It was my second week picking up new comics during Buy Nothing Year, and I think the guilt was starting to settle in a little... well there was guilt and greed, and a little bit of the old withdrawal shakes. With four books that I'd have regularly bought, I only picked up two (initially) and only one was one I had bought previously. In keeping with what I mentioned last week, I want to use my trade for something productive so I picked up a second book for review, a new title I actually wasn't thinking about buying originally. And I was good to go... except, I mean, two books? I don't remember the last time I've left the comics shop with only two books (not on NCBD, anyway). It didn't feel right, and I panicked, and picked up a $10 graphic novel as well. I should have put it down (because at this rate, ten bones is a week and a half worth of floppies) but I just couldn't leave the shop with two books.
At the same time, I'm finding leaving some of those titles I routinely purchased last year (or before) surprisingly easy. Maybe they were good books that I recognized as good books but just wasn't enjoying that much, or maybe they were books I was enjoying, only not enough that I'm disappointed by not reading them. Perhaps it's because at this point, anything actually worth reading will show up in a trade, and I can read them later (theoretically). As well, what I've been most concerned about over the past year is covering notable books for the Raid, so that's what my focus for my credit-in-trade is.
So almost all of those books you see in the previous post, you won't be seeing in my collection.