box of books

this is only one of the many books i came home with from thanksgiving. my bro-in-law was trying to condense his collection to a sort of greatest hits, or in other words, books that he would actually read. i am trying to expand my collection to include books precisely like this one. while he had to admit that he had not read it and probably never would and was thus getting rid of it, i have not yet admitted this to myself though i have failed thus far to finish ulysses. next semester though, i will have another shot at it.

also included in the box: delillo, elie weisel, d.h. lawrence, proust, allende, ford maddox ford, lesssing, kafka and more. i know. the man has an amazing library. don't know how he does it. my modest collection, which is expanding and overflowing the bookshelves at a ever-increasing rate, has really begun to alarm my wife. she is leery of the book purchases i make, no matter how thrifty they make me appear with their prices in the under a dollar range. and yes, i still have to pay shipping. what can i say? will i ever read them all? why do i need more books when i already have so many? i refer you to the calvino quote in the sidebar. he goes on with many other categories, but this is a nice excerpt. you get the idea. you can never have too many books. here's to massive and ridiculous libraries!