Comments on Women of Mystery: Still on the Shelf

I don't think I have a book in the house that I ha...

2008-12-04T09:21:00.000-05:00

I don't think I have a book in the house that I haven't read (in the fiction genre, that is.)

I gallop through every book I bring into the house, store it in the bookshelf, and gallop through it again and again because I simply cannot exist without a book.

And when you live in the country, have a limited budget and cannot abide the trash on TV, you re-read.

I have books in every room in the house, except the bathroom. When I'm really desperate, I read cookbooks.

Nan-If I understand you, your family members are r...

2008-12-04T09:14:00.000-05:00

Nan-If I understand you, your family members are red with delight?

I hear them ,too, Barbara. Oh, I hear them.

I have almost a whole bookcase full of books I hav...

2008-12-04T00:02:00.000-05:00

I have almost a whole bookcase full of books I have yet to read in a variety of genres. Books I picked up for a "rainy" day or research for the stories I'm presently working on. I am beginning to go through them now. Some lucky friend or nearby library will end up with one or more of them once my reading is over.

Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on the perception, whenever I rid myself of books there are several in the bookstore I must buy. Because they're speaking to me, going so far as to fall off the shelf or the table as I pass or come near; as if they are alive.

I've been surrounded by books all my life. Many o...

2008-12-03T22:03:00.000-05:00

I've been surrounded by books all my life. Many of them unread, but they're more like family than guests.

Can I throw a family member away? No. Donate one to another human being? - Sounds reasonable, but I'd want to know it ended up in a good home where books are safe and read with delight. OOPS! What did I just say?

No, not incredible. But my husband built the buil...

2008-12-03T13:24:00.000-05:00

No, not incredible. But my husband built the built-in bookshelves in our house and he's not as much of a reader, so there aren't that many! And I do have a huge number of non-fiction books I haven't read, but they require a very different mindset.

Leah- I, too, get annoyed and that's it for a book...

2008-12-03T12:36:00.000-05:00

Leah- I, too, get annoyed and that's it for a book until I forget why it irked me.

Laura- So are you just that incredible or is it your claim that's incredible? : ) *sour grapes*

Lois- I appreciate the sympathy, and I'm prone to those fevered sprees myself. If I didn't know from people whose taste I revere that TAAOKAC was going to be uber-awesome in there somewhere, I'd give up. And it isn't fair at all, because I can tell how well-done it is already.

I'm guilty. Stacks and stacks of unread books. I w...

2008-12-03T11:30:00.000-05:00

I'm guilty. Stacks and stacks of unread books. I was on a feverish buying spree a couple of years ago, and have lived to regret it.

I took a look (at Amazon) at the first page of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and found it daunting.

I actually have relatively few fiction books unrea...

2008-12-03T10:18:00.000-05:00

I actually have relatively few fiction books unread around. Some of them I *won't* read and I just need to give them away. (I am waiting for our new library to open and hoping they'll ask for book donations.) I often take the "books I bought but haven't read" when I travel for work or fun and that cuts down on the pile.

I have X no. of books unread here. I had to stop ...

2008-12-03T08:52:00.000-05:00

I have X no. of books unread here. I had to stop going on rescue missions at garage sales because of it. I once set a book down for 10 years (ages 17-27)because I was annoyed at something in it.
I really do want to get these read.