So last year I was hoping to up and leave this section of the country for fairer climes.

That didn't happen. But in my flurry of usually stupid exuberance, I began to shed my rather bulky library of books. Books that I had collected over the years, selling what I could and donating the rest.

Let's call it a misguided shot at practicing Thoreau's advice towards adopting simplicity. Rather, I was trying to pare down my possessions so that I could try and fit the essentials into my Aveo(which means that I could fit my laptop and an extra pair of socks).

But it comes back to books. Of course.
I've got a fever and more books are clearly the cure.

A few years back I started a sort of research library. Here's the result. To the post!