Do I Read The Books I Buy? February Book Haul Revisit

looking back on the book hauls of old
Videos Mentioned:
Passed Classics 100 Years in Solitude Liveshow: kzbin.info49nUakSD...
Books Mentioned:
Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
Tenant of Wildfell Hall -Anne Bronte
A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2019:
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
Five Little Pigs - Agatha Christie
Fullmetal Alchemist
Death Note
50 Great Stories
2020:
Miss Marvel Vol 7-11 - G. Willow Wilson
2021:
Rage of Dragons - Evan Winter
The Romance of Arthur
Turtles All The Way Down - John Green
2023:
Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield
Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
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[@WildeBookGarden]

Yes Edwardian era is so underrated for classics and historical fiction!

[@KierTheScrivener]

Right!

[@lydiafrost8769]

Our Mutual Friend should be at the top of your Dickens list! It's my favorite

[@KierTheScrivener]

Oh good to know!!

[@TheFictionalSarah]

Whoa, it's really impressive how few books you buy/obtain per year! I don't think I buy too many books in comparison to a lot of people on booktube, but I did track all my book purchases in 2022 and I bought 23 books. How do you resist buying new books to such a degree? Usually I try not to buy books I don't know if I'll love/re-read but sometimes a pretty cover/interesting story or just wanting to support an author I like will get me.

[@KierTheScrivener]

The simple answer is I just can't afford new books. They are so expensive and I don't have the income. I'm super fortunate to have a good library system. My roommate and I have three libraries between us and they have six more interconnected libbys. So I'm lucky that if I'm patient I'll eventually get to read most books and also buy most books. Turtles is a great example of this. I read it through my library in 2017 and then bought it for 3 dollars in 2021. But there's definitely books I've been waiting to read for years or the strange thing that I don't own most of my favourite books. But I make do and am pretty content.

[@TheFictionalSarah]

@@KierTheScrivener That's very fair! I'm glad you're in such a good position with your roommates! Love the community teamwork

[@WildeBookGarden]

One Hundred Years of Solitude is SO PAINFUL OMG

[@KierTheScrivener]

I'm sorry you now know this feeling tooo