Discussion Challenge: Do You Have Too Many Books to Read?

Alas this time I must return to the prompt list because I'm out of ideas! Lol! So I saw one post that I thought I would tackle!

Do You Have Too Many Books to Read?

And the answer is, of course!! Lol! Granted, I know my TBR pile number isn't as high as other readers. I think mine's just past 300? Somewhere in that mix between 300-400! But it still feels like wayyy too many at times. Especially since I probably buy maybe around 100 books a year? But then I read a little over 100 too! I just completed my Goodreads challenge of 100 books, but in that number there were some novellas and short stories and comic books...so they were shorter to read!

But I find it hard to read them all and get caught up! I always felt like I could read fairly quick, getting like 2-3 books--if I was lucky--done in a week. Which is still pretty good, but then I hear about people reading twice as much as I do in a year and I'm like whoa!!! I'm not sure if some of these readers skim some lines when things get boring or what! Maybe not, I'm just one of those readers who generally reads every word and line! I only start skimming when I'm close to DNFing.

What's bad is that I truly want to read all these books. I don't buy them heedlessly anymore. There are a few whimsy buys but not many. My TBR pile started to get out of hand in 2010 for a multitude of reasons.

1. Borders was closing. My heart was breaking everyday until they finally closed their doors forever and still continues to remain broken. Even though my heart broke I still snagged deals while I could. I picked a series or two in full because sales! Plus I still had my membership discount on top of that.
2. Romantic Times Booklovers' Convention. I attended my first ever RT and learned of FREE books! Plus I did buy a few at the Saturday signing because when it comes to books, I am definitely an impulse buyer!
3. Blogging. I feel like 2010 was when I noticed an increase of bloggers. More so than I did in the previous year and with blogging came more recommendations and then wow, things just got out of hand!!

And granted as the years kept rolling, I attended more RT's, got more recommendations, discovered more authors and now my TBR pile is completely out of whack!! 

If you told my younger self in 2008 that there would be a time where I would ALWAYS have something new to read, I would laugh in your face! Because in this time I was re-reading books I enjoyed because I just never had enough NEW books. I remember I would keep my "TBR pile"--which was like maybe 3-4 books if I was lucky--on my bookshelf, because eventually they'd be moved there anyway!

Now I have a TRUNK at the foot of my bed FILLED with books to read! I have 4/5 shelves on a bookcase FILLED with books to read! Which really need to be moved asap so I can start shelving my read books better, but yeah...it's crazy overwhelming now!

So do you have too many books to read? Can you remember when/how it all happened?