Like a lot of people I know, I expect to die under my pile of my ‘to read’ books. Deciding what to read next is arduous. You don’t want to start and not finish. But, at the same time, you don’t want to start one that kind of sucks and find yourself forcing your way through it or tricking yourself into thinking you know how to speed read.

I also don’t like to rely solely on the books I own but haven’t read. I like to buy new ones, keep my collection fresh. Buying new books ensures that I continue to expand my horizon of what I will read. It also makes me feel less guilty when I see all of those book shops closing.