Congrats on 20 years!!! That is crazy! My first thought that a book ban to celebrate is backwards and that you should buy more books to celebrate haha, but after seeing the pictures I understand! I do love your bookshelf and your desk though! They are gorgeous <3

Happy 20 years!! Good luck with your challenge. In honor of your blog-versary, Ben and I are going to a new bookstore that just opened! 😉

Oh wow! Happy Blogoversary! I've got a little over 2 years left until my 20th! Pretty sure I'll still be doing this then, not sure what the blogosphere will look like though! lol. A year long book buying ban. Wow. That sounds impressive! My problem is I still like supporting authors by buying their books asap and then there are all those exclusive first print editions that I will have total KOMO if I don't buy it when it's available! Lol. I feel like you will do well with your goal, so I wish you all the best! Hope you have many more happy blogging years to come as well! <3

Congratulations on 20 years! I have turned a room into our house into a library so I just keep adding bookshelves but I have recently run out of wall space. I might have to do some book buying bans myself - at least for a bit!

I also congratulate you on 20 years of blogging, Susan! I have loved your blog since I first discovered it. Not completely sure when that was, but a long way back. Good luck with your challenge for yourself this next year. I haven't named that as a challenge for me, but I am on sort of the same kind of journey. I know I don't have as many physical books as you do, but I have a bunch more than you on my Kindle. I'm trying not so buy books, even for the Kindle (much) and will try to have patience to wait for books that I 'must' have to come when I put them on hold at my local library. Mostly, it has become clear to me that I have way more books in whatever form than I am likely to read in the rest of my lifetime. Some of the newer books have themes that I find a bit challenging and so I'm trying to read the books I already own. We'll see how it goes. I will say that I have made exceptions for attending book events at home or when travelling and getting signed copies of books. Have fun sorting through and your library will be blessed by what you donate to them.

Huge milestone and when so many bloggers have faded away, you're still here. Congratulations!

Congratulations on 20 years! How incredibly cool!!!

Congratulations on 20 years, that is just fantastic!

I tend to pass my books along, whether it is to friends, random people in airports, or a local book sale. I do keep some, but only the really special ones. I do have about 50 that are my TBR shelves. I am impressed that you will not buy books for a year. I don't think I could do it!

I only read my own books because our library here doesn't really cater for me. But that means I have to buy my boook club books and that leads to finding more others. LOL
But well done!!!

20 years is amazing! Congratulations! Beautiful bookshelves! Reading just what you already have for one year is a good goal.

Congratulations.that is a huge milestone.

Happy blogiversary! It's always great to see someone else around who's been blogging for a long time. Your 2027 goal sounds great! I hope it helps you prune your shelves. (Need to make room for more books!)

Happy 20th Blog Birthday! Twenty years is pretty impressive. And good luck on your yearlong book buying ban. That's a hard thing to do, but I believe in you. I'm so glad we're blogging friends. And I love your blog. Here's to 20 more years. :D

I'm not surprise you have gained so many books. I would have had the same overflowing book problem if I haven't turned to reading only ebooks though I only borrow from my public library.

Good luck with the book buying ban. Happy 20 years of blogging.

Have a lovely day.