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12 Steps of Book Lust & Beyond

(first appeared on Goodreads.com) 1. We admitted we were powerless over literature-that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than our humdrum lives could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our book shelves and e-readers over to the care of Book Lust as we understood it. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our bookshelves, our closets, and our e-readers. 5. Admitted to Goodreads, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our obsession. 6-12. And so on. Speaking of obsessions, it's wonderful to be here among those with similar/identical obsessions - those searching for What to Read Next, What to Recommend, maybe even What to Write. These days, I'm bouncing between projects, or is it "among" projects, since there are more than two?  1. Working on a novel I started 3 or 4 times over the years, kept putting aside in frustration, and looked at a few months ago and saw someth