I've been meaning for several days to comment and let you know how much I've been enjoying your updates on your internship. (Of course, I'm a biologist, so spending enormous amounts of time cataloging microscopic organisms seems perfectly respectable...) I'd love to be able to poke around the Smithsonian, so your descriptions of the museum behind the scenes have been interesting, and your views on your co-workers, the Metro, etc. have been amusing.
And as for books - I'm in the middle of moving, and I've already filled 26 boxes with books. That's just most of my "fun" books; I still have all the reference books I use for work to pack. So as you might be able to guess, I would say having lots of books is glorious!