tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post2628972210259336408..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: New Year's Resolution: Banish the Guilt!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-91573861305085705082011-01-07T18:50:53.018-08:002011-01-07T18:50:53.018-08:00Steph: Thank you for your really great essay on &q...Steph: Thank you for your really great essay on "book guilt" -- you inspired this post, but your essay was much more thoughtful. Good stuff.<br /><br />Louise: You are exactly right! OI discourage friends from giving me books or, even worse, LOANING me books, because I know if will be years before I get to them. I actually like a book to mellow on the shelves for a while, reminding me Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-35114424448090081922011-01-07T04:14:51.359-08:002011-01-07T04:14:51.359-08:00Great post. I don't feel guilt about books tha...Great post. I don't feel guilt about books that I've bought and own that languish about unread. After all there really are so many books and so little time. The books I have serious guilt over are those that kindly souls have either lent to me or given to me because they know I'm a reader, and they expect that I'll read them and love them. These books build up so much guilt that Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187730620736345378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-91654770773304521152011-01-06T17:31:48.001-08:002011-01-06T17:31:48.001-08:00Bravo! I really feel your sense of excitement abou...Bravo! I really feel your sense of excitement about your resolution. Admittedly I still can't commit to whittling down my list, I don't think—what if I don't feel like any of them at the moment? But I admire you for resolving to, trying your best, at any rate, and especially for not only tackling guilt but being able to say no. I too have difficult saying it, but have been more Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09046659069611288800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-55753766289516091802011-01-06T13:25:24.862-08:002011-01-06T13:25:24.862-08:00Bermuda: Good luck to you too!Bermuda: Good luck to you too!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6009515959739792782011-01-06T13:25:05.411-08:002011-01-06T13:25:05.411-08:00JG: That's what I'm worried about. I'm...JG: That's what I'm worried about. I'm going to try!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-67172908224244808152011-01-06T11:47:19.139-08:002011-01-06T11:47:19.139-08:00I need to work on my guilt list too. Good luck!I need to work on my guilt list too. Good luck!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-76654733525150801942011-01-06T11:15:01.834-08:002011-01-06T11:15:01.834-08:00I'll be interested to hear if you can keep to ...I'll be interested to hear if you can keep to the idea of graciously refusing a book when it's offered. That would require more willpower than I have available.J.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02806805528636359436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-2064114544243056482011-01-06T09:12:55.094-08:002011-01-06T09:12:55.094-08:00Sam: I've heard good things about the Alcott b...Sam: I've heard good things about the Alcott book too, but still don't seem to find the time for it. I will get to it.<br /><br />I buy books off my "To Read" list whenever I find them at used book sales and stores. So I have a lot of books on my TBR shelves. But I don't mind, even though I know it will take me years to get to them all. It does make me reluctant, though, to Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-16287596366209810642011-01-06T06:50:24.335-08:002011-01-06T06:50:24.335-08:00I've heard that "The Lost Summer of Louis...I've heard that "The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott" is supposed to be a good read.<br /><br />I'm terrible for buying books and not reading them because I've already bought more. I have about 300 waiting for me. This year, I'm going to see how long I can go just reading from my TBR list.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.com