thursday bookshelf

I am thinking I would like to try to have a shelf of my top 100 favourite books.  Not really sure about whether 100 is the right number or not, maybe it is too many, probably not enough, but I figure if I set a goal that is a start.  It is something I can modify later.  What I want to do is read through my collection of books and if i think a book belongs in my top 100 I will give it shelf space and make it a new, hand crafted jacket.  if a book doesn't make it to the top 100 it can be filed if it might be useful eg shakespeare, given away to someone else or if it is a total waste of paper and shames the trees it was made of I will endeavour to make it into something else.  How about that for a noble cause?  I already partly started this project as it have been kicking around in my head for a couple of years now.  They first book on my shelf will be Diamond Age or A young ladies illustrated primer by Neal Stephenson.   I have recently re read it (still love it, even better a decade on) and just need to make it a new cover - it really needs one, Ella tried to eat it.  I am thinking something lovely and steampunk to reflect its marvelous content.