#2 just won't make much sense if you haven't read #1. Does your library have an interlibrary loan program? That's how I get most of my books - my little small town library has very few titles in stock of the kinds of books that interest me, but they're wonderful about getting in books on loan from other libraries around the state.
I understand what you mean about stopping and letting a long book "soak" in after you've finished it. When I've finished a book that really strikes me, I can't start a different book right away, either. But the fact is, I very often end up just re-reading the same book again right away - turn and close the last page, then go right back to the first page and start reading it again all over from the beginning. Is that weird? 
Wishing you luck on getting "caught up". Do any of us reading addicts ever really get caught up? All that ever happens to me is that my "want-to-read" list just keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer, and ... 
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