This is what I call "mindful book buying"! It's what I strove for last year (but that fell apart after the election), but I'm rededicating myself to it this year.
I really love when challenges are modified for the reader. It makes so much sense! I am also trying to read only from the books that I added to my Goodreads TBR (since I have more digital books) but I am excluding series and book club books.
I love hearing that other people have been setting reading rules for themselves! One of my goals is to read more genres, so I have set a limit of how many of certain genres I can read in a month/row without mixing in something new. I'm a big book-thrifter, which gets you into the same trouble of shelves of books you have yet to read, so I have set a monthly $ limit with exceptions for certain authors. Enjoying your channel!
The read what you own challenge without exceptions is too difficult. At least for me. I need to bend the rules, and so do many people. Setting limits in dollar amount or genre is a great way to go about it. Good luck with your challenge! 😁
Hi! I'm doing the challenge as well. I will try to read bigger books more often this year (500 pages or more) and will be obviously counting pages. I need to read more non-fiction though. Hopefully I have some on my shelves. Discovering I had bought good books years ago is so much fun. Have a great week! 😃📚📚
I have a similar idea, I need to save for kitting out my library/quilt studio so I need to save instead of spending. I'm going to be reading what I have...I'm currently doing the Beefcake book challenge (when I make the video!!) so I'll be preoccupied with reading big titles, and also I have a few quilts to finish too!! So I'm going to allow myself to buy a book or two only once a month....or less!!! Although I have an Etsy addiction!! 😕 You have some great ideas though!! Good luck for 2025!xx
Any hobby can easily turn into consumerism. About ten years ago, I decided I would learn to sew. I bought a sewing machine, and pretty soon I was buying patterns and fabrics without having a specific project in mind, and I just ended up with too much stuff. I decluttered quite a bit a couple of years ago, as it's not a hobby I have kept up. Also, I helped empty my parents' house in the last few months, and that was quite an eye opener as to my relationship with stuff. Good luck with your projects for 2025!
It's a popular challenge. It's not surprising given how tempting it is to buy books when we are watching booktubers talk about how great such and such book was... Good luck with your own challenge!
I don't like to put rules to things that I enjoy, like books, maybe because I'm a rule follower 😅 But also I have always bought books that either I'm gonna read right away or I will use in research, so I have to have it because eventually will be necessary. A lot of words to say that I found it really great that more people are being conscious of what they buy because doing it just for the sake of it is not great on so many levels. Regarding Booktube, maybe it would be a good idea to replace book hauls with library hauls or even bookshelve hauls, sometimes one can forget an old book buried in new ones 😝
You already apply common sense to your book buying, how wonderful! I think that is what all my "rules" tend towards: common sense. Bookshelf hauls are a good idea! I am sure I will discover buried treasures while "shopping" my shelves. 😁
Moderation is good. I basically have a goal not to buy random books I don't need. If I need it for a specific project or book club, I'll get it. If I have no idea if I'll get to it, I won't buy it.
Common sense in book buying, I love that! That is what I will be striving for this year. I am reasonable in most aspects of my life, it shouldn't be too hard to do it for book buying too (maybe I'll regret these words in a few weeks 😂).
I like the idea of continuing the Read What You Own challenge..i do belong to a mail order Book Club of classics so I get about 6 books a year...other than that I will try not to buy a book.
This is what I call "mindful book buying"! It's what I strove for last year (but that fell apart after the election), but I'm rededicating myself to it this year.
The election was enough to make anyone fall off the wagon. Buying books is a healthy way of coping with this disappointment. 😁
I really like the special rules you are allowing yourself l, sounds like a great plan! Have fun with your version of the challenge!
Thank you Justin! I wouldn't survive the challenge without bending the rules a little bit. I don't know how the inventors of the challenge do it.
Congratulations on finishing your challenge. I’m not done with mine yet but your ideas of how to keep it going make sense.
Well, your challenge is four times bigger than mine, and I started mine retroactively. Hang in there!
I really love when challenges are modified for the reader. It makes so much sense!
I am also trying to read only from the books that I added to my Goodreads TBR (since I have more digital books) but I am excluding series and book club books.
Bending the rules a little bit to have room to breathe is essential. 😁 Good luck with your challenge!
I love hearing that other people have been setting reading rules for themselves! One of my goals is to read more genres, so I have set a limit of how many of certain genres I can read in a month/row without mixing in something new. I'm a big book-thrifter, which gets you into the same trouble of shelves of books you have yet to read, so I have set a monthly $ limit with exceptions for certain authors. Enjoying your channel!
The read what you own challenge without exceptions is too difficult. At least for me. I need to bend the rules, and so do many people. Setting limits in dollar amount or genre is a great way to go about it. Good luck with your challenge! 😁
Hi! I'm doing the challenge as well. I will try to read bigger books more often this year (500 pages or more) and will be obviously counting pages. I need to read more non-fiction though. Hopefully I have some on my shelves. Discovering I had bought good books years ago is so much fun. Have a great week! 😃📚📚
The page count version of the challenge is a great help if we want to read bigger books. Good luck with your challenge! And have a great week too! 😁
Great resolution. 😊 Hope you achieve your goal. ☺
Thank you! 😁
That is a good goal to abide by. I hope you are successful in achieving it.
Thank you! 😁
Makes sense to have a stack of romances around for when you need them! Good luck with your reading!
Thank you!
Congratulations on completing your challenge! I think your stipulations moving forward sound great and will work for your reading style.
I think the key to this mad challenge is to bend the rules as much as possible... 😂
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Good luck! I can't do this challenge I like buying to much, but I am trying to read my own books more. 🙂
Thank you! Buying books is fun, so that's why I put in so many exceptions that will allow me to keep buy books regardless. 😂
I have a similar idea, I need to save for kitting out my library/quilt studio so I need to save instead of spending. I'm going to be reading what I have...I'm currently doing the Beefcake book challenge (when I make the video!!) so I'll be preoccupied with reading big titles, and also I have a few quilts to finish too!! So I'm going to allow myself to buy a book or two only once a month....or less!!! Although I have an Etsy addiction!! 😕 You have some great ideas though!! Good luck for 2025!xx
Any hobby can easily turn into consumerism. About ten years ago, I decided I would learn to sew. I bought a sewing machine, and pretty soon I was buying patterns and fabrics without having a specific project in mind, and I just ended up with too much stuff. I decluttered quite a bit a couple of years ago, as it's not a hobby I have kept up. Also, I helped empty my parents' house in the last few months, and that was quite an eye opener as to my relationship with stuff. Good luck with your projects for 2025!
Excellent video and challenge, I've been following quite a few booktubers doing this challenge. I'm doing my own version this year as well 😊
It's a popular challenge. It's not surprising given how tempting it is to buy books when we are watching booktubers talk about how great such and such book was... Good luck with your own challenge!
I don't like to put rules to things that I enjoy, like books, maybe because I'm a rule follower 😅 But also I have always bought books that either I'm gonna read right away or I will use in research, so I have to have it because eventually will be necessary. A lot of words to say that I found it really great that more people are being conscious of what they buy because doing it just for the sake of it is not great on so many levels. Regarding Booktube, maybe it would be a good idea to replace book hauls with library hauls or even bookshelve hauls, sometimes one can forget an old book buried in new ones 😝
You already apply common sense to your book buying, how wonderful! I think that is what all my "rules" tend towards: common sense. Bookshelf hauls are a good idea! I am sure I will discover buried treasures while "shopping" my shelves. 😁
Moderation is good. I basically have a goal not to buy random books I don't need. If I need it for a specific project or book club, I'll get it. If I have no idea if I'll get to it, I won't buy it.
Common sense in book buying, I love that! That is what I will be striving for this year. I am reasonable in most aspects of my life, it shouldn't be too hard to do it for book buying too (maybe I'll regret these words in a few weeks 😂).
I like the idea of continuing the Read What You Own challenge..i do belong to a mail order Book Club of classics so I get about 6 books a year...other than that I will try not to buy a book.
Your book buying diet is much stricter than mine! No buy is too difficult for me (I am a weakling when it comes to books). Good luck with your no buy!