Glens Falls (NY) Online Book Discussion Group discussion

THIS BEGAN AS A POST AT A GENERAL THREAD IN THIS GROUP ABOUT READING. NOW I'VE CREATED A TOPIC OUT OF IT.

It seems that books are getting to be a monkey on my back, especially now that I have so many books in my Kindle library waiting to be read. There's a fine line between opportunity and obligation. Sure, there are more and more opportunities for me to read but since I can't keep up, they are starting to feel like obligations. The easy availability of books has changed from a bonus to a burden.

How do you feel about this?

Me, too, but I'm sure there's a 12-step program out there somewhere to help us.

Darrell wrote: "Me, too, but I'm sure there's a 12-step program out there somewhere to help us."

LOL - Darrell, you've made my day! ROTFL

Darrell, following up on your suggestion, my husband says that the name of the 12-step program might be: BOOKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS.

I'll bet there's already a group with that name... or a blog of some sort. WE ARE NOT ALONE! :)

PS - Sure enough! I googled for BOOKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS and here are the hits:
https://www.google.com/#q=BOOKAHOLICS...

There's even a couple Facebook pages but they have nothing to do with feeling overwhelmed.

1. https://www.facebook.com/Bookaholics-...
2. https://www.facebook.com/bookaholicsa...

PPS-I guess we might call the group:
"BOOKAHOLICS OVERWHELMED ANONYMOUS"!

Check this motto out: https://margo187.files.wordpress.com/... LOL

Excellent.

On the other hand:

https://lechatdu503.files.wordpress.c...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/...

https://chatterfromacoffeehouse.files...

Looks like there's some book-bickering out there! :)

Guess we might as well choose Step #11 - ACCEPTANCE!

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But what would we do without them? I have been in that situation and it's better to have too many than too little. When I was staying in France in a chalet for six weeks and sometimes a month I couldn't carry enough books to get me through as then I didn't have access to a Kindle and I really got tired of re-reading the couple of books I had brought with me so enjoy the excess. While you may.

I'm obligated to read a lot for my job since I work with computers. I read a lot of technical articles & books for my hobbies & just due to general interest. I often feel somewhat obligated to read those simply to cure my own ignorance, but pleasure reading should never be an obligation which is why I don't set any reading goals. I read what I want, when I want. If a group read happens to strike a chord, I'll read it, but I don't worry if it doesn't.

Nina wrote: "But what would we do without them? I have been in that situation and it's better to have too many than too little. When I was staying in France in a chalet for six weeks and sometimes a month I cou..."

Yes, Nina, I guess it better to have too many than too few books to read. That's a good point of view. I'll have to work on it. :)

Jim wrote: "... but pleasure reading should never be an obligation which is why I don't set any reading goals. I read what I want, when I want. ..."

Right Jim, no reading goals for me. That would just make matters worse.