Or I would read 500 titles … which you can now at The Story Cellar.
I feel very moved by how much it has grown in just two months – and this is two months with two opening days a month. When I started I had three bookshelves. Then new books started pouring in. In the beginning there were just under two hundred. Now there are just over five hundred.
These five hundred titles are sitting on five bookshelves and a little rolling table which houses cookbooks, business and personal development titles. Fiction takes up four big bookshelves. We currently have:
- Eight shelves of General Fiction (incorporating YA and Fantasy)
- Two shelves of Classics
- Three shelves of Historical Fiction
- Three shelves of Crime/Detective
- Four Shelves of Thrillers
Children’s books have their own bookshelf, as does Biography/History/Politics.
It’s starting to feel like a real bookshop now, not just me selling my used books in my cellar.
I wish I could do this every day. I wish I had a real shop in town, and wasn’t just tucked away in my cellar. In a world that feels increasingly chaotic and dysfunctional, there’s something soothing about being surrounded by books. So many stories, so many other paths to take, so many chances that things will come right in the end. And if they don’t, there’s always a sequel.
Next opening day will be the Breast Cancer Awareness Saturday. That seems like a good time to bring out the cake and the bubbles. And make a donation to Cancer Research.
The Story Cellar 