Devourer of Books

Twilight of Avalon by Anna Elliott
The Arthurian legends have what seems to be a very lasting place in Anglo-Saxon culture. Even those of us who are not very knowledgeable about the details of the legend generally are at least familiar with Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. Perhaps the Lady in [...]

Perhaps I was a little optimistic to think that I could accomplish all of my throwing out of fifty things in a single weekend.  Since I simply do NOT have the energy to tackle the kitchen tonight, that will have to be continued tomorrow, possibly along with my bookshelves and some other areas of the [...]

I can never seem to keep my bathroom organized.  The guest bathroom, that’s fine, but mine?  Yikes.  It gets messy really quickly and then proceeds to drive me absolutely insane until I finally get around to cleaning it up again.  
Now, partially this is because our bathroom is small and I am sort of lazy. [...]

If the idea of trying to “Throw Out Fifty Things” is just not for you and you want validation in your messiness, check out Jena’s review of “A Perfect Mess” over at Muse Book Reviews.  I’m actually not convinced that these books are totally contradictory.  It seems that you could throw out the stuff you [...]

There is one thing in our bedroom that frustrates me to no end, and that is my husband’s side of the closet.  He has a ridiculous number of shirts.  Actually, in addition to his ridiculous number of shirts in the closet, he also has a ridiculous number of t-shirts in drawers.  
Now, if he actually [...]

Now, Gail recommends that you start with your bedroom, but my husband’s sick and still in bed, so I’m going to let him stay there a little longer.  She also considers the living room and dining room two separate rooms, but ours clearly are not.  In fact, as you can see they are my library [...]