Reading through my bookshelf

I'm that person who buys too many books at a time or asks for too many for a holiday. I guess over the years I've become more of a collector than a reader with bookshelves filled with unread books, though many have been read. I was inspired recently to look through those shelves and pick out the novels that I still wanted to read but hadn't. I found over 50 books that I had left unread over the years and still have an interest in reading.

Those books range from classic literature like Jane Austin's Persuasion to current novels like David Sedaris's Naked. They include novels I wanted to read when I was younger and never did like Gossip Girl and A Wrinkle in Time. I have so many books at home to read that there's no reason to check books out from a library or buy/ask for new ones until I've finished this lovely collection of books that I already have. So this just turned into a book blog with a twist; reading and reviewing books from my own shelves.

I'm starting with Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants.