Are two completly different and sometimes overlaping hobbies.
I used to buy books like I used to buy PlayStation 2 games. Every saturday I used to buy 2 or 3 games, it reached a point where I had over 300 games but played the same 10 at most.
Like wise with books, I used to buy whatever grabbed my attention and I have a library full of books I have zero intention to read.
When I got my first Kindle back in 2011, the physical book lost its shine for me, it was now about reading the book and I became more serious about what books to buy. Not buying anything that seemed even a little bit interesting, I had to start to think about what I was really going to enjoy.
For me buying books and reading them are two different things.
by walkingnottoofast
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enjoying reading v shopping addiction
I’d say I have somewhat of a similar issue, but for me my reading speed just doesn’t catch up to my appetite for books. So I’ll be reading a book for a week or two and in that time will add more books onto the already pretty big pile of ones I had planned to read. I’m getting through them slowly but surely, but that pile will certainly never diminish.
I have heard that statement before and don’t quite get it because I’m always very excited to start reading a newly acquired book. But I don’t find the act of shopping or buying in general very exciting or interesting, I think that’s the difference. Thrift shops and flea markets might be a bit of an exception because it feels more like a treasure hunt, but shopping in regular stores feels pretty boring to me.