It starts with me, telling myself I can wait for a library loan for the new release I have been excitedly awaiting. Then I start looking at reviews, seeing it compared to all my most favorite recent reads. So naturally I cave and buy it. Then I have that whole mom guilt about blowing money on myself so I buy 4 more books for my kid because my 🧠 can’t let JUST me have nice things.

And books are the nicest of things.