Clearing the stockpile

I have amazing stockpiles of books lying around my house that desire to be cleared. In other words: They need to be read. It’s this idiotic collector’s syndrome of mine. Whenever I buy a book, I lose the compulsion to read it since I know it’ll always be there for me when the want arises. Then I hear about a book that interests me, but that I do not want to purchase (unless I’m so hooked by it that I just have to have it: e.g. The Fountains of Paradise), I try all means to borrow a copy from the library. Then of course, the limited loan period presses me to complete and return the copy before a fine is imposed.

The books at home languish in waiting.