I Have A Book Problem
(And I’m Completely Fine)
You have too many books. You're going to buy more. Let's make peace with that.
Sound familiar?
Maybe your nightstand has become a structural concern. Maybe you've started a second shelf, a third pile, a library cart that is now also full. Maybe you own 400 books you haven't read yet and just bought a dozen mystery bags at a bookstore birthday party because they were there and you couldn't not.
That last one is me. Hi.
You've probably felt the guilt that comes with all of it. The reading challenge you abandoned. The book club pick you resented every page of. The classic you've been meaning to read for a decade that sits on your shelf judging you quietly. The stack that keeps growing while your "read" shelf moves slower than you'd like.
Here's what I want to tell you: the pile is not the problem.
You don't have too many books. You have a reading life that hasn't been designed around who you actually are as a reader yet. That's exactly what this book is for.
What's inside:
I Have a Book Problem (And I'm Fine)
A guide for readers who love books more than is probably reasonable and have decided to stop apologizing for it.
Across 12 chapters, you'll figure out what kind of reader you actually are, not who you think you should be, and how to build a reading life around that person. You'll learn to trust your taste, ditch the obligation reads that drain your joy, understand why mood reading isn't indecision but instinct, and stop treating your TBR like a to-do list with a deadline.
This is not a productivity book. It is not a system or a framework or a five-step method for reading more books in less time. It's a permission slip, written by someone with 400 unread books, a library cart she didn't plan on buying, and zero regrets.
Inside you'll find
Why your reading personality shapes everything, and how to finally understand yours
How to stop finishing books you hate, and why that's the correct decision
Mood reading as a real practice, not an excuse
What your TBR is actually telling you, and why a full one is something to celebrate
How to ditch reading guilt without ditching your ambition as a reader
What a reading life designed entirely around you actually looks like
[READER QUOTE PLACEHOLDER]
This book is for you if…
You own more books than you'll realistically read in the next two years and you're fine with that, mostly. You've DNF'd something and felt guilty about it. You've pushed through something you hated because you felt like you should finish it. You've wondered if you're reading wrong. You've compared your reading life to someone else's and come away feeling like you're doing it incorrectly.
You're not doing it incorrectly. You're just doing it without enough information about yourself. This book is the information.
About the author
Megan Vick has read over 1,100 books, owns approximately 400 she hasn't gotten to yet, and has a husband who married her knowing full well what he was signing up for. He has since become complicit. They now visit bookstores together, which she considers a personal victory and he considers an expensive hobby he can't quit. She built Beguiled By Books because she got tired of apps that tracked what she'd read without helping her figure out what to read next. This is her first book, which she wrote surrounded by stacks she keeps meaning to organize.
Get the book
I Have a Book Problem (And I'm Fine) is available for presale now at $15. Orders placed by June 15 receive the full manuscript on delivery day at the presale price. After June 15, the price increases to $20.
You'll receive a PDF download delivered directly to your inbox. Epub coming soon.