I found this book years and years ago. I had to buy it just for the cover. In the story, Ganz is an evil character. I read the book more than 20 years ago. I vaguely remember that the ending was completely unsatisfactory in that it led directly into a next book without wrapping up its own plot. I don't mind a series, but when a book literally ends in a cliffhanger with no way of knowing how things work out, then I get frustrated. I have never come across another book in the series — but I haven't looked either. Now that abebooks.com is around, I'm sure I could find out. I wanted the book to stay in the family, so when my oldest nephew came to visit this summer, I gave it to him. He got a big kick out of knowing there was a badass warlord named after him.

Tags: books, November 2010

Does anyone read this book anymore? I remember when every adult was talking about it (when I was young) and then reading it to their kids. I have vague memories of a short film, either on TV or in the theatres. I am not going to read The Little Prince again, so why am I being sentimental about hanging on to it? I'm finally able to be ruthless about books from my childhood that I've been hanging on to "just because." For now this will go into the kid's book box until I decide which niece or nephew might enjoy it. On another note, I've been haunting thrift stores and flea markets lately. Have discovered one that I didn't know was there and it's fabulous. Also went to the Victoria Flea Market for the first time this Sunday. I'm attracted to different things at different times -- this week it was old photographs. Who were these people? Where did they live? Was the smile just for the camera? Why was the man standing on the sand at the beach wearing a suit and tie?

Tags: books, September 2010

We have a house guest. Our nephew. So I've been preoccupied with things other than getting rid of stuff. However, the nephew and I went to one our town's best secondhand bookstores, took in 15 books for store credit and bought two new books each. Since two belong to him now, technically I'm only bringing two back in for me.
One of the cats is very friendly towards him, one is wary and one has stayed in the laundry basket in the closet for a week now. Bear only comes out to eat at night or when the lad is outside.

Tags: books, July 2010, cats

There are always more books to get rid of. I still haven't made it to the secondhand book store to see if they will accept any of what I think might be saleable books. Maybe I'll find a moment this week. I was in a book club for a few years -- when it was my turn to suggest a book I mentioned Doris Lessing's Love Again. And then I didn't read the book or go to that month's meeting. Everyone hated the book and hated me for choosing it. I still haven't ever read it, not after such scathing reviews from my friends in the club. I haven't read Bette Davis's autobiography either. Nor the Bill Bryson, nor the André Brink. I have given up the notion that I should keep books I haven't read yet -- really, if I haven't read them in the past 20 years, it's unlikely I'll get to them.

Tags: books, June 2010

If you had told me a year and a half ago that I would be willing to give up my ratty copy of Gone with the Wind, I would have laughed in your face like Scarlett. And there is no way I would have parted with anything by Anne Rice. However. I have read Ms. Mitchell's book at least twice, same for the Vampire books — you will have to pull Interview with the Vampire out of my cold, dead hand before I'll give that one away — and am ready to make way for other reading material. I tried to finish The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, but didn't make it. The others were bathtub reads. In and out. Can't even remember the plots.

Tags: books, June 2010

This was in a free pile. I thought it might be good for a chuckle. It wasn't. Even if the author is trying to deliberately write bad poetry, it's not consistent or funny enough to be good bad poetry. I shared a few poems with my poetry group and we all decided we had given the book its due and could now recycle it. The back of the book does say that at the very least it can be used as toilet paper. It's so rare for me to recycle a book instead of passing it on, but this time I'm being judgmental and can't in good conscience let anyone else read it. (I understand how personal this stuff is, and how proud authors feel about having a book out, so I've blurred the author's name. If you really want to know, you'll have to do a search on your own.)

Tags: books, May 2010

Once a year, the Times Colonist has a huge book sale. Two days, hundreds of thousands of books. I have signed up to volunteer this year, sorting books before the sale on May 15 and 16. Today I have to work on my projects, but I'm hoping to put in a shift by tomorrow or Wednesday. Yesterday I dropped off a bunch of books that have been accumulating in my "get rid of" pile. I also stopped by a friend's house and took at least 150 of her books to the drop off. She took a couple of my discards, and I took some of hers, but all around, we got rid of more than we brought home from each other. I love this book sale. Always find some great books for my nieces and nephews. Some poetry for me. And crime fiction of course. I am this close to finishing my taxes. I was up til 2am last Thursday -- got to the stage where I know I'm in for a nice refund, so I don't have to rush to file. But I want to get it out of the way by tomorrow. Hoping to get back to more regular posts after that. Random cat is the beautiful Barger.

Tags: books, May 2010, cats

I finally dragged some books over to the mystery store — but there are too many Giles Blunt titles in stock. I could only get rid of the Sharyn McCrumb. I can try again with the Blunts in a few months. The rest will go to a couple of book swap shelves I know about. Sometimes I take one and leave two. This time I will just leave a bunch. Ever since we got new moss green stoneware, I haven't liked how these red mugs pop out at me on the shelves. I'm all for certain reds and greens together, just not the combo I'm seeing. I'll use the mugs at a workshop I'm coordinating this weekend, then I will put them in the donation box.

Tags: books, March 2010, kitchen

I LOVED this book when I was little. I read it over and over again. Gregory Clark wrote touching, funny stories. For me they were little glimpses into adult life -- not the scary things, but the amusing and heartwarming ones. Technically, I suppose the book belongs to my parents, since I they bought it. I merely appropriated it when I moved out. So when my Mom was here awhile ago and saw it in the pile of books I was going to send to my nephews she decided she wanted to re-read it and took it back. I made her promise to pass it on to the boys once she finished. I think they'll enjoy the old fashioned stories too.

Tags: books, March 2010

Here are a few more odds and ends from around the house. Who knew we had so many extra phones? And I'm just getting started on getting rid of the cassette tapes. I still have a player and I suppose I will keep a few, but really, I should just buy replacement music on iTunes and ditch the tapes. Was never fond of rewinding or fast forwarding just to find a specific song. I often put a song on repeat and listen to it two or three times in a row. Hard to do that with a cassette. The book was a tough slog. Never did finish it, though I found the self-absorption of the author quite fascinating. If you ever want to read every single detail about someone's life, every thought and brain burp, this is for you.

Tags: phone, books, music, February 2010

I'm in the middle of a four day reunion with a group of poet friends. One of them is a train fan, so I'm giving her these two books. The blue book is a textbook of sorts called "A Real Book" about trains. The other is the story of building the railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. I've ridden the Nairobi to Mombasa stretch many times. It's an overnight trip. You start in Nairobi, high elevation, no humidity, just before dark and wake up in the morning to heat, moist air, mango trees and a hint of salt and ocean breezes (if you're lucky) and end up in Mombasa just in time for a late breakfast.

Tags: books, February 2010

Hawaii Five-O was my favourite TV show when I was a kid. I thought Jack Lord was lurvely. Nothing to do with these books. When my mom was here I was able to go through some very old books with her — to find out which ones came from her childhood and which ones might have been acquired elsewhere. The ones from her childhood we'll keep a bit longer. These came from someone else's bookcase. The one about Atlantis was particularly odd and beautiful inside. (see binding detail).

Tags: books, antique

Getting rid of books is getting easier and easier. I have read three out of the five of these. Figured out the killer in the Fielding book way too early and forced myself to finish it just to see if I was right. I won't be reading her again. Going to keep the tree up for at least another week. I enjoy the lights and looking at the ornaments — remembering where each of them came from. The white cat used to have a black companion — the pair of ornaments purchased in the late 80s to represent the cats in my life at the time. The white one was for my dear siamese Nigel (who died in 2000 at age 17) and the black one for the pitch black Vincent (who died in 1991). When we divided up our things, my ex got the black ornament, and I got this one (I got both of the real live cats). When I hang this kitty on the tree I wonder if he is still hanging its mate on his tree.

Tags: books, December

My neighbours are avid gardeners and foodies. I just finished off a plate of Christmas baking they brought over. This is a big hard cover book about growing specific vegetables for recipes in the book. I enjoyed looking at the different garden plans for planting gardens to suit different world cuisines, but I'm not much of a follower of recipes, so it's time to give it to my neighbours and see if they are inspired. There's a great index listing dozens of veggies, which ones grow in which zones, and how to grow them. The plastic bowl is for flower arrangements; floral foam required (not for the neighbours). More of my Christmas tree.

Tags: ornaments, Christmas, books, December

Last year at the gift-swapping Christmas party, I received this book. I took it to the party tonight, unwrapped, in the hope that someone would be interested and take it away. They were and they did. Thanks A! I also wrapped up another white elephant gift consisting of an assortment of tree ornaments. The person who picked the ornaments was not pleased, but was fortunately able to trade them later for a book she did want. All I care is that I no longer have to pack them up each year. BTW, I came home with an exquisite miniature piece of art. A handpainted matchbook with a raven on the outside and inside, decorated with gold paint and a bit of collage. Inside the box is a scroll with a First Nations legend about the raven and how light came to the world. And a matchbook hardly takes up any room at all.

Tags: books, December, Christmas, ornaments

I dropped by my favourite book store, Chronicles in Crime, yesterday, but the owner wasn't there. I am going to give her this Agatha Christie "Who's Who" as a reference book. I picked it up for not much money at a new secondhand store in Duncan, thinking it would be a good addition to my own crime shelves. But I'm not a huge Christie fan — it will be much more appreciated by someone else. An alphabetical listing of all the characters in all of Christie's novels. Plus a bibliography of every mystery and short story by date. And this lovely illustration of a moustache.

Tags: books, December

Looking around the house I realize most of what I have to get rid of falls into just a few main categories. Books, clothes, knick knacks, and paper. Then extra kitchen stuff and cds. After almost a year it's getting repetitive, — but those are the things I've accumulated, so those are the things I have to get rid of. I'm going to start the month with a pile of books. I am getting so much better at weeding out the books that I know I will probably never read, but just liked having on the shelves. Such as Lorna Doone. Or the autobiography of Shelley Winters. Or Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch. All of which will show up as soon as I take photos and put them in the box by the front door. Today's titles are mostly crime fiction.

Tags: books, December

As I was waiting for an appliance to warm up this afternoon I stood in front of one of my bookcases and took a long look at one row. I found three books I have never read and am never going to. A 1931 Random House edition of Andre Gide's The Counterfeiters, Life at Its Best by Ellen G. White, and The Psychology of Sex by Oswald Schwartz. (Mom, if you want the White book let me know and I will put it aside for you.) I'm starting a box of books to take to a secondhand seller here in town. If they don't want them, I'll donate them to the Times Colonist book sale coming up in early 2010. I go every year and come out with 70-100 books. I don't want to buy that many this year! I'll have to take a photo of the mayhem this year. People line up in the middle of the night to be the first through the doors when they open and have first crack at well over half a million books. I take water and a snack and browse for hours. Heaven. Haven't see the sun in awhile. On one of the last sunny days we had, Barger was happy to sit on the car and warm up with me.

Tags: books, November, cats

I only finished one of these. Grift Sense. Just couldn't get all the way through the Martha Grimes. If I had more time to read I would give it another try, but I still have lots of books to read for the first time. Someone in my old book club said that if you aren't hooked by a book by the time you read the number of pages equal to your age then you should stop and go on to the next one. Good advice.

Tags: books, November

Reacher. Jack Reacher. Jolly good reads by Lee Child. I was so tempted to keep these because Reacher is my latest favourite guilty pleasure. But I still have two on my shelf that I haven't read, keeping them for a when I need an escape. I traded this stack earlier today for a third Reacher novel I haven't read, and for the loan of a Nevada Barr novel. Now all I need is less work and more reading time. With fall coming, and colder weather, I will start indulging in my greatest extravagance — long, hot baths. I can usually get halfway through a novel in one soak. Bear is getting colder too. The minute I get up from my office chair he sneaks in to take the warm seat. I am able to share for a few minutes by perching on the edge, but then I have to either be hard-hearted and remove him, or roll the chair back and bring in a wooden kitchen chair for me to sit on until he has finished his nap. Mika was on the chair with him moments before I took this photo, but Mika scares away when the flash on the camera pops up.

Tags: October, cats, books

I would read Minette Walters til I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. It wouldn't have occurred to me before this project started to ever get rid of any of her titles, but I want fewer things. I have so many other books to read for the first time, I can't imagine myself going back to read hers for a second. Good as they are. This rose is in someone else's garden. Yes, there are still roses here in October, though an unexpected frost did cause some damage to a few remaining veggies. I'm watching two downy woodpeckers on the suet, and a towhee. The towhee has been around for a few days, but now he has no tail feathers at all! A cat must have attacked him. He's still hopping around looking for food, so the rest of him appears uninjured. I am adamant that people in the city should keep their cats indoors. The cats live longer and so do the songbirds.

Tags: books, October, random flowers

I can't seem to manage posting on a Friday. I go to regular poetry readings on Friday nights, and when I get home I just can't switch gears and write about my junk. These little glass bowls all start to look the same after awhile. I collect them in ones or pairs or threes (my favourite) at yard sales and put them in the sideboard. The sideboard has glass doors on it, so I can see the collection whenever I walk by. Plus I have various glass bowls and square dishes in front of my books on bookcase shelves. I want to whittle down to the ones I like the most. This one can go. The magazine is from the '60s. I sold it for a whopping $5. Convinced a guy it was worth it just to put it on his coffee that night for a party he was giving. I tried to read the articles — no offense to writers who were making a living back then, but despite the provocative headlines, the magazine was unreadable. My favourite headline is "Can retarded sex development be cured?" At most a conversation piece.

Tags: books, magazines, glass, kitchen, household, October

I picked this book up at some point to send to my 5-year-old niece. It's about expecting the arrival of a sibling. There was a detailed poster/chart tucked into the back showing development of the fetus in beautifully illustrated detail. At complete odds with the cartoonish style of the pictures in the rest of the book. I didn't get around to mailing the book to my niece before her sister was born this summer. Back to the thrift store with this one, for some other kid to learn the graphic details of pregnancy.

Tags: books, October

I had a discussion with someone tonight about how hard it is to give up books. Someone who managed, not without difficulty, to winnow his collection from 3000 books to around 300 when he moved to a smaller place. That is one reason I hope I don't have to move for many years! For me, it's hard to give up books in general. But these in particular I have no problem getting rid of. I went to exchange them for something new today, but I forgot my favourite crime book store is closed on Monday. The Ian Rankin I couldn't finish — it's an early one, pre-Rebus I think. The Sharyn McCrumb was so lightweight it was pretty much transparent. The Stuart Woods (Dirt) was a fun read but I'm not going to re-read it. Daniel Kalla is from Vancouver, my old stomping ground, and I'd heard good things about him, so I picked up three books at a sale. I didn't get very far in this one. I will give the other two a try. Tami Hoag is interchangeable with dozens of other crime writers; a bathtub read. Random flowers are Clematis viticella 'Alba Luxurians' and a hydrangea.

Tags: books, September, random flowers

I went to a garage sale at the Arthritis Centre this afternoon, just as they were packing up. Came home with three new books. So here are three going out. I have never read the story about the slave girl; it came from my mother. I remember enjoying Sweet Eyes at the time (1992), and I have at least one other copy of The Handmaid's Tale. The apple blossoms are from an earlier time. We are now eating the meagre harvest. Why do all three of the apple trees take a break the same year?

Tags: books, September, random flowers

The owner of my favourite bookstore, Chronicles of Crime, knows her stock and is always ready with a recommendation. I bought one James Lee Burke from her, and then before I read it, picked up another couple from yard sales. Turns out I just couldn't get into the first one (tried twice), so I decided not to even start on the other two. I'm sure they are worth a read, but I guess I'm not in the mood. There are 17 bookcases in the house (ok, some of them have computer manuals and cds and magazines in them) and a few hundred other books I haven't read yet, so I am not going to force myself to read these ones.

Tags: books, September

No sense in keeping old mysteries around that I won’t read again. These are so common that even Chronicles of Crime won’t take them on a trade in. I’ll have to find some other crime fiction to get rid of so I can get a used copy of the latest Jack Reacher novel. Kellerman is always reliable, Patricia Cornwell not so much anymore. The book underneath is Prey, which was just awful, though her first books were a good read. The cherry tomatoes are ripening. I have a variety this year called Sweet Baby Girl. My favourite ever. Must remember to plant it again next year.

Tags: books, August

I have leafed through this book but haven’t really read it. My bad. It was published about 20 years ago, so perhaps some of the information is now obsolete. I’ve got the internet if I really want to know how much potassium I need, or if royal jelly cures anything. I take every supplement under the sun and then some, but I’m pretty sure I’ll keel over right on genetic schedule despite the boost. The name of this plant/flower escapes me at the moment. Starts with p.

Tags: books, August, random flowers

Well, two of them anyway. More books to my friend who does papercraft and cuts up old books to make art. These books were in a box of free stuff I passed on the way to a coffee shop in my neighbourhood. It was only about 3 weeks from the time I picked them up to the time they left the house. Not bad. Random flower is a day lily from a flower bed in the front yard.

Tags: books, July, random flowers

I was emailing a fellow blogger about how I really haven’t had to make any hard decisions yet about stuff I’m getting rid of. I don’t want to leave all the tough stuff til the end of the year though. So here goes with a tough one. Lucas Davenport has been one of my loves for a very long time. He and I have shared many an adrenalin rush together and rid the world of some very nasty people. This series takes up a lot of real estate on my bookshelf though, and there are stacks of books on the floor and on chairs, waiting for a place on said shelf. I took these books into my favourite book store, Chronicles of Crime (specializing in crime fiction and mystery), and turned them in for store credit. I picked up a Lee Child book with some of the credit -- now I want Jack Reacher to be my new boyfriend! I have high praise for author John Sandford though. He writes entertaining books and based on his lovely turns of phrase, I’m sure he has the heart of a poet. Bye for now Lucas, see you in your next adventure.

Tags: books, June

This is getting easier. I have been going through the bookshelves with a different mindset and am able to find two or three books at a time that I can part with. I don’t remember where the Stan Persky book came from – I got a few boxes of books from a friend of friend once, mostly reading texts from university courses on English lit and media studies. Or this could have come with the husband. The Stanley Elkin book came in when I was subscribed to a book club which would send me a book in the mail every month unless I sent in paperwork ahead of time saying I didn’t want it. Remember those days? The one cent books, get ten cds for one penny...anyway, I never would have picked Mrs. Ted Bliss out for myself, but I did read it after I had no choice but to pay for it and keep it. Hmmm. That was fourteen years ago. Random flowers are more pansies.

Tags: books, May, random flowers

Yesterday I took a big bag of stuff to the Sally Ann. Stuff that I’ve written about. I waited until I had enough to warrant a trip. After I’d dropped everything off, my neighbour said she is having a yard sale this weekend. I could have made a few bucks on the things I’d just gotten rid of. Oh well. I will see what else I can contribute to her sale. At any rate, I will help her out and try not to buy too many of her blouses. She has given me some great tops in the past, maybe there are some more that fit me. Her wardrobe is much more current than mine.

This week’s book. Almost six months into this I am finally finding it easier to get rid of books, though when I stand in front of one of my 13 bookcases, mostly holding books I haven’t yet read, I realize I have hundreds of hours of reading to do, and lots more books to give away. Some I will never re-read, but I still want keep them for many more years. I love the covers, I love being reminded of the stories they tell and where I was when I read them. I remember this one as being enjoyable, but not memorable enough to want to keep — though I’ve had it at least 15 years already. (Machine Dreams by Jayne Anne Phillips)

Tags: books, May

I’m posting four things today to make up for the past few days. I’m much more intrigued by Lau’s poetry and later novels than her first book. Will never re-read it. Went through the sock drawer again. That’s seven more pairs gone. Also found more shelf paper (Jan 4) that I will never use. The hole punch works great on two holes but needs a bit too much help to push the third hole through. I just found a great old-fashioned desk hole punch for $2 at a thrift store, so technically this is a replacement. At least I’m not saving the original as a backup, my usual MO and how I end up with multiples of something.

Tags: office, clothing, books, household, May

I have not been able to bring myself to read this book. Not that I don’t enjoy and even seek out on occasion dark subject matter. Just haven’t ever been in the right mood for this story. A friend was intrigued though, so I gave it to her. (Cargo of Orchids, Susan Musgrave, 2000)

A very happy azalea.

Tags: books, May, random flowers

I’m putting up two items today, since I didn’t post yesterday. The loon went to Wendy last night as an addition to her avian avenue. Carved by Vancouver folk artist Gunnar Gormsen. I gave the book to a friend who is taking a trip to the Galapagos Islands this summer. It’s a book my mother gave me, but I’ve never read it. It’s called Floreana: A Woman’s Pilgrimage to the Galapagos.

Tags: books, birds, knick knacks, April

My weekly book giveaway. These went to a friend. I read Nearlyweds: quick and light, a bit of froth. Haven’t read the other one yet, but somehow I ended up with two copies, so I still have one waiting for me on the shelf.

Tags: books, April

Whew! This stack of Animorphs is finally on its way to a young boy. Now I have to keep track of which ones I’ve sent him and which ones he still needs. There are more than 50 books in this series. I carry a list in my purse so when I’m at a thrift store and see an Animorphs on the shelf I can check if it’s one I’m looking for. I have already found more than 30 for another kid. So I guess I have two lists on the go now. I suppose it’s like me and my favourite crime writers — kids have their favourites too.

Tags: books, April

I was off my blog for several days. Spent some time with my parents. Went through a couple of the bookshelves in my mom’s office. Convinced her to get rid of some books. Remember The Celestine Prophecy? I know my my parents didn’t buy it; trying to figure out who might have given it to them. I haven’t read it, just like I haven’t read The Secret. Convinced her that two knick knacks should go too. I think she’s going to put the turtle and the mushroom in the garden, but at least they’ll be out of the house and one step closer to the trunk of the car (and a trip to the thrift store donation box). Keep it up mom! And send me a progress report on that stack of books you said you can’t get rid of yet because you are definitely going to read them.

Tags: books, knick knacks, April

I can see that at I might have at least one or two books a week end up in the goodbye pile. These two stock photo books went to a friend who wants to make her own greeting cards. (I’m back at my computer. This is technically a post for yesterday, March 8. )

Tags: books, March

I’m not going to have access to my blog for a few days so I’m posting for four days now.

I still have a VHS player and I still tape TV shows, but why do I need to protect the tapes in plastic cases? I don’t. I can’t be bothered to put the tapes back into the cases anyway. So three of them are off to recycling — the three I came across this week.


Another vase. It’s plastic, so it tips over easily. Not as pretty as my glass ones. Into the Sally Ann box.


Cat toy that the cats easily ripped off a scratching post and haven’t played with since. There are cat toys all over the place that they do have fun with. This one was fine for batting at when it was suspended, but I think it’s too heavy for them to bat around on the floor.


My friend was over and saw my get-rid-of pile of books near the front door. This one caught her eye. I wouldn’t let her leave with it until I’d taken a photo of it for the blog. I usually cook without recipes now.

Tags: cats, vase, books

My mom gave me this box of bookplates years ago. I used a few, but I’m not very fond of the colours or pattern. I recently received another gift of bookplates (thanks Sav) and I like them better. So out with these and in with the new ones.

Tags: books, February, miscellaneous

I read crime fiction when I’m in the bath. Someone got me hooked on John Sandford’s Prey series years ago and I have since managed to collect all of them, either at second hand stores or at the annual Times Colonist book sale. Which is this weekend. I went. Almost half a million books: paperbacks $1, softcover $2 and hardcover $3. I simply cannot resist, though I bought fewer books this year than last year. And yes, I found Invisible Prey, the only one I was missing. I’m not yet willing to part with my collection, but Phantom Prey was definitely a disappointment. It annoys me to read a book in which the murderer ends up to have multiple personalities, one of which is, of course, a friend to the other characters in the book, the other one meanwhile offing everyone else. Surprise! Usually I stop reading as soon as I figure out the author has resorted to this cop out, but I did persevere to the end of this one. I suppose after 17 previous books in the series there was bound to be one I didn’t like as much. So while more books came in yesterday to add to my crammed bookcases, I have no difficulty parting with this one.

Tags: books, February

Remember when this author was making the rounds of all the talk shows? My mother-in-law gave me this book over a decade ago (thank you!). I read it, filled out the gratitude journal that came with it, put in on my bookshelf, and once in awhile would pull it out to read a random entry. Recently a friend of mine mentioned she’d like to give her daughter a copy, so I thought why not pass it along. By tomorrow this time it should be on its way to Oregon.

Tags: books, February

How do these books end up on my shelf? I haven’t read this one either but I did read the blurb this afternoon. The subtitle is “Why men are hard to get along with and what you can do about it.” My philosophy about men is simple. If they like cats they’re easier to get along with than if they don’t.

Tags: books, January

In the “old days” there was always great anticipation for the arrival of glossy stock photography catalogues. Now stock photography is all on the internet. I still enjoy looking through the books, but I have more catalogues than I need — they are heavy and they take up a lot of space on the bookshelves. These are going to an artist friend of a friend for reference.

Tags: books, January

I don’t remember how this book came to be in my possession.
I have never read it.

Tags: books, January