How many book do you have?

[KanoasDestiny]

Is it hundreds, thousands?

I currently have 642, but I've only read 313 of them. With Christmas coming up, I know I'll get another dozen or so.

(I have 409 books on my Amazon wishlist and made sure to direct my hunny to it.)

There's just so many books, and not enough time in a day.

 

[Kendra]

I choose not to answer on the grounds that I may incriminate myself. Also, I'm far too lazy to count. ;-)

I have too many books, and yet I think I would only be willing to part with about 10% of them. I really do need to take a load to the used book store though - that's a win-win: more room for new books, and a credit at the used book store!

I need a library.

You have 300 books you haven't read yet!? I'm jealous. I've read all mine, except the brand new one that I just started.

 

[Jill]

I have some up in my attic and all of Stephen King's (including a couple rare) in the main part of the house. I probably have 300 or more audiobooks, but I got rid of most of my physical books a couple years ago.

 

[susanne]

I've never really counted, but multiplying the number of shelves by the number of books per shelf, I get this:

My actual bookcases, with books, shelved single-file, have room for 1470 books, but I have my paperbacks shelved two deep, so a minimum of 2000 in the bookcases. I also have small cabinets, nightstands, the top of the refrigerator (for cookbooks) -- basically anyplace you can stow or stack a book -- all filled with books, plus bathroom books, stacks beside the bed, and more in boxes...so I'd say easily over 3000 books. Then there are the magazines...

Here's the funny part: until we build our house (hopefully this next year), we live in a "tin cabin" -- a mobile home, obviously stacked to the gills with books, old furniture, collectibles and musical instruments. There is barely room for us and the pets!

I'd never get rid of any of my books. I have reference books, dictionaries and encyclopedias, special interest books (horses, dogs, cats, art, music, history, biography, gardening), fiction, poetry...how could I choose who would go?

My idea of the perfect "wall covering" in a room is floor to ceiling books, with every room a library. When I go into someone's house, nothing tells me more about them than than what books they have. One of my best friends is a nationally known interior design...she is always both fascinated and frustrated with us...I just tell her she has to get normal from her other friends

 

[susanne]

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KanoasDestiny, I've always considered a wealth of unread books to be the truest luxury!

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[lucky seven]

I only have 69 books, that also includes my horse care reference book and my quilt reference books. I mostly take books out of the library.

 

[Jill]

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KanoasDestiny, I've always considered a wealth of unread books to be the truest luxury!

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I agree with you here! It is such a satisfying feeling knowing you've got lots of good books left to read

 

[KanoasDestiny]

Whoops! Just noticed my mistake in the title. I said "book" instead of "books".

I choose not to answer on the grounds that I may incriminate myself.

Whenever I want to buy more books, my hubby asks "how many books do you have that you still need to read?" I either respond with "Not enough" or "I plead the 5th". Lol.

. KanoasDestiny, I've always considered a wealth of unread books to be the truest luxury! .

I really like your philosophy!

so I'd say easily over 3000 books.

Susanne, your house sounds like my ideal place to live!

My dream room would be like the library in the house Mr. Browne took up residence in, in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Where you need a ladder to get to the top, and it rolls all the way across the floor.

 

[Rhondaalaska]

I have too many according to my husband. They are all over the house, in book shelves and stacked where ever I can put them. And that is not counting all the ebooks I have now as well.

 

[susanne]

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I love library ladders! I'd also love a fireplace and a big, deep, comfortable chair (or a bed).

When we build, we'll be going with a very small, one story design, so I probably won't get my ladder, but our living room will likely be three walls of bookshelves and one window wall looking out on our horses and garden.

There used to be an ad that ran in the interior design magazines promoting a line of beds. The photo showed a woman reading in a luxurious bed, the only piece of furniture centered in a two-story library.

Rhondaalaska, there is no such thing as too many books!

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[ohmt]

I've always wanted a library exactly like the one in Beauty in the Beast with the ladders

Except I'm extremely afraid of heights so would need someone to climb them for me

I have a bookshelf that is overflowing and then I started using my kindle more so they stopped accumulating. I prefer the real deal, but buying books on my kindle saves quite a bit of money so have to stick with it for now. I have a nice wish list written out for christmas though!

 

[Rhondaalaska]

Tell that to my husband , ha ha... For me I love to read and am always looking for more books to read, sometime 3 books a day when I get going, sigh which is not as often as I would love to do.

 

[Jill]

I was thinking last night, about the books in our attic. We had all kinds of "Time Library" books. Remember the comercials? Mystic ones and Civil War ones... I have to say, this thread has made me resolve to go up there and see at least about those. H and I have both spent hours in the past looking through them and they are so interesting. I rarely will re-read a novel (only really one that I can recall -- The Stand), but I will look over those kinds of "variety" books repeatedly

 

[susanne]

I know what you mean, Jill -- I love reference books. We had all of the Time/Life books and an assortment of scientific and geographic reference books...and the National Geographics -- I used to sit on the floor in front of them and study the articles listed on their spines. I credit my love of learning to always having an assortment of books available to whet our curiosity. I remember this one book -- I don't remember its name but it was so packed with fascinating information, like names of the various types of clouds and things that were important to kids.

 

[Jill]

I'm gonna have to go up into the attic

AND drag a book shelf out of the shed

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Anyone remember The Book of Knowledge? We got that set when I was about 11 years old. Back in the day when children had lots of spare time to just BE. I read through them all, memorized the poems, and now I have inherited them. Also have husband's old World Book set from his childhood. Not so sure of the veracity of some of its content, but the pictures are great!

I dust my main bookshelves twice a year and try to use that as a time to purge, if possible. Rarely can, however. Books in the closets, books in the garage. I don't think I'd enjoy a Kindle as I love handling the book itself. I prefer hardback, but sometimes only pb is available in some titles. I'd like to get all the Tony Hillerman's in hb. HB takes up more shelf space...

I think I have hundreds, but I've never counted.

 

[KanoasDestiny]

Anyone remember The Book of Knowledge? We got that set when I was about 11 years old. Back in the day when children had lots of spare time to just BE. I read through them all, memorized the poems, and now I have inherited them. Also have husband's old World Book set from his childhood.

I totally forgot about childhood books! Gosh, all of mine must be packed away in our shed. I'd love to go out and see whats there but we have at least thirty huge totes I'd have to search through.

The Book of Knowledge sounds familiar, hmmm...

When my husband's grandmother passed away, he inherited her books. A lot of them are from the early 1900s, including a 1931 edition of Bambi.