This week’s news in Venn diagrams.
Inspired by something Drew said on The Lit Hub podcast, I’ve been rethinking how I’m organizing the books I want to read, and trying to cull a little by being a little more honest about what I’m actually going to read. A nice plan, but in practice, I’m just moving books into increasingly precarious piles on the floor around my bookshelves, and this morning I fully tripped over a pile, which dominoed all the rest of the piles into one big mess. It felt like the black-and-white “there has to be a better way” portion of an infomercial, seconds before the SortCo Book Sorter improves my bookshelves and my mental well-being.
In short, I’ve decided to embrace “chaos shelving” and trust that my next read will come to me, if it’s meant to be.
Perhaps you’re also buried under used paperbacks and missed some of the news in this jam-packed week. Rest easy, friend, I’ve got some Venns to catch you up. Hope your weekend has the right blend of tidiness and chaos, and I’ll see you back here on Monday.
James Folta
James Folta is a writer and the managing editor of Points in Case. He co-writes the weekly Newsletter of Humorous Writing. More at www.jamesfolta.com or at jfolta[at]lithub[dot]com.






















