I love fantasy and naturalist fiction and non-fiction, poetry and works set in the sixties or seventies. I love all books: those from the library who visit me awhile before leaving, secondhand books with the notes in the margins, new books with their crisp pages, hand-bound and hand-made books...

However, if I could add a shelf here,...more »

I love fantasy and naturalist fiction and non-fiction, poetry and works set in the sixties or seventies. I love all books: those from the library who visit me awhile before leaving, secondhand books with the notes in the margins, new books with their crisp pages, hand-bound and hand-made books...

However, if I could add a shelf here, I'd add one for the books I have abandoned. We have so many don't we? As well as a hidden shelf for books that I'm ashamed of reading, like Sweet Valley, Harry Potter, Princess Diaries, all those romances... I guess I'm a bit of a snob when it comes to literature. I'm trying to rectify that. « less