Re-reading texts from years past would surely increase the numbers; better still, what about finishing those tomes that have been abandoned half-read? But the more I think about it, the more I’m coming to enjoy the notion that it’s 75 and out. It presents a new challenge and plays to what OCDers like me do best – making lists. So what should my 75 comprise? Should I go down the self-improvement route? Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking is tempting and, if successful, might help me to the 100 mark. Classics? That, I’m ashamed to admit, feels more like a duty than a pleasure. The great works of religion? I’ve always been a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy man myself – don’t panic!