In a world that's scary (more so today than yesterday even; I don't want a war with Iran!) and burning and full of hate, books give me some comfort. And growing up book insecure (my family tried, but we were living overseas), a stockpile on hand is soothing. But I have now crossed the boarder from soothing stockpile to source of stress, which was driven home to me when my son asked what I wanted for my birthday, and when I said "books are always nice" he answered "but you wouldn't read it." And I was Sad.
Also I'm worried about the structural integrity of the house underneath this pile.
nb: review copies and library checkouts (lots of both) not shown
In my defense, my retirement plan is to have a new and used children's bookstore. So a lot of these will become stock, and count as an investment in the financial stability of future me :)
But it is still too many. So in the coming year, I'm going to make an effort to read these. I'm not going to another library book sale until I've read 50 of them, and I'm not buying myself a new book till I've read 100 (repeating as necessary).
Also I'm worried about the structural integrity of the house underneath this pile.
In my defense, my retirement plan is to have a new and used children's bookstore. So a lot of these will become stock, and count as an investment in the financial stability of future me :)
But it is still too many. So in the coming year, I'm going to make an effort to read these. I'm not going to another library book sale until I've read 50 of them, and I'm not buying myself a new book till I've read 100 (repeating as necessary).
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