McIntyre went over her checkbook carefully and realized she was buying 10 books every month. A lifelong reader, she couldn’t wait to rush out and snap up a new release. “It was a $400-a-year habit,” she says. The worst part was, many of the books didn’t live up to the reviews and McIntyre gave them away. Now she gets the latest bestsellers from the local library. “Reading them a little later doesn’t spoil the story,” she concludes.