11 November
How sad is life when you pick up a Mills and Boon and read part of your life story in it? Not the lovey, dovey, happily-ever-after bit but the part that has set my life on the path I currently travel, right down to the 'late' dying by automobile?

12 Nov
Having finished the Bs, I take a short break. I'm currently doing over my book cataloge and having done all the non-fiction in my 'playroom', I've started on the 'legs' of my bed. I'm doing the standard sized paperbacks first because I know most of them are in order and therefore much easier to crosscheck on the printed list I have for all my fiction. I'm into the second box at the moment and have just scanned in #178. The first box of 126 books [A to Bloch] is back in place - just 17 more to go [all fiction but not all of the boxes that need doing]. It will be interesting 'when' I can get back on-line and cross-reference them with the Amazon site and anywhere else that might be able to fill in some of the missing info on some of them. There's an awful lot that I can't put name to cover artist for example. I know I'm missing an awful lot of books to some sets but while the authors are still alive and writing, who can hope to keep up! I do get a bit peeved with myself at times for not having completed some sets. Take Mr. Burroughs for example. Whilst I do have all of his Mars and Venus books, I have only 3 of the 7 Pellucidar novels and just 6 of the 26 Tarzan stories [and one of them counts as a Pellucidar, being a cross-over and all].
Ah well, on to the Cs . . .

Oh, and no, I'm not counting the Mills and Boon 'romances' that I'm extracting from the boxes as I go. They will be passed on to some who may enjoy them more [I got most of them for free anyway - why else do you think I'd have them?] I do have some GOOD romance novels but when it comes to 'bubble-gum' reading material, my preferences lie elsewhere. I'm quite pleased to say that I have something from almost every genre [I think] except 'Westerns'. I'm almost positive I have managed to elude that genre to date.

16 Nov
Well, after two small migraine-type headaches [or one that lasted two days - sort of], I've finished up to the Cs. That's 246 books according to the count in the program. I must remember to buy a set of Susan Cooper's 'The Dark is Rising' books for my nephew when he is old enough to read them. Eeep, have just thought about that - will only be in about 2 or 3 years!