I have rules for a reason. Trust me. Without rules, I would eat ice cream every day and never go to the gym, and that my friends, would not be a pretty picture.
This project has rules for a reason as well. Though certain rules like, "if you start a book you must finish," might intuitively seem the most important, for me the one that absolutely matters most is "read one book at a time." If you just start books willy-nilly, you a) don't actually finish them, and b) start down a slippery slope of just adding book after book to the list of ones that you've started but haven't even made a serious dent in.
Generally, I have been great at sticking to this rule (actually, I'm pretty good at sticking to all of my rules for this project; go me!). Lately, though, technology has started to hurt my discipline.
I completely blame Google Books. It is far, far, far, far too easy to start a new book. . . and another. . . and another. Of course, it is helping me to easily get new books, which may at least help balance the problems it is causing. Still, I need to be better about not starting so many (or be better about choosing them, since The House By the Medlar Tree and Marius the Epicurian aren't the most compelling options, which may be why I'm having commitment issues).
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