My Collection

I have amassed quite the collection of books, I will admit. I would like to say that this has happened over a long period of time, but it has not.   The used bookstore where I have worked for the past couple of years, closed in September.  It was a very sad time for all of us, and I still don't like to walk down that side of the street, looking into its empty store windows.  I did, however, come out of that job with quite a lot of books. In fact, I had to buy a large shelf from the store, in order to house all of the books I had purchased during the closing sale.

Now any sane person, after buying one hundred-plus books, would read a great chunk of them prior to purchasing any others. Not me... I have continued to buy books from other bookstores for the past month, to fill the void I felt from my store closing. I love the feel of bookstores, especially used. I love the look of them, the smell of them, and they always seem to be the perfect temperature. Shopping for books always puts me in a great mood, and I always leave with a new treasure; something I know will give me hours of enjoyment.

As i was walking home today with a new stack of used books in my arms, I realized I have a problem. A wonderful problem of having "too many books".  I realized that I now own more books that I have yet to read than ones that I have previously read! Does anyone else have this problem?
I decided to go on a book buying ban until I read all of my new books. ALL of them. I am also including my boyfriend's books that I have not read. I counted today and came up with these figures.

Novels & Short Story Collections: 363

Memoirs & Biographies: 38

I told you I really took advantage of that sale.

I would love to read these all in a year (yes, I realize that would be more than a book a day), but I know that this would not be possible, as I work full time, and like to do things other than read (rarely). I'm going to say that this collection of books will take me a year and a half to two years to complete. Some are quite short (Esio Trot by Roald Dahl), and some are quite long (War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy). At the end of this, I will be able to say that I have read every book that I own. I'm looking forward to that. 

This is going to take an incredible amount of determination and willpower on my behalf.  Wish me luck!

Your reader,

Deni