“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of volumes whose subject matter is completely unrelated to the rest of the library, yet which, upon closer inspection, reveals a good deal about its owner.” BooksLibraryReaders Book:Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader Source: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
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“Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their entire library had been reorganized by color and size. Shortly thereafter, the decorator met with a fatal automobile accident. I confess that when this story was told, everyone around the dinner table concurred that justice had been served.” StoriesHouseJusticeColorMonthsMetsTablesLibrarySizeDinnerAccidentsInteriorsAutomobileDinner TableDecorators Book:Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader Source: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
