I recently logged my library into Library Thing. When the final tally was over 2,000 books, there were a lot of feelings to be sorted, but the surprising feeling was joy. I’d been afraid my books were a useless pile of miscellany that served no purpose but to fill up shelves. Wrong! This is an impressive collection of organized materials that feed into each other where they are related and diversify to follow my many interests. My books are fascinating and useful. Ranging from Ancient Mesopotamia to Once-a-Month Cooking they generally offer a doorway into the subject with other books providing greater depth and support.
I needed to share my treasure. I am a great lender of books, but it seemed too slow and small a process for such magnificence as my library. I am working on a You Tube channel titled, Off the Shelf. I will choose four to eight books clustered around a subject and present them to the world. I hope to keep the offerings widely diversified, imitating a box of chocolates. The first episode “Ancient Mesopotamia” is coming soon.
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