Two new ways to unbooken

Finding that your New Year's resolution to read the books you have and not buy any more is weakening? Maybe one of these approaches would work for you:

• In the spirit of Judith Levine's NOT BUYING IT, Meg Hourihan (who cofounded Pyra Labs, the company that once launched a little web program called Blogger) is tracking her spending openly and making an effort not to make unnecessary stuff purchases in 2012, over on her blog Makeit.do. Per her rules, she can borrow a book from a friend or the library, but not buy it.
• For something more literary and less generally minimalist, pay attention to Canadian critic Michael Hingston, tackling his unread books a few tomes at a time in Shelf Defense. (I am a sucker for a good pun.) For each book he addresses it contents and whether he wants to keep or sell it. It's systematic and elegant, particular the hallmark photo he uses to show the progress he's making.