!
@@CriminOllyBlog it really will I put myself on a ban in August, then failed a bit in Sept and spectacularly in July! Comrades in arms will help! 😆
This entire year I have been reading primarily from the library. Mostly recommendations from booktube - lol. This works well for me since I rarely want to read a book twice. But, it also means that I still own all these unread books!! I do love to find out-of-print treasures at the thrift store. It's a conundrum for sure. Since you just did this a year ago, I'm not convinced that it is a successful solution?! But, everyone seems to enjoy the challenge!! I predict you will be done by the ides of March.
It's definitely not been successful - I basically just shifted all that book buying back and splurged massively afterwards. But it is great fun!
This is a great challenge idea!
Thank you!
I am an avid book buyer, and an avid book reader 🤣 I definitely buy more than I read though, because I end up listening to so many audiobooks from the library. Sometimes you just need gorgeous books in your life...
I'm going to join the challenge, and have a think about how many I'll aim for. Thanks for hosting this!
Brilliant, so glad you're taking part (and sorry it has taken me so long to reply!)
I definitely buy books because I want to. I buy some new books but I really love the thrill of second hand book shopping. That being said… I’ve bought a ton of books this year. So I’m in for platinum level of the challenge!
Brilliant! Great to have you part of it, Crystal!
I love the thought of this challenge. I'm sitting in a sea of unread books. The platinum level is my goal.
Excellent. Good luck!
Great channel. I have loved book since I was about 10 or so. I have recorded the books I read, with a goal of reading at least 200 books per year. Since 1964 I have always met my goal.
One thing I love with Amazon Kindle is that you can download 10 percent of any book in order to see if it is worth reading. That alone has saved me thousands of dollars per year. So good reading.
Thank you, really glad you're enjoying the channel!
I love to collect books that I have planned to read for when I need to, but still have a lot to read, but I find similar pleasures in buying music and listening to music, especially with mostly new music or any music I loved but never bought the CD or Digitally from the first time they were released, despite I remember them well back then, however, but I love how it's good to listen to my music and I do enjoy what I like from my music definitely, just like it is with books and even films or TV.
Thanks Lewis! I used to buy loads of music but I really don't any more
I think this is a great idea! I usually read a book then buy a few more. I don't quite have 100 to read; but I have about 32 I can read! I'll be joining in.
Brilliant - great to have you taking part!
Bought 100+ books in Hay-on-wye this week. Feel the time is right to take a break, I will be joining you in the challenge
Maybe you can call yours the "read all the books I bought one weekend at Hay-on-Wye challenge"
I’m going for bronze first, if I manage more great, I’ll upgrade my tier 😉. But right now I’ve read 64 books so 100 would probably take me more then a year. I’m a impulse buyer, especially TikTok recommendations have driven up my book buying so time to either budget for books or stop buying for a while and read what I have. I’ll also couple a savings challenge to it. For every book finished I’ll put 2 euro on a savings account.
Yeah it really helps cut down on impulse buys. Last time I kept a list of all the books that I would have bought while I was on the challenge and then looked at the list again at the end and found lots of them I wasn't that bothered by
sorry for blathering on, I wanted to make another book recommendation. It is a non-fiction crime book. It is called 'Gas of Tank" by Todd Ternovan and Matt ST Amand. Todd is a retired police officer who served over 30 yrs in the Ontario Provincial Police OPP here in Canada. It starts in his rookie years in a small town up to his stint as an under cover officer and in the intelligence unit. This book gives a great nuts and bolts view of the day to day experiences of a law officer. Great insight info on investigation and interrogation techniques. There are a lot of very funny stories and tragic events that will rip your heart out. The stuff about being undercover will have you on the edge of your seat. This book will give you a new appreciation of what our police go through. I have to stop and thank the bobbies even know I sometimes get speeding tickets. I forgot to say, the book starts with Todd's early career as a corrections officer as he was studying of all things to be an early education teacher, which in some ways helped him deal with inmates. The quirky title will be explained in a funny story in the book. This book is a real page turner, hard to put down, except for some of the more tragic events. I had to stop to regain my breath . I give this book a big 10-4.
That does sound interesting! Thanks for the recommendation
I love the idea of this challenge but not sure I can do it. Definitely going to do it with my manga and comics as I have quite a few of them I haven’t read yet.
Cool! It's great to pause and catch up sometimes
My style of book buying is to buy a book that I just love and would reread. I try to get them in hardback.
I am a heavy user of the public libraries both print and on my Kindle.
That seems a really good way to do it.
I buy a lot of books for sure. I don't mind having a lot of unread books on my shelves. However there is a space issue so I gave myself a limit of genres I can buy physically (Fantasy, Sci Fi and victorian classics). The rest are either on kindle or borrowed from friends or the library.
The Kindle is a wonderful space saver for sure!
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#readwhatyouownchallenge I'm totally in. I have way more books than I care to admit that haven't been read. I nearly went searching for a new one when I remembered this video and decided to check it out. I'm glad I did. I think I'm going to go for Silver Tier for a hard goal and see what I have left from there.
Fantastic! Good luck! Jump onto my Discord if you need support
I love buying books! I use a libris, Amazon, and tracking down early written books. The earlier the better. It's like finding a small treasure.
Oh interesting! That's really cool
Lol! My husband is first category, I am in the 2nd.
My last count was 139 unread, but that was a few months ago 😬
Good luck with your challenge Olly!
I will be joining in on a smaller realistic for me scale 😆👍💜📚
Brilliant! Great to have you taking part Chattie!
@@CriminOllyBlog very excited, binging everyone's videos and going to film mine today!
This is a great idea! I think I'm going to set myself a goal of reading 50 books of my own before purchasing a new one. I've absolutely got enough physical and ebooks to get me to that goal. My one caveat will be that I won't be counting my audible subscription.
Brilliant! Great to have you taking part!
I should definitely do this, it would take me about 4 years to read 100 books though! I buy books faster than I can read them but that’s mainly because I keep finding hard to come by vintage paperbacks.
Yeah last time I did this I very deliberately didn't go close anywhere selling used books!
This is something I need to do and more importantly want to do. I’m setting myself an original 25 book limit , which I hope will increase till I eventually reach the giddy heights of the platinum level. But if I fail I won’t beat myself up about it.
That's brilliant! Good luck, Nicola. And yes, there's no shame at all in failing, but if you do need support jump on the Discord!
Love this idea! I am in as of today, and will count the books I've read since my last purchase. Unlike Olly, I am a S L O W reader, so this may take some time!
Fantastic! Hope you find the challenge enjoyable, Mark
Good luck with that. I have the popcorn ready. 🍿🍿🍿
ha ha
@@CriminOllyBlog although I'm pretty sure that for you, it won't be that difficult. You read at least 25 books per month. But 4 months of not buying books that sounds like forever.
I used to buy a stack of books, read them then buy more books, not so much any more. I buy books sit on my shelves until I get to read them. Love to buy books, makes me happy, but I don't buy a whole lot anymore, I don't have much room to keep them. However once I read them then I donate them, this way if I buy some new books to me I have room to put them on the shelf. Not really a collector, I have all the Harry Potter books, but that is my limit of being a collector.
Donating once you've read them is a great way to keep things in check! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
I so need to take on this challenge 😂
Do it!
I KNOW I have an issue, I definitely have FOMO pertaining to books and I do get a high with each acquisition. And here is an odd thing as well, when I purchase books , I very much enjoy reading and dedicate blocks of time and can get through a significant number of books but when I put myself on a book buying ban it seems I don't read as much, what normally would take a couple of days to read becomes a couple of weeks so even though purchasing and reading are very separate activities my little brain doesn’t seem to understand that. But there is a bright side to my behaviour, I am making a significant contribution to the economy 😁. I would love to participate in the challenge but I am WEAK.
I am also weak, which is why I find I need to do things like this. If I just think to myself "I'll buy less books" then I never do!
I am far, far FAR too weak to resist the temptation to buy new books! I just bought three e-books yesterday because they were...uh...less than $4 all together. 😆 Oh, and ps--One I grabbed for $0.00 on Kindle was freakin' WAR AND PEACE. All 2101 pages of it. If I read about 6 pages a day I might have it read in a year!
Ebooks are definitely my worst vice - I have SO MANY that I bought basically because they were cheap
I could never do this. I have several hundred unread books and I do buy faster than I read. I also have limited shelf space! I wouldn't consider myself to be a collector, but I do follow some small presses who only publish limited editions - not all of which will interest me - and the thought of missing buying a book because I'm reading others would be too frustrating for words.
It's easier than I expected I have to say!
I love this challenge, especially READ WHAT YOU OWN because that 100 number scares me lol.
I'll give this one a think and figure out how in the world I can do this because I have a few hundred I need to read already.
That's great! Hope you find a way to make it work for you!
i think this is a really good challenge. I don't know how many I will be able to read but it makes sense to read what you have. Everyone can do that. It is very similar to pan that palette, which is using all your makeup before you buy more, It is also similar to downsizing and getting rid of things you don't need around your house. People are wanting to stop the excess. They want to be less cluttered physically and mentally. I want to see just how far I can go with this challenge.
Thanks Denisa - really glad you're taking part!
I had no clue that you are an author as well , that’s great !!! I’ll check your stuff out . I’m a wannabe author that is trying to read more than 5 books a year lol . My goal is 2 books a month .
I'm more of an ex-author really, I haven't written anything for years
I buy books in two ways. By subject, and by genre. I'm a huge Edgar Allan Poe fan, and I try to collect as much from him as possible. I'm also a big fan of early British literature. The earlier the better..I have a few early finds, and it's like a treasure hunt when I find one. I'm a. Big murder mystery fan..if 5he book engages me early on then I'll spend a couple of hours chasing the story. Good luck with your challenge! You can do it!
I should do the same, I actually had to buy a second bookcase since I had an excess of books.
I'm sort of doing this challenge, just not on BookTube. I'm letting myself continue to buy cheap e-books or fancy books (Folio Society, etc.) but otherwise I'm reading down my "regular" paper books. I can't focus to do a count right now (COVID finally found me), but I would guess the number is similar to Austin's 30. Good luck, all!
Oh no! Hope you feel better soon Troy! I like the idea of only buying posh or super cheap!
I pick up books all the time at library sales and I have one bookshelf with books I haven’t read. I probably read 2 books a month on average so this is a great challenge to remind me to go to that bookshelf and read only those for awhile.
Great! Hope you enjoy them!
Oh God, "collecting" (in my case its more like gathering) books is a huge problem for many people. Here in the US in some states we have a very popular unofficial program where people may build, or purchase, a book box from the site called My Little Library, and there people can drop off books or leave books. I live in San Francisco and because it is a big, densely populated city, we have these boxes all over the city. Not on every block, but if you look on the official map, there should be probably at least a 100 boxes, plus there are places that are unofficial. Depending on the neighborhood, these boxes are often filled with excellent, new and old books, often brand new books. I lived in one area where this was really popular and I kept picking up books. Not any and all books. I actually check for information about the subject and the specific book on every book I take.
Basically, now I have 6 book case full of books, and then some boxes of books. Most I intend to read. Some I think I will probably sell on ebay. The problem is you think you want to read all of the books you have already picked because they are well reviewed, but in practice its not always easy to read, or maybe its not even that good of a book, but you are not sure whether the book is not for you, or if you are not getting the book for some reason, or maybe you are not reading it right. Add on top of that the fact that some of us have grown up in households where books were collected and respected, so we feel bad that the book may be thrown away or destroyed if we don't keep it. Now I have no space in my apartment.
I'd not heard of that program, but it does sound great. I definitely think publishers care much more about people buying books than reading them. Parting with books is always really hard for me for exactly the reasons you state
I ran across a reference to this challenge elsewhere, and decided that I could manage the Bronze tier; I’m not sure how many e-books I might have lurking in my files, but I did count my physical tomes and was pleased to find that I was doing better than I thought, with less than 50 that have accumulated without being read (since the last great purge). I’ve kept a reading log since 2002 or so; unfortunately I do know that 100 books would be 1.5-2 years’ worth of reading, and I’m sure I’ll want to buy/read something new before then.
Fantastic that you're taking part! Good luck!
Yeah I need to do this lol 😆 I have a problem 😅
You’re not alone, my friend!
I’m in 😊
Fantastic! Good luck!
Good morning. I do not read quickly I’m sad to say. On my Goodreads I have read over 100 books 📚. I have a lot of Christmas romance books that I am looking forward to reading 🎄.
That sounds like a lovely thing to read for Christmas
I'll go for 25 books, is that Bronze? I am definitely the book buying type, have to start reading the ones I have. I have a preordered book coming from Amazon in December I think, not canceling but will put that aside till I've read the 25.
Yeah 25 is bronze! Thanks for taking part Janice!
For about 5 years or so now, I have been doing the Goodreads Reading Challenge - which is a number you set yourself as the number of books you want to finish in a year. I usually set the number at 52 - roughly a book a week - and it seems I always at least meet that number (sometimes I go beyond). If I did something ambitious like a goal of 100, that would invite a problem: I would have a sort of invisible ticking clock in my brain needling me to read faster. The problem with that: each book has its own power to 'dictate' to me the speed with which I'll read it. Sometimes it's lightning speed but that's not typical. What that means is I'm sensitive to what each book is guiding me to do with it (provided I've committed to reading it). ... I do buy books fairly often but I'm sort of strict about what I buy (from a used book retailer usually). I mostly buy books that I'm fairly certain I'm going to like. Why? There are too many books that I want to read so I don't have time to 'chance' something that is likely to bore me. (This approach is not foolproof but it usually works rather well. I still DNF.) I usually read at night and on weekends - and I also watch a fair amount of cinema - so time is a factor. ... I live in an average-size apt., not a house. So lately I have been taking books to work and putting them in a box called 'Free Books' so that others can read them. I rarely read a book twice and there are only certain books that I want to keep handy (out of fondness). Since I buy fairly regularly, giving books away helps me to visibly see the books I still have and still need to get to, and that helps me get through the books more quickly. My point in all of this?: With everything re: books, it's best to find what works for your reading pleasure. ;)
Totally agree with your closing comment. It's lovely you give away books like that. I used to set myself a GoodReads goal but I didn't this year and I've found I haven't missed it
@@CriminOllyBlog Why should you miss it? You've moved on to BookTube! ;)
I relate to this so much! It’s why I’m reading to zero - although that’s a many year project
I think it would be absolutely impossible for me to do that!
This year I went on a six month book buying ban between 1/1/22 to 30/6/22. The only exceptions I made to the ban were 1) my Audible subscription 2) my Scribd subscription 3) books bought with money/gift cards I receive for birthday and Mothers Day 4) group reads. I ended up reading many books that I already owned. I will be going on a similar ban next year. I should be able to read 50 books off my shelves so I guess this will fit in your challenge even if I start later.
That's great.- those sounds like very sensible rules as well.
While on the topic of eBay. There’s a book called the Terminal Man that’s price goes up and down like traded company. It’s been as high as 60 and eventually as low as 10 which was when I grabbed it. It’s at 32 today 😅
Is that the early Michael Crichton one? I seem to remember it was pretty good
Buying books is definitely a hobby of mine. Along with reading, however, I buy more than I read. Sometimes I feel it is a problem but I like doing both so it is what it is. Lol I have often thought about putting a book buying ban on myself, and then I see something and go “meh” just buy it. I will read it at some point.
Yeah that "I'll probably read it one day" impulse is hard to resist!
I'm committing to the platinum level. I know that I'll have to move sometime over the next year and I need to stop buying books (except for the free ebooks). The fewer physical books that I have when I move, the better.
That's great! Thanks for taking part Tim!
Good luck with the challenge. Just yesterday I picked up one of the D.C. Man novels by James P. Cody. 1970s action with a D.C. lobbyist(?) as the lead. That book has more to do with your normal reading than mine. In you tossing aside your book buying bug have I caught it?
Maybe you have! That definitely sounds like the kind of thing I'd read
I'm going to try for 25. Of course, I have caveats. :) I don't have to give up my subscriptions, and I am still buying the book I promised myself for my birthday. Also, I'm not counting Audible since I honestly do listen to those as I get them and have no backlog.
Fantastic! Those seem like very fair caveats. And as I said on Discord, love your username!