Until very recently we had about 2000 books. We're now down to maybe 1000 for THE BIG SHIFT. Looking around the two bookcases I have in THIS room, I've read all of the novels at least twice with only a couple of exceptions. The technical books - well, some of them I only ever look at one chapter, the one I bought the book for in the first place.

I find that I pick up more the second time through the book because I'm not so focussed on "what happens next". I tend to agree with Bill that the statement in the first post is at the least a gross overstatement. Some books make you look inwards, but I prefer books which take me out of myself! If a book doesn't do this I tend to give it the heave fairly quickly.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...