In a perfect world ALL of my books would be segregated by genres n their respective bookcases. (Tom didn't realize when he married me 27 and a half years ago that he'd be spending the rest of his life building bookcases.) Most are, but a substantial amount live piled on our extra wide stairs. Some are in boxes -- I really hate that. Some (film books, primarily) are BEHIND boxes in the guest room (and more or less inaccessible.)

I've just finished (earlier this afternoon) "Walking to Mercury" by Starhawk. Started reading it figuring I could de-accession it to the library sale when I was done, but came to the conclusion yesterday that I'll probably need to loan it to a few people first.

I consider I've "won" if I purchase fewer books from the Nottingham Library's twice a year sales than I've donated -- in November I broke even.

I'm also in the middle of reading a couple books that need to be read more slowly or in smaller amounts at a time: "A History of God" by Karen Armstrong, which I'm enjoying immensely, and a slim volume on literary turns of phrase and what they're called and how they're used called "Turns of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase" by Arthur Quinn (not a "read in one sitting" book).

Linn