Catalogging books.

[nescio17]

My parents were up the weekend before last. They brought the rest of my books. now, for the first time in a long time I think I have all my books under one roof.

The books that came up are largely fantasy/science fiction. Various times I've been surprised by the number of books I haven't read that I should have. Now I see what I read instead.

Comments

[entropicangel]

*sighs enviously* Some day we'll have the space to bring all the books in ...

But yeah, Dickens vs. Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Hmmm ... and huzzah for books!

Also, happy very belated birthday!

[yoda4554]

You know, it only occurred to me today to react against this...Dickens does not have 19 novels worth reading (indeed, I doubt he has 19 novels). I don't know if he has more than five or six worth reading, though this is fine by itself. Indeed, I'm not sure anyone has 19 novels worth reading; perhaps Henry James does, and maybe Balzac too (though I'm told one must read him in spurts) but even that's pushing it.

Though I have certainly felt the same when looking back at my large stack of several dozen Star War universe novels c. 1999...