Yes, those are my books and not a generic picture from the internet. I'm an old book addict (old modifying both book and addict in this case.)  It's an expensive addiction.  Inhaling that musty smell of old books is an incredible high!

 

Most of my Kindle books I find on the Project Gutenberg website--free downloads of books whose copyrights have expired.  Therefore you find no current titles but thousands and thousands of great--and some not so great--literature.  If you haven't yet discovered gutenberg.org or the Australian gutenberg.net.au you're in for a treat.

​

* * *

This may be the year I finally have my wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves installed!  That's 25'x9'--225 square feet of books.  And, yes, there will be a library ladder as well.  When I rid the house three years ago of crazy bookcases that took up space here, there, and everywhere, most of the books went into numbered Rubbermaid tubs that are stacked in the bedroom.  Never a problem, though, since I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all my books and know exactly where each one is!

​

Well, not this year . . . . Ugh, had to add four more Rubbermaid tubs to the stacks in the bedroom. Too many other big projects at home, so my wall of books is on hold.

 

On the bright side, I scored a four-volume set of The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, printed in 1782. Written by Alain-Rene LeSage and translated by Tobias Smollett. There are two book plates, the earlier for Will. Dyne and the later for A.R. Tucker, both probably English. If either of these owners are known to you, please tell me. I enjoy researching prior owners as I feel connected to readers of the same books. 

​

​

​

​

 

 

 

​