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I got over my bibliomania by pretty much completely stopping to buy books online. I never used to buy book at airports, train stations, book stores. Almost always online and a lot. Just because it was on offer and/or it was reviewed well or was rated good. So whenever I would go on a journey I would pick a couple from my hoard.

Couple of years later I have a huge collection of unread books. I may not read a lot of them ever. And probably no one will read them. I have the option of either giving it to a public library or leave in the family in the hope that someone will get to read them someday.

I had also stopped getting books based on my own taste. It was always someone's review or so or genre search or famous works.

So now I buy a book when I want to read it. Be it airport, or a train station or a book store. I buy it if I like it - at MRP or whatever the price is. I would just go through the beginning of the book, or few pages from here and there. In this way - I spend less and read more books. I also discover a lot of books that I wouldn't have otherwise. It also is very close to what I think I can call my own taste. Only that I buy less books which I don't mind really.



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