Will I read this NOW?

I love books and have read constantly since I was in second grade. I like having my own copies because I dog-ear a lot of pages and write a lot of marginalia.

I got into a pattern of going to Half Price Books and coming home with half a dozen books. I would start reading one right away, but most of them sat on my shelves. After half a dozen trips to the bookstore, I ended up with thirty unread books on the shelf.

They mocked me. Every time I walked by they would talk to me, “You said you would read us but you haven’t. You read that other new book that you bought last weekend.”

It was awful. Eventually I’d end up selling most of them back.

So it occured to me, standing in the aisles with half a dozen books, “Will I read this now?” And usually the answer was no. So sad. So many books, so little time.

At the top of the list is a bold print option which will filter out only those books. I’ve found many of the books I want are available in this way. As always, do the math to see if paying shipping costs more or, at times, amazon’s price will be the lowest.