I just read in Time magazine that in a recent poll 25% of people said they had not read a single book in the last year and that the average respondant read 4 books in the last year was 4. FOUR?!?!!! I can and have read 4 books in a day. In fact when I was younger and had more time I routinely read a book a day during the week and 2-4 a day on ( Read more... )

I bought a house in February. It's not a huge house but it has a nice layout and a big screened-in porch for the cats. I have slowly been unpacking and redecorating. Recently I finally got my library finished - or at least I got the walls painted and bookcases made. It's a large room with 9 huge (3 of them are floor to ceiling and 4' wide and there ( Read more... )