Book Infestation

I've been reading a lot lately, and that's a good thing, even if I've been letting it get in the way of some other things I should be doing, like scouring the Writer's Market for places to submit a couple of finished short stories and researching and writing my first article for a particular website. I've been reading really good books, too--addictive yet intelligent books. The fact that I have both the time and the resources to discover and read these books makes me a very happy geek. But my life at the moment presents a problem that's tearing me up a little bit.

Here's my predicament: I have too many sources of reading material. The last two books I've read were borrowed from a friend. Before that, I borrowed a hardcover book from the bookstore where I work. This book-borrowing thing is something I feel that I should take full advantage of while I can. (Free books! Limited time only!) I also have a couple of advance copies that I picked up in the break room at work. These are books that will be coming out in the spring, and I think I should read them before they come out, so I can recommend them (or not) to customers. That, after all, is why publishers give us advance copies. BUT. But I bought several books last month, while my discount was temporarily increased to 40% and I had a gift card. I bought time-consuming books that I can't read in the time I'd have if I borrowed them from a library or from the store. Classic books. Books I should probably read before I start my PhD, because I don't expect to have time for them once I'm in school again, and it's frankly a little embarrassing that I've never read them. (I'm talking about books like Moby Dick, The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, The Picture of Dorian Grey.) And I'm not the kind of girl who reads more than one book at a time. When I start a book, I enter into a commitment with it. So there will be no compromising. I have to choose a book. One book. But how to choose, when they're all so tempting?