Four Hours Later...

[stoutfellow]

...I can now say that I have achieved something this weekend. Most of the cardboard detritus in my computer room has now been broken down, ready for the recycler. There are just a couple of problems.

Most of the cardboard made up boxes in which books had come. (In a few cases, the books were still in them, one of them dating back to 1998...) A significant fraction of those books are still in the computer room, as there is no shelf space left for them. (Almost all of my bookcases are already double-shelved, with additional books on their sides on top of the shelved books.) Thus, the computer room is only slightly less cluttered than it was. (At least I no longer have to hyperextend to get to the books on the right side of the Britannica case.) (That case holds the Britannica, plus various Britannica Yearbooks, plus the Annals of America and the Great Books series, which I purchased along with the encyclopedia.)

The other problem is this. Of course, the number one source of those book boxes is Amazon. Guess what else I did this weekend?

[Harry Summers, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War; Patricia Wrede, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles; Rodney Stark, One True God: Historical Consequences of Monotheism; Harry Turtledove, Return Engagement; Sonia Singh, Goddess for Hire; Jennifer Crusie, Welcome to Temptation; Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith; Sylvia Kelso, Everran's Bane; Keith Kendig, Conics. Blame the American Mathematical Monthly, which, in a review, recommended that last book. "Nobody can eat just one..."]

Sometime this summer, I'll have to get some more bookshelves.

Comments

[pompe.livejournal.com]

I definitely need a pair of book shelves too. Usually I'm pretty good at putting away books in storage, but then there's the delicate matter of keeping the existing books balanced and friendly. Boring-looking shelves make me depressed, that dead man's library style has never felt attractive. But I suppose I'm too little of a completist to make it a serious risk.

bookshelfs

[(Anonymous)]

You know whats gonna happen one of these days me bucko. There gonna find you dead underneath a collapsed bookshelf.

Re: bookshelfs

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

There are worse ways to go.

[filkferengi]

The Sonia Singh was enthusiastically recommended by trixtah & is lots of fun.

Was the Pat Wrede a new read or a reread? It holds up well. Do you have her short story collection?

Are you a Jennifer Crusie fan?

Good luck with the books & shelves!

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

These were purchases, not reads. I'm about halfway through the Crusie; haven't gotten to the rest yet.

I guess you don't remember, but the story behind the Crusie purchase is this. Some time back, I put up a post singing the praises of Dusty Springfield. You responded by recommending Crusie, and specifically Welcome to Temptation. It went on the to-buy list, and finally got reached the top.

[filkferengi]

I remember making the recommendation [where Lois recommends, I do not disdain to follow], but then, I make lots of recommendations, being all enthusiastic like that. It's satisfying to find out I was actually listened to. I just wish you had let me know sooner, since I have a spare copy I could've sent you & saved you some cash. If you like the book, let me know; there're some other spare titles that can quickly come your way. [There're some authors I collect duplicates by, specifically for sending to listies. Heyer's one; Crusie may become another.]