Library set to Expand
I love books. I don’t read very quickly, but I do love to read. Those of you who know me well also know that I have a pretty extensive collection in our home library — some 1,200 or so books (not including children’s books). While I enjoy lending out books, I am slow to part with them completely since I am of the opinion that any book worth reading is worth reading again (and again…). So I have a room full of books which I fully intend to read again (or for a frst time in many cases.) I also have nearly run out of bookshelf space.
Last year we moved the computers and office materials, binders, files, etc. into the “office” (a bedroom recently vacated by one of the girls). This has freed up some shelf space as have periodic purges of ‘bad books’ and children’s books, but the shelves keep filling leaving little room to expand a good collection of classic literature, philosophical tracts, theological and spiritual writings, poetry, drama, and modern fiction. My birthday brought a solution….
Peg gave me a Kindle™ for my birthday. I have already added nearly 70 books to my library via the Kindle™ which, though only 1/3 inch thick and about the size of a large paperback, will hold about 1,500 books and allow me to store an unlimited number for retrieval from amazon or my desktop computer. 64 of the 68 books were free, leaving me less that $15.00 out of pocket. I am concerned that as I get through the free books (I have read 4 in 3 days), that the ease of ordering books from the (wireless) Kindle™ and receiving them seconds later will find me tempted to overspend my book budget. For now, I am loving it.
