My Shelves Runneth Over

Last time I downsized and moved, my son and I gave away lots of our precious books (to the Winter Park Library’s bookstore). I tell you, it was a painful operation for both of us. And I, as Laura Miller says in the New York Times, am not “very rational about” my book collection. She says:

“Dr. Johnson once said of second marriages that they represent the triumph of hope over experience. So, too, do my bookshelves. I have turned out to be less rational about this than I thought, and have made my library into a charm against mortality. As long as I have a few  unread books beckoning to me from across the room, I tell myself I can always find a little more time.”