She was an authoritarian. Her attack on "hippies" in the 60s proved that. She literally played into the hands of the most stoned-out, anti-capitalists of the time. She never met anyone halfway and yet ended up on benefits poor and destitute, most likely as a result of her own dogma.

It was written in the era of McCarthyism. Shouting at commies was the default stance for being considered a normal American back then. If you came from Russia then you're bound to over-compensate.

I've found that I go through phases. I turfed out a good 100 books of early stuff I read over 10 years ago because my new fascination had kicked in and I was stacking books in uncomfortable piles in the hallway. Plus I knew Id' never read them again.

I can't do that with non-fiction.

We have around 3000, but I wouldn't say any one category dominates. My wife reads mostly fiction and I read almost entirely non-fiction. I have a lot of graphic design, art, photography and music books that definitely take up the most room as they're physically big.