After cataloging a sample of my personal library, and doing the math to figure out approximately how many books I had, I realized I own somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 books. When I mentioned this to my coworkers, all but one looked at me like I'd grown another head. (The one who didn't has been doing a book exchange with me - I've read 20 or so new books in the last 3 months thanks to her.)
One person even told me, "Anissa, you'll never read that many books!" I had to tell him I *have* read them, some several times - in fact, most of the books I own are ones I enjoy rereading. If I don't like a book I take it to the used bookstore and trade for something else. Then I had to tell them that the personal library does not include my tendency to go to the public library, check out 20 books, read them in two weeks, and go back for another 20.
This makes me want to induct more people into the cult of reading.
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After cataloging a sample of my personal library, and doing the math to figure out approximately how many books I had, I realized I own somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 books. When I mentioned this to my coworkers, all but one looked at me like I'd grown another head. (The one who didn't has been doing a book exchange with me - I've read 20 or so new books in the last 3 months thanks to her.)
One person even told me, "Anissa, you'll never read that many books!" I had to tell him I *have* read them, some several times - in fact, most of the books I own are ones I enjoy rereading. If I don't like a book I take it to the used bookstore and trade for something else. Then I had to tell them that the personal library does not include my tendency to go to the public library, check out 20 books, read them in two weeks, and go back for another 20.
This makes me want to induct more people into the cult of reading.