Books and Books
It's still so shocking to me to hear that people have read Lost Edens. Sometimes in one or two sittings, which is even more shocking. Sometimes when I hear someone has read Lost Edens I feel like asking them about it like I ask about road races: how far did you get? Did you finish? So it's surprising to hear they've finished, particularly when there are so many books I don't even start let alone finish.
I can't walk into a bookstore and walk out with just one book so in the last year I've accumulated a bit of a "to-read" stack. I was just looking for a new read and went to my shelves to see what I have in my stockpile, just waiting to be read. I was kind of shocked by the stack (below) but also kind of pleased: I have choices ranging from Harry Potter to Gertrude Stein. When I first moved in I had a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf built on the largest wall and at the time I had only a handful of books because I'd lost most of my collection during the time in Lost Edens and in the move from San Diego. My mom was kind of horrified by the idea of empty shelves and wanted me to fill them with books I would read but I insisted on filling them with books I had read--she might be pleased to see that 5 years on the shelves are full and filled in part by the "to-read" sort of book. And so back to Lost Edens. Always surprising to hear it didn't become part of someone's to-read stack. Except for my sister, the only family member who hasn't read it. I told her she could wait until the next book, which will be funny. Really, really funny.
I can't walk into a bookstore and walk out with just one book so in the last year I've accumulated a bit of a "to-read" stack. I was just looking for a new read and went to my shelves to see what I have in my stockpile, just waiting to be read. I was kind of shocked by the stack (below) but also kind of pleased: I have choices ranging from Harry Potter to Gertrude Stein. When I first moved in I had a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf built on the largest wall and at the time I had only a handful of books because I'd lost most of my collection during the time in Lost Edens and in the move from San Diego. My mom was kind of horrified by the idea of empty shelves and wanted me to fill them with books I would read but I insisted on filling them with books I had read--she might be pleased to see that 5 years on the shelves are full and filled in part by the "to-read" sort of book. And so back to Lost Edens. Always surprising to hear it didn't become part of someone's to-read stack. Except for my sister, the only family member who hasn't read it. I told her she could wait until the next book, which will be funny. Really, really funny.
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