Before I started blogging I had spent 5 years working for Barnes & Noble so I was no stranger to books (and book discounts!). I had a sizeable library and was happy with my reading to book ratio. Then I started blogging and all tomes broke loose! Every year in May I would stack up my unread books in one place and take and inventory of sorts. Here’s my picture from that first year in 2008…
At the time I didn’t even do a count.
New motherhood being what it was I skipped last year’s wall building. But then I felt like my books have slowly been taking over every room in the house so I decided it was time to rebuild the wall. I always rebuild the same way every year so I can find all of the books. (yes, this is silly, but I sometimes get a little OCD about my books). Two years ago my stacks looked like this
A little bigger at 604. So, in a marathon of book balancing done while my little one was sleeping I rebuilt the wall minus the 20 some books I read and the 20 odd books I gave away…
And then added in the books I’ve acquired in the last two years. Needless to say, I got a great workout hauling all these books around the house, but worry about next year’s wall of books if I don’t start reading more!
Okay, now for the QUIZ -Open to anyone- Guess the number of unread books I have in my house by looking at this last picture. The person who comes closest by Sunday will help me out by choosing one book from the picture as a gift. (I did at least give you a few numbers from two years ago :))
For all my regulars – I will be awarding points based on how close you get to the real number.
Stacy's Books 