Does This Explain Why Hugh Hefner Isn’t Known for His Book-Reading Habits?

For obsessive book collectors (like me), I offer up this funny excerpt from a blog post by novelist Keith Raffel (Dot Dead), in which he endeavors to make his wife feel better about the superfluity of books filling up every nook and cranny of their house:

I try to explain to her that I don’t smoke, don’t drink to excess, don’t do drugs, and don’t run around with other women. I buy novels. Her reply? “A few naked women lying around would take up so much less room than all your blasted books.”

A lesser man than Mr. Raffel might view this as an opportunity ...