All The Books You'll Never Read

Have you ever stopped to think about all of the books you will never read? I mean, there are SO many books out there ... so many good books ... and even those who devour books - like my mother who can read several books at the same time and with a speed that rivals one little mouse named Speedy Gonzalez - even they will not be able to read ALL of the good books in the world.

Take the classics for a start ... so many and so long ... then think about all of the books series that exist ... don't forget all the new books coming out everyday ... the books on Oprah's reading list ... there are just so many books to read, so many good books ... and even those who live to be 100 years old, just think of all those books they will not get too ... and that's totally humbling, isn't it?!

I was not a devourer of books until I was out of college actually, I mean I read before that - obviously - and I read for pleasure as well as my studies, but it was not until I had graduated from college and was living with my Auntie Liz and cousin Tory in Long Island, and commuting to work in Manhattan, that I really started to devour books. Those train rides needed something, ha ha ha, and I'm not really a newspaper gal ... so to my aunts bookshelf I went over and over and over.

And now, at 35, I'm sitting here thinking ... I really need to bone up on the classics and get to reading even MORE - and watching TV less - than I do now! I started a book club last Fall which is helping me out, keeps me working on at least one book every month, and then enjoying the company and discussion with the other members.

I have several books shelves in my apartment, all of them stuffed with books (novels, theatre books, plays, etc.) ... if a novel is on my shelf it means I've read it, for those I have not read are in stacks on my coffee table, sofa table or night stand. 

Some books are quicker reads than others ... and I can only think of one or two books that I have put down and do not necessarily intend on picking back up - for it is not engaging or enjoyable, and with all the other books out there, why would one continue to read it, am I right?!  :)

But I digress ... I'm currently reading a novel called A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff, having just finished the latest book club read entitled The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, and I think I shall get back to A Vintage Affair now.