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I was just browsing around in my LibraryThing profile and realized that I bought, received or otherwise acquired 54 books in 2008. And I'm definitely not going to read 54 books in 2009. I have a pretty good schedule of two a month, which I think is a pretty respectable pace, but I was faced with a vision of myself as an old man with giant rooms of unread books. Damn my insatiable thirst for books! Oh, and I've already bought 6 in 2009 (not counting, of course, the two that are in the mail). Speaking of the two books in the mail, if you're a spec fic fan, you might consider picking up a book or two from Apex Book Company. They're going through a rough period financially and, as of yesterday, need only to sell 64 books to get back into the black. That's a fair number of books to sell in a short period of time for an independent book company, so they've asked people to put out the word for them. From everything I've read, they're publishing some of the best small press SF out there, so help them out if you can. I picked up copies of Unwelcome Bodies and The Next Fix.

Anyhow, I'm thinking it might be time to set some reading goals for 2009. I currently own 93 books that I haven't read, and if my buying keeps up at its current pace, I'll have a lot more by the end of the year. I was reading about the 100 book challenge over at In the Darkness, Hiding, but that seems a little too ambitious for me. I'm thinking, then, that my goal should just be to read more than I buy (the latter of which is going to require a lot of restraint). So, here's where I stand right now:

Books read in 2009: 1
Books acquired in 2009: 6 (well...ok, 8)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go read.


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