I am interested in the content of your site, but the performance is not tolerable. The load time for the first page will cause some people to go away and never

I am interested in the content of your site, but the performance is not tolerable. The load time for the first page will cause some people to go away and never come back, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that once it loads, it’s not usable. I have no idea what you are doing in the JavaScript, but it churns my CPU for about a minute as it consumes more and more memory, eventually topping out at about 300 meg. Scrolling through the list of books is too slow and jerky to tolerate. I would suggest avoiding JavaScript altogether until you get to the root of the problem. Also, test your site on a run of the mill platform like a five year old Dell PC running Windows XP and IE7. You can probably find one of these at your office or your parents’ house. If the site isn’t quick on that platform, then half the world isn’t going come back after the first visit.