Oodles of Books: the Gift That Keeps On Reading

[ozma914]

"If the Beast gave me a library like he gave to Belle, I'd marry him too." -- Aya Ling

So, my wife's bosses were going through storage units, and had to sort through all the books their daughter collected over the years. Some were damaged, but they offered to give Emily and me most of the rest. Their daughter, they said, read a lot.

Not long

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

What a joy to have all those books!

ETA because autocorrect is so stupid!

[ozma914]

It is! Even if I don't get to read them all, just being surrounded by them is a comfort.

[cornerofmadness]

that is a lot of books. once a few years back someone rolled up to the library with an entire truck bed filled with vintage SF/F books. Most are now somewhere in here with me. I have regrets

[ozma914]

Oh, wow, I'd have loved that. I don't suppose there were any by E.E. "Doc" Smith?

[cornerofmadness]

I can't remember. If I come across whatever box I jammed them in, I'll keep an eye out. There might have been