Right? Jo and Laurie belong together! I have never been able to understand why Alcott kept them apart. Jo's professor is nice and all, but he's no Laurie.

Thanks for popping in, Aliaa!

I've actually noticed a few that have been written recently. I'm not generally a fan of retellings of my favorite novels, so we'll see what I think of this one!

Thanks for coming by, Jocelyn!

I read the first chapter and it really is fun. I'm hoping to get back to it soon. THEN, I'll hand it off to my son because that's just the kind of mother I am! LOL.

Thanks for stopping in, Anita!

A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES definitely has an intriguing premise. The Big Reveal was a little too predictable and unconvincing for me, but I did enjoy the mystery of it all.

Yeah, the thought of weeding through my whole book collection is a *little* daunting!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Leah!

Ha ha. Well, my whole collection certainly will not fit into the new house. I'm aiming for 75%, but we'll see how it goes!

I love that my local indie does the trade thing, too. I just wish it were closer. Right now, I trade in my books a couple times a year. Wish I could do it more.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Kami!

I'm the same way! The only thing I really hoard is books. I've got so many now, though, that it's impossible to remember which I do/do not own and where to actually find them in my house. I'm actually really excited about going through them all and paring down. Imagine all the gems I'm going to find that have been lost in my collection for years!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Marianne!

I have my comfort genres for sure, but I do try to mix things up a little bit, variety being the spice of life and all!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Alex!

Always love to stop in and read your TTT and review posts, Susan. You're a great source of new titles.

You know my pain! It's going to be a big, overwhelming task, but I'm also excited to get all my stacks, shelves, and boxes of books sorted out and pared down. It will be a much more manageable collection when I'm done.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Kay!

I've heard good things about all of these cozy series. It's funny that they have similar plots and settings - it will be fun to compare and contrast them.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Nicole!

I read the first chapter of REDSHIRTS and it's pretty fun so far. It seems like a really entertaining read.

Thanks for popping in, Stefani!

Thanks! I'm going to need luck and a lot of self-control, too :)

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Lindsey!

Luckily, the majority of the books I own are ones that have been sent to me by publishers over the years, so I don't have any real emotional/sentimental/financial attachment to them. Purging would be a lot tougher if I had a more carefully curated collection. I'd say only 1/3 of my books are really ones I've purposely held on to over the years and there are many of those I can probably give away easily since I haven't looked at them in forever and ever. Of course, I haven't started yet, so we'll see how it all goes in actuality...

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Sam!

Definitely! We've lived here for thirteen years and there's been a lot of accumulation in that time. Goodwill's about to get A LOT of new inventory, LOL.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Sam!

I'm not sure why I never managed to get THE KITCHEN FRONT read. It sounds like an excellent read! I just kept prioritizing other books over it. Now I can get to it when I get to it.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Lark!

I'm excited for them. Hopefully they're all as good as they sound!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Deanna!

The Murderbot series was also recommended to me, but I've never heard of the Taylor series. I'll check it out. Thanks for the rec!

Thanks for stopping in, Alana!

I should have been weeding stuff (including books) all along, but I haven't been so now I have thirteen years of stuff to tackle. Yikes!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Cindy!

It's funny how quickly it accumulates, isn't it?

I've loved other books by Sanderson, so I'm sure I'll enjoy the Skyward series as well.

Thanks for stopping in, Erin!

I haven't watched enough Star Trek to understand what a "redshirt" was right off. When someone explained it to me, though, it definitely made me laugh!

Thanks for popping by, Cheri!

As much as I love my big house, I'm definitely done with all the cleaning and upkeep. Plus, since my two oldest have moved out, it's just too much space. I'm looking forward to being in a smaller house that will hopefully stay much tidier and organized!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Wendy!

An excellent strategy! I don't re-read much, so I really need to ask myself, "WHY am I keeping this book?" If I'm not going to revisit it or loan it out or urge my kids to read it, then why am I holding on to it when I could donate it for someone else to enjoy? This sounds like a winning strategy, Anne. Thanks for the advice and thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting!

Last time I moved, several of the people helping us told me they would never help us move again because I have too many books! LOL.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Leslie!

We're not going far at all, only about 10 miles away. I've been trying to convince my husband for years to move back to Utah, but it hasn't happened, unfortunately :( We're actually moving back into a house we bought in 2004 and lived in for a few years before we adopted our daughter and decided we needed something bigger. It's a smaller house but plenty big enough for the four of us (my oldest two are out of the house now)—just not for all of the stuff we have right now!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Jenni!

Me too, although I'm picky about the ones I read. I want series that are fun, reasonably well written, and not TOO silly and far-fetched. I'm hoping these series are winners for me.

Thanks for popping in, Shanna!

Ha ha. There's a reason my books haven't been sorted through in thirteen years. I don't ever seem to start on a big organizing project unless there's some pressure to do so. Moving definitely makes purging necessary and not just of books, of course. My husband's LEGO collection is vast...

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Katherine!

Your husband collects Lego? Incredible. So does mine. His Legos take up more space than my books. And I'm not exaggerating.

I read the first chapter and it does seem like a super fun read! If the audio is narrated by Will Wheaton, I'm definitely going to have to listen to the rest of it. Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks for stopping in, Stephen!

The premise is definitely intriguing in its eerie simplicity!

Thanks for popping by, Julia!

I hope you enjoy REDSHIRTS! It certainly seems like it's going to be an entertaining read.

Thanks for stopping in, James!

I do that SO often! Once I buy a book, I seem to immediately forget I own it, LOL.

Thanks for coming by, Louise!

Did you really? How funny! Great minds think alike :)

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Pam!

Oh no! Really? Like I said above, most of my collection is made up of books I got free from publishers, so I don't have any sentimental attachment to them. It shouldn't be TOO hard to weed out the ones I'm never going to actually read. We'll see.

Thanks for popping in, Yvonne!

My husband and I have decided that we're done with the accumulation stage. We already have everything we could possibly want and more, so it's time to get rid of the excess. I'll still have space for books, just not as much :)

I'm excited for JO & LAURIE. Obviously, it's not Alcott, but I'm still interested to see what the authors do with the story.

I've been meaning to read Connolly's series, but I haven't gotten to it yet. One of these days!

I'm glad you had fun with your gift certificates. It's always a joy to buy books, but especially when someone else pays for them. LOL.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, RS! I love your thorough comments, by the way, so never apologize for them.

Thanks, in turn, for the lovely reply!

Too true about the gift certificates, haha. And good luck with the downsizing. I'm more practical about letting go of things that aren't books, so I bet that'll feel really good when all's said and done.

I hope so, too!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Tanya!

For sure! We've lived in this house for 13 years, so there's lots of stuff -- including books -- that has just accumulated. There are lots of books I've saved over the years that I definitely don't need to hold onto. I enjoy sorting and purging, so I'm actually looking forward to the task, believe it or not.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Helen!

Yeah, downsizing is going to be quite the project. I'm excited for it, though! Just thinking about it makes me feel lighter :)

Thanks for stopping in, Kristine!

Right? I keep reminding my husband not to buy any more LEGOs because we're DOWNsizing. I need to remind myself not to buy books...

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Carla!

I can't imagine living in 330 feet of space, but it does sound freeing in a way. And, you're right, so much less space to clean!

I seriously had not ever heard the term "redshirt" before someone mentioned the book to me. When I heard it, though, it instantly made sense. I used to watch Voyager occasionally...

You know what's funny? I've never finished LITTLE MEN. I just get bored with it. I've read LITTLE WOMEN lots of times. Funny that we're flip-flopped.

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Jen!

Thanks! I'm excited for them all. I hope they live up to my expectations :)

Thanks for stopping in!

Thank you! Downsizing is going to be quite the job, especially going through my books. It's daunting, not gonna lie.

Thanks for popping by, Isabelle!

We've lived in this house for 13 years and since it's so big we haven't stopped ourselves from buying whatever the heck we want to buy! Needless to say, we have A LOT of purging to do. I mean, we still have a VCR (that doesn't really work) and stacks of old VHS tapes as well as a ton of other old crap lying around. Some stuff, at least, will not be hard to get rid of at all!

Thanks, as always, for coming by and commenting, Suzanne!

Haha, I know the feeling. We moved two years ago after living in the last house for twenty years. And both our sons had moved out in the meantime and still not an apartment of their own.

Yeah, it will be interesting to sort through all my books and see which are easy to get rid of and which give me pause. I guess that will tell me which ones are worth keeping and which are not!

Thanks for dropping in, Holliehocks!