99 Problems

I have a tad bit of a problem. I tend to pick up certain books, read them for a certain amount of time and then put them back down.

I say put down because I usually leave them lying in various locations in my bedroom. I admonish my mother: "Don't mess with that. I'm reading it.", to which she responds: "How are you reading it, if you're at the computer?"

These particular books usually don't get finished in a proper amount of time, but continue to lie around until my mother gets frustrated and puts them back on the bookshelf.

On my Goodreads these books have a tendency to languish on my currently reading list. One of them had been there since mid 2010, yet I was sure I was going to finish it. I'm going to finish it right?

I guess you could say I dropped them. Most of them I have the intention of reading at some point, but at the moment they weren't right, you know what I mean?

So today I decided to clean up my currently reading list. I divided them into two categories: Finish at a later date and attempt at a later date.

There are only two on the attempt at a later date. These are ones I have to prepare myself for, set out a certain amount of time and devotion to read. Both of them Russian classics.

The former are ones that I'll most likely pick back up when I get back in the right mood.

So my currently reading list went from a massive 30 down to 11. Sure that's still a lot, but much more manageable right?

Yes I'm a slightly OCD, why do you ask?