Surfeits, and having too many of them

coalescent's new flat and associated shelving issues have reminded me that I've been meaning to post this.

People talk about having a "To read" pile of books. My wife has a "To read" shelf. It's smaller now than at any time in the last two years but still the idea of her ever getting through them all seems faint at best, not least because new books arrive in the post almost daily.

Here's a picture:

( Cut for bigness... )

The "To read" pile has its own shelf because the main shelf is full to bursting:

( More bigness... )

And this is only one of our many bookshelves, albeit the biggest. I always feel faintly concerned when the only way to fit the books on is to stack them horizontally.