Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read

My pattern:

I hear about a wonderful book. 

I desperately search my library catalogs for the book.

It's not available. 

I comb through the used book sites for a bargain.

It's only for sale at full price.

I hunger to read that book. I click the purchase button.

Every day I scan my mail notifications. When will my book arrive?

I wait and wait. It takes a week, sometimes two weeks, to make it to my house.

It's here! I go to the mailbox, and rush inside to open the package.

I set the book at the top of my to-read stack. I do not start it.

I move the book to my under-the-bed stack. I do not start it.

I shift the book to my book closet. I do not rstart it.

The fire in me is now embers. And then ashes.

The book is pushed to the back, to the bottom of the book closet. 

I see it several years later. I think about putting it out in my Little Free Library.

Sigh.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.