the proper shelf <\/a> (that may sound like a simple task but it actually can be rather complex. First of all, I have to decide the genre of the book – and often that is not so easy. I want to have books that are easy to retrieve – but I also want the organization of them to make some sort of sense, in a dramaturgical way. Also, with my small apartment and my glut of books – there is the almost constant re-shuffling that must occur. Finding room for new books is a huge challenge). Okay, so anyway – I looked at the stack of my new books – and first of all felt a bolt of pleasure and excitement. I literally can’t wait to read each and every one. Second of all I felt despair and anxiety – because which one should I read first??? And third of all, I felt like laughing because the titles – stacked up together – doesn’t seem like they should all belong to the same person. You know how Amazon sort of suggests titles that you might like, based on prior purchases? They kind of don’t know what to do with me! Eclectic readers, in general, are not well served by that Amazon functionality.<\/p>\nHere are the books … argh – SO EXCITED!!<\/p>\n