{"id":16572,"date":"2017-05-16T07:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=16572"},"modified":"2017-05-16T07:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:07:45","slug":"so-almost-10-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/16\/so-almost-10-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"So, Almost 10 Years Later&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a quick look at an old post (<a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/27\/good-book-hunting-august-27-2007\/\" target=\"_new\">Good Book Hunting: August 27, 2007<\/a>, and I zoomed in on the picture of my to-read shelves in Old Trees, and I thought, <em>Man, I need to get to reading some of those books.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/toread.jpg\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brianjnoggle.com\/bsgfx\/toread.jpg\" alt=\"My to-read bookshelves, 2007\"><br \/><font size=\"1\"><i>Click for full size<\/i><\/font><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I see a bunch of them on the shelves then that I have not yet read.  Mostly because they&#8217;re big and colorful and draw my attention to them even today.  Also, because they&#8217;re still unread.  In my defense, such as it is, I have more than doubled the size of the to-read stacks since then, and most of the books I&#8217;ve read in the interim have been acquired since then.<\/p>\n<p>Also, in my defense, amongst the books I bought that day, I have read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/06\/book-report-the-black-hole-by-alan-dean-foster-1979\/\" target=\"_new\"><em>The Black Hole<\/em><\/a> by Alan Dean Foster.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/10\/book-report-panic-in-philly-by-don-pendleton-1973\/\" target=\"_new\">Panic in Philly<\/em><\/a> by Don Pendleton.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/31\/book-report-ranting-again-by-dennis-miller-1998\/\" target=\"_new\">Ranting Again<\/em><\/a> by Dennis Miller.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/18\/book-report-the-hunt-for-red-october-by-tom-clancy-1984\/\" target=\"_new\">The Hunt For Red October<\/em><\/a> by Tom Clancy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/03\/book-report-kilroy-was-here-by-charles-osgood-2001\/\" target=\"_new\"><em>Kilroy Was Here<\/a><\/em> by Charles Osgood.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/29\/book-report-the-handyman-by-penelope-mortimer-1983\/\" target=\"_new\"><em>The Handyman<\/a><\/em> by Penelope Mortimer.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/10\/book-report-three-novels-by-damon-knight-1957b\/\" target=\"_new\">Three Novels<\/em><\/a> by Damon Knight.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/19\/book-report-black-star-rising-by-frederick-pohl-1985\/\" target=\"_new\">Black Star Rising<\/a><\/em> by Frederik Pohl.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/28\/book-report-jem-by-frederik-pohl-1979\/\" target=\"_new\">Jem<\/a><\/em> by Frederik Pohl.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/19\/book-report-lori-by-robert-bloch-1989\/\" target=\"_new\">Lori<\/em><\/a> by Lori Bloch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s 10 of the 23 I bought that day, so I&#8217;ve got that going for me.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the things I can identify on the shelves, I know I&#8217;ve probably read most of the McBain books present; the Ogden Nash volumes of poetry; <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/12\/book-report-seawitch-by-alistair-maclean-1977\/\" target=\"_new\"><em>Seawitch<\/em><\/a> by Alistair MacLean; <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/13\/book-report-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-by-j-r-r-tolkien-1972-ed\/\" target=\"_new\">The Lord of the Rings trilogy<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/27\/book-report-hannibal-the-novel-by-ross-leckie-1996\/\" target=\"_new\"><em>Hannibal: The Novel<\/em><\/a>; a couple of the Gor novels; and probably more.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m making progress, just probably not as much as I am making the <em>potential<\/em> for progress.<\/p>\n<p>How many to-read shelves do I have today?  <em>Seven full bookshelves and a small bookshelf.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a quick look at an old post (Good Book Hunting: August 27, 2007, and I zoomed in on the picture of my to-read shelves in Old Trees, and I thought, Man, I need to get to reading some of those books. 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