read all the books on my bookshelves

I want to read all the books on my bookshelves, but I hope never to have read all the books on my bookshelves.
To clarify: I hope to keep adding books on to my shelves forevermore, and that there will always be another book lying there to be added to the must-read list.

:)

I used to buy some books, and sometimes, i used to forget if i got those unread books stands on my bookshelves..

I have so many books that I’ve purchased over the years that I have yet to read. Reading them is going to be a challenge but I bought them for a reason didn’t I? I started reading two books from my shelves: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

I have one more book in my “borrowed” pile, but right now I am reading a book from my own collection. Once I have read the borrowed book, I plan to go through my book collection, weed out all the books I haven’t read, decide whether I want to read them or ditch them, then start this project in earnest.

I currently have 4 books in my “to read next” pile, and none of them are from my bookshelf. Sigh. Two are books borrowed from friends, and two are books I bought when I ran out of Patricia McKillip books to borrow from my husband.

Maybe I need to sit down one day and pull all the books off our bookshelves that are mine and still unread. Then I will have to decide: am I going to read this, or should I just give up and get rid of it now? There are plenty of things I’m holding on to simply because I’m a packrat, and that’s a horrible reason for them to be taking up valuable space in my home and my life.

I’ve now read Harry Potter 1, 2 and 3. Well, I’ve re-read them all. I want to be up to speed when the last book arrives in July.

I’m now on book 4, but have decided to take it easy on that series and branch out. I chose Oliver Sack’s “An Anthropologist on Mars”. Had no idea temple grandin was one of the stories! Frankly, I had no idea it was a series of stories rather than one interesting case.

See. Reading my own books is just as exciting as going to a bookstore!

This continues to be impossible. Just when I’m about to finish one book, I’m tempted by new books, or new-to-me books, or other peoples’ books. It doesn’t help that my two new favorite hangouts are bookstores, and I made a pact with my husband that we’ll spend more time there. Sigh.

I can’t say that I’m overly disappointed by the accrual of new books, of course. I still want to read all the books I own, some day… but I’m starting to realize that it’s probably one of those goals I’ll never actually accomplish.

No harm in trying, though. :)

This is difficult to do when I acquire books (either through buying or borrowing) faster than I can read them….

Astrology, mythology, theology, philosophy, and more…
Fiction, mystery, art books, comics galore
A little of that
Some of this
A great big collection
Of literature bliss.

Yea, I’ve got alot of books. And I haunt Borders, B&N and independent book stores like a poltergeist. I’m a culture vulture, but prefer my carcasses smell like ink and paper, and make dying noises akin to musical notes.

Maybe making a list will help in progressing through the mire of plots.