I somehow find myself putting together my monthly pull list and realizing I am pulling a title every month that I actually haven't read in months. Not one of those usual things where DC is late in shipping it (Shazam, Doomsday Clock…) but a title where I ordered issue #1 intending to read it and then ordered each month since. I've binge read about a dozen issues a few months ago. But even then I didn't read all the issues I'd backlogged. And since I didn't read say May 2019, I didn't read any other issue that came out after that. But somehow I keep ordering the new issue since I intend to catch up at some point.
I generally have my comics read the night I buy them or within a few days at most when it's a week where a lot of books ship. It's been years since I bought anything except a mini-series that I didn't read, and mini-series were a case of not liking issue #1 but having ordered another issue or two before the first issue shipped and I outright hated that. This is more of a "meh- not great but readable" reaction to a given issue where I'm not motivated to drop the book, but also not motivated to read the next issue immediately.
Just wondered if I am the only one finding myself wondering why I keep buying stuff (a single series) I am obviously not really invested in reading?
I didn't name the series just to avoid this becoming about the particular book rather than about that weird desire to buy things you are sort of interested in even when the cost seems to outweigh the return.