Book-buying is a disease!

Book-buying is definitely a disease! I was determined to buy no more than 12 books this entire year, finally making a dent in my huge pile of books waiting to be read. However, I have already passed that many purchases in less than six months. So far in 2007 I have bought 17 books but have only read 12 books! *sigh* Here is the tally of my total books bought the past half-dozen years:

Year / Fiction / Nonfiction / Total
2001 / 13 / 5 / 18
2002 / 19 / 2 / 21
2003 / 21 / 1 / 22
2004 / 20 / 0 / 20
2005 / 23 / 6 / 29
2006 / 25 / 3 / 28
2007 / 13 / 4 / 17 (by June 29, 2007)

As a result of this out-of-control buying, my Books-To-Read list has grown larger too:

SF Novels (including series) 34
SF Short Fiction 16
Historical Fiction 37
Nonfiction 25
Total 112

At my current rate of reading about 25 books per year, if I do not buy another book for the next 5 years, I might get caught up on all my reading. But if I continue buying more books each year than I can possibly read–as I have done the past 3 years–then the list will grow and grow and grow...