I think if I made a pile of all those unread books in my shelf it would go up to my hip. Well of course it won't because it'll tumble over well before I'd be finished stacking them but anyway...
The books started to pile up last autumn when I had time for nothing and was completely stressed out because I was finishing my exam paper. I got the usual amount of books in my queue by borrowing or buying them or they were given to me as gifts. But instead of devouring them like Homer at an all-you-can-eat-buffet - my usual approach to books I like - I was fretting and panicking about the thesis. When I was finally done, I needed another month or so to REALIZE I was done and then I eagerly gathered all the unread books to decide which one I'd read first. I was anxious to finally get back to reading and I wanted to know all my options. Well, that was a mistake!
There were just too much cool books I wanted to start reading immediately and I was overwhelmed. I started but instead of enjoying the read I just wanted to finish that book to get to the other cool ones. That really sucked the fun out of it.
Still does. That's so sad. I got some finished but new ones got in again. And I just look at the pile a few times a day and sigh.
This can't go on, I want the fun back! So for now I stand before you, a man on a mi... wait! I lack the manly parts for that... *thinking* ... *thinking* ... *clearing my throat* ... a MAID on a mission to reclaim the fun in reading! I will not rest! Wild horses couldn't drag me away! I will move heaven and earth! I will search the universe and back! (Now I'm out of more or less appropriate quotes...)
Still need to figure out how to accomplish that though. For now, I'll choose 10 books and put the others in a box in my closet. Out of sight, out of mind. Hopefully, if I concentrate on the 10 on display, I don't feel this necessity to rush like I now do. And from now on I have a complete ban of new reading material in place. Ok, the magazine I subscribed to doesn't count, but other than that a COMPLETE ban on acquiring new books. I'll just have to keep a list of the books I earmarked mentally to read.
Oh boy, I really wish I'll be done with this quest till Christmas. Otherwise it'll really suck. A Christmas without books is like a festival without beer... *sigh* ... Ok, I really really gonna need to stop this sighing thing, otherwise my quest is going to fail...*sigh* ... damn...
Btw: I'd tell you about the books I just read this week but I can't. That would include some major spoilers for lissy who wants to read them next. And it wouldn't be fun to get strangled, even if it were with really beautiful hand-dyed yarn...