Does anyone else get crazy ideas like this? I thought I'd sort through all my unread books today, given the weather was pretty rubbish and I had no other plans.
As most of you know, I live in a poky little flat in London, so I have very limited space to keep books. About 150 titles were put into storage when we had the kitchen and living room refurbished at Easter, so I managed to bring them back into the house for the first time since then. I then gathered all the other unread books stockpiled on top of my wardrobe, my bedside table, my chest of drawers, my TV unit and my big cane basket, and dumped them on the living room floor.
I'm not sure how many books are here, but I expect it's around 250. Very few of them are full-priced, brand-new books. Most are secondhand copies picked up at Oxfam or "mooched" from BookMooch. I reckon about ten of them are review copies sent to me by publishers.
I've now put them into alphabetical order (how sad) according to author's surname and in the process weeded out a few rogue books I'd already read and three bags of books I haven't read (and don't plan to), which will be donated to Oxfam next weekend.
Oh and the fun and joy of a bibliophile, eh?
