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[Neoma]

82. Oh goodness, there really aren't that many...

That I wouldn't read. They're simply my husbands books... For example, he bought the book that Scientology is based on for a good laugh. And the Morman bible... (he's atheist, see.) I really can't see myself reading those books. I'm not very much into fiction. (Did I say that?)

Anyways, I'm seriously reading everything on WWII that I can get. FDR is part of the package. I read Lawrence of Arabia by Jeremy Wilson... the most boring 950 paged book ever. So, I have a lot of patience when I read...

As for cutting down our library, it's a bizarre idea. It's too much part of the family now. I have always viewed that my average of reading around 50-75 books a year to be a very lazy attempt, because I do that on the side of playing videogames as much as a full time job... (I bought the game Skyrim and I was already into it for
190 hours within 2 and a half weeks.)

I've never read a romance novel and my husband owns the Stephen King books. Which I like for an author but haven't gotten around to...and I think I want to absorb almost all of my collection.

I guess I should try harder on my reading... If you've been wondering, I've read all the books in pictures 10, 11, 12, and 13. And a few more tucked around in other places...Most of those I might eventually get rid of. I already have for most all of the books I've read.

I'm reminded of an author I read about (Don't ask me who, but I suspect I read this in the book Seeds by Richard Horan.) who amassed about 39,000(?) books over the years. There truly are more stunning collections than mine.

But as for vanity, I'd say it's actually more of a panic. I wasn't formally educated, and I taught myself since I was taken out of public school after 3rd grade. There was a lot of pressure to be well read...So all this is actually a very large attempt to educate myself. Not just for the sake of it.