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People ask me all the time what I’m reading, hence the advent of the little box at the top that tells you what I’m carting around in my purse and toting from room to room.  Unfortunately, I’ve been so ridiculously busy that my reading is very slow going right now.  In fact, every moment I’m reading there is a nasty old schoolmarm figure in my head berating me because I’m not writing.

The book I just finished reading was a fabulous one by a friend who exemplifies everything that is the exact opposite of the stigma of a self-published author.  She has done a truly excellent job of editing her work and it’s very professionally done, not to mention a good read. 

I thought I’d show you the bookshelves that house my rotating To Be Read pile.  Keep in mind this is the pile of books I haven’t read.  There are many, many more books scattered about this house I assure you.

The To Be Read shelves

This is 2 shelves of a bookcase in the hallway to my office.  Note that each shelf is double stacked with some books laid flat on the top of others in the back. 

I counted 69 books on the top shelf and 78 on the bottom.  There are 2 books on my desk and at least 7 more in a bag I’m sharing with fellow authors from my writer’s group in conjunction with the Tucson Festival of Books coming up in March.  These numbers do not reflect the books in my Kindle – I don’t even want to get into that.
I would like you to note (you can see an enlarged version by clicking on the picture) the wide range of genres represented in case you thought I only read romance.  Miguel Cervantes and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are hanging out next to James Clavell, Julia Child and Barak Obama.  Sue Grafton and Bill Bryson are mixed in with Nick Hornby, David McCullough and Christopher Hitchens.  Jane Austen, Larry McMurtry, Walter Mosley and Lance Armstrong are all represented with the gazillion romance novels you were expecting.
I am nothing if not well read.  I’ve told you I read everything that’s not moving – or at least not moving too fast.  But none of that matters because when My Honey finds out this number he’s going to have a cow. 
And this is why I’m not allowed in book stores anymore without an adult chaperone.  And no, Ava and Kelli don’t qualify as adults in this matter.

 

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