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I’m with you on the hunger for filled-up book shelves! They don’t need to be overflowing. Packed solid is ok but doesn’t leave room for expansion. But a shelf without books is, indeed, a sad sight! I suppose I’m making an argument for the Goldilocks approach. The number of books, for each of us, needs to be “just right.”

See you Dec 6! Looking forward to it.

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So true! If I had unlimited funds (and knew I would never have to move again) I would love to have floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in, like, every room of the house. That would be my ideal amount :)

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And the rolling ladder. And MAYBE even a wood card catalogue. And a lecture. And a life sized anatomically correct brain that you can take apart.

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Lecturn. Stupid autocorrect.

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Haha! I was with you right up until the brain. I might swap that for one of those fancy globes with a wooden stand.

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I am currently living out of boxes, and I cannot wait until I have a home full of my books again. I move in later in November, and I truly know the feeling of home is where the books are, and I cannot wait to be settled again! I hope your home feels it soon :)

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Good luck with the move!!! And I’m super impressed that you’ve started boxing-up - I put that off a wee bit longer than I should have, and was taping the last box at one am, the morning of my move. I do not recommend this.

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I did read the book. I did find the premise of the story intriguing, but found the character building and development a little thin. I find myself still loving her debut novel the most, Eveything I Ever Told You, has been my favorite.

Congrats on moving and settling in! It always takes a long time to find your new routine and routings again.

I also got rid of many of my books before I moved, and now I'm happy with my smaller permanent-for-now collection, and the ever-revolving section of library books I have at home.

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Thanks! I loved that book too. And Little Fires Everywhere, also. I don’t have either one in my collection though.

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I love this description of your new home! How evocative!

And, I dunno, dystopia is hard to even score three lambs, but I trust you and your good sense!

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Thanks! And I agree - it's hard to rate this one, because it's both hopeful and devastating. I almost gave it a two-lamb.

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Two lambers are still great books! It’s just a good warning for those who enter here to abandon most hope, and whatnot :)

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Good to hear from you again, Rosalynn, I have missed your writing! I am glad that the move went well. I too let go of a lot of books that I knew I would never read again when we downsized a few years ago, and I often look at my bookshelves and wish for them back. Even the ones I studied and hated (Hello, Madame Bovary!) I've recently considered collecting them all again from used bookstores, just to see their familiar spines in my otherwise homely space.

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Thanks, Kate! Are you familiar with the term 'bookwrapt'? I learned the word well after I was knew the feeling it describes, which is the "exhilarating comfort of a well-stocked library." I think that's what we're both after! This is the article I read it in:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/24/realestate/why-do-people-keep-books.html

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Omg! I have never heard of this, but it is now.my favourite word :) Thanks!

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