Books that I have managed to say goodbye to

I have too much stuff, as we all know, or should know. Particularly books and cds I have difficulty saying that I'll never read again or listen to again. But am running out of bookshelves and am running out of places to put new bookshelves. But have managed to donate these to the prison drive that one of the women at school does, as usually I wouldn't get any money for the stuff. These are the ones I've donated recently

--First two Harry Potters. I have the British ones, so I thought why do I need them? I still have to finish the sixth one.
--Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig. My rationale for this one was that I wasn't going to read it anyway and it wasn't going to speak to my "generation." I don't know what is the Gen-x equivalent, but it sure isn't this. Maybe, the Cinematherapy books or the Tao of Pooh or the Nick at Nite books that has the better living through television. It's like the part in Margaret Cho's comedy routine where she's telling fortunes with Charlie's Angels cards: Beware the Shelly Hack card and the Tanya Roberts one also.
--Three Lives by Gertrude Stein. Felt cranky about it and was tired of her. Read a book about her and that seemed enough.
--Tam Lin by Pamela Dean. And Anali can back me up on this one being a problematic book. I liked it okay, and it's probably a good thing I didn't read this during finals' week back in the day as I would've believed that my friends were fairies from the Elizabethan times. However, in retrospect, it seems less cool and just too something. I'd rather have The Secret History or The Lost Language of Cranes which are pretty much the same dysfunctional, surreal college experience.
--Rock Hudson by Sara Davidson. Was interested in reading it, and got it at a library sale. However, it's a bit dated, it being 1985 and it'd be interesting what they'd say now. I have to really like someone to hold onto a biography or a memoir.

Books that I finished recently that I liked:
--Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan. I love her stuff and these were some nice reflective essays that were good, though some were hard to read in the depressing level. It's even signed by her.
--Sound and the Fury by Faulkner. I liked it, though am having problems tracking the chronology and how it fits into Absalom, Absalom. It's been awhile since I've read Faulkner. And stream-of-consciousness not easy. And I'm insane.

-Also finished Playing with Boys by Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez and the stuff that bothered me about the first book really bothers me about the second. If you've read the first one, you'll know what I mean.

I'm currently reading
--The latest Thursday Next books which I love.
--a bunch of beat poetry.
--a beat memoir by Joyce Johnson and I would like pictures so I can visualize the people which is shallow, I know.
--Jane Austen and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Mansion by Stephanie Burns which I am enjoying.
--a bunch of mystery stories which are a little too dysfunctional.
--A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin.
--The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon or my "serious" book. Maybe I'll have finished it by the time he comes out here. Probably not as it's a mighty tome.

And I think there should be a law that says if you're reading a book or seeing a movie and craving a food that is mentioned in a book or a movie, it should like magically appear. I re-watched Fried Green Tomatoes for the umpteenth time and seriously wanted Southern food and when I read the Joy Luck Club, I wanted Chinese food in the most serious way. And I was watching the ice cream show on PBS and had no ice cream in the fridge which is just unfair. They mentioned Carl's in Fred-burg. Ahh. Clearly, I am the most susceptible child food-wise, and in many other ways.