Guilty Pleasure... buying books

Sometimes I feel guilty of my pleasures... the one where I can't stop myself from buying all the wonderful books coming out or already out.

My poor book shelf is going to explode at the edges soon. (if you saw my post for CSN Furniture you saw it, here)  :) And I love it.  But, I keep buying all these books.  My TBR pile is overflowing.  And I love it.

At times I feel guilty I'm not able to read all these books fast enough.  I wish I was a speed reader, but then I don't think I would savor and enjoy the books as much if I was.

I do have a few books sent to me for reviews by authors, publishers, or PR representatives.  I DO make it a point to get to these first; before their release dates or review for the time of release.  I also have books for discussions I am involved in at different sites.  Which I work really hard to keep up with those in the months they are in.

But I still feel guilty at times that I don't get to the books I purchase fast enough.  I love sharing my thoughts on the books and they all sound SO AMAZING.  I start getting like an anxiety attack, because I WANT to read these amazing books.  That is my guilty pleasure.  I love to buy these amazing books and I want to read them in the worst way.  *sigh* They will all get read in due time.  That will happen, for sure.

So, since you now know my guilty pleasure... Do you feel the same way?

And curious, but how big is your TBR pile?  You don't have to tell if you don't want to.  It would make me feel better though. ;)  Mine is about 46 books at the moment.