5/27: listing

...the books I've read so far this year.  I've kept a record since 1985, and though I don't often go back and look at it, it would feel odd to stop.  These days I tend to add to the list a couple of times a year, pausing at the end of May, August, and December to write down titles.  Today I did the reckoning for January through May:  53 books.  And I may manage one or two more before the end of the month.  Though I don't equate quantity with quality, the sheer number reminds me what steady companions books are and have been for me.