The same thing happens to me with books. I have tons of unread/unfinished books lying around, but I never know what to read, because non of these books seems to be the right one.
This morning my Amazon package arrived with books I ordered last week. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger and Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. I was looking forward to all of these books and I'm happy to have them in my hands now. But when I opened the package and thought about which one to read first I couldn't decide. The Great Gatsby...no...too difficult to read for now. Franny and Zooey...Salinger?...hm...too 'Salinger' for now. Let it Snow...YA literature...not sure...do I even want to read an English book next?
See, I ended up with not wanting to read any of these books. Now. I definitely want to read them sometime soon, but not now.
So I thought about all the unread/unfinished books I have and decided to put a stack together with all these books, so I can see them and make my way through it. I looked at my bookshelf and started to pick out all the unread books and piled them up. Now, that's the result:
My reaction was something like "Oh. My. Gosh." 31 books! Not including some books of "A Series of Unfortunate Events", some Narnia books and about 5 unread books I have in Vienna.
13 English books, one library book, one book that belongs to my aunt, two books that you could put into the category Education, the rest are German books.
But I don't know where to start. :(
It would be nice to finish at least half of them this summer.
Does this happen to you too? That you have so many unread books? How do you deal with having tons of unread books but the feeling as if you have nothing to read?
I have a lot of unread books {from my brother's room} and I just realised--he's coming back this afternoon. So I probably need to finish them. And there's too many to read in six hours.
ReplyDeleteHappens to me A LOT of times! Either the book gets boring or there are concepts that anger me, or I just have more important things to do. :/ Anyway, I'll get back to the good books I didn't finish like Uncle Tom's Cabin and not finish the books that I know I won't feel happy after reading like The Solitude of Prime Numbers. :/
ReplyDeleteArgh, I do the same thing! I start half a dozen books and then leave them unfinished for various reasons...most of my problem comes from the fact that I have a very short attention span. :P
ReplyDeleteOh God, I can't tell you how many books I've started and never finished. I want to finish most of them someday and I can even remember the page I left off at. :P
ReplyDeleteI have way too many unread books. There just never seems to be enough time though! I think you'll really like "The Great Gatsby" though. That was a good read =D
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