Why am I here?

I am an avid reader - on many subjects, in three languages.  This blog is an attempt to bring some order to the books I read, the tangents I go off on, and the tangents I don't want to lose track of.  I have lists of books I want to track down - sometimes I forget if I have tracked them down or not, and don't realize I've already read a particular book until I'm standing in front of it on the library shelf...