I’m in the middle of organizing bookshelves around the apartment to make room for something wonderful.

My new rules about books:

• Buy all fictions on Kindle (the ones I read once)

• Only buy physical books that can be kept as references, such as cookbooks, craft books, or professional skills-based books

• There will be no more book spillage. This bookshelf is the only real estate for reference books, so if I want a new book, I must get rid of an existing one to make room.

• If I don’t open a book even once within six months, I will give it away to a friend, or donate to a local library

• Lend any of these books to friends who want to read them.  Sharing is caring.