Needed to hear this!! Having this experience of overwhelm the more authors I meet and it reminds me of when I was little and tried to read all the books at my library (spoiler: I did not)
It’s my dream to have a book shelf like that. :) I mean, your reflections on how you were engaging with reading and your question about what you were trying to accomplish by reading are also important (why did I read if not to be moved?), but, that gorgeous bookshelf!
THANK YOU. this was a lifelong dream and basically the only thing i cared about when we decorated our home. i would post the book-filled version but it's quite chaotic and i'm very comfortable in another room.
Hooray for Village Well! And for the amazing LA library loan system.
The efficiency of the LAPL!
Fun fact - LAPL's ebook collection is wayyy better than the Manhattan library system's! (Though probably comparable to Brooklyn's).
Thanks for reading, Priyanka!
Thanks for writing it!! X
omg your shelves are goals!!!
my prize possession is this shelving system
Thanks for the rec! I just requested Dwelling on NetGalley. (Fingers crossed).
I'm also very much looking forward to The Mobius Book, especially since Book of X was a favorite.
I recently made a list of books to re-read and this inspired me to get to it.
Love your handwriting
Awww and I realize I forgot to post about the tracksuit!! It was spanx aire
Needed to hear this!! Having this experience of overwhelm the more authors I meet and it reminds me of when I was little and tried to read all the books at my library (spoiler: I did not)
Exactly same re library books and the answer is always “one at a time” - I did not actually think I would finish the pile, I was just self-soothing
It’s my dream to have a book shelf like that. :) I mean, your reflections on how you were engaging with reading and your question about what you were trying to accomplish by reading are also important (why did I read if not to be moved?), but, that gorgeous bookshelf!
THANK YOU. this was a lifelong dream and basically the only thing i cared about when we decorated our home. i would post the book-filled version but it's quite chaotic and i'm very comfortable in another room.
Seconding this comment - talk about bookshelf goals!
this is very inspiring - my TBR shelf haunts me!
i believe in you! i did not think i could rewire 40 years of acquisitive reading habits but here we are