how many books do you own?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 19 Feb 2012, 17:02

I used to keep a database on all of my books, but the hard drive crashed and I did not have a backup. Since then I have stopped counting it would be somewhere between 500 and 1000.

primrose777 · Post by **primrose777** » 19 Feb 2012, 22:23

I have just over 100, having started from scratch after losing most of them during a move a few years ago. I would like to think I am a beginner serious collector though I am only just starting to discover the treasure trove out there. Trouble is I buy quicker than I read, then I decide to read what I have before I buy again..... well good luck with that.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 20 Feb 2012, 02:25

primrose777 wrote:I have just over 100, having started from scratch after losing most of them during a move a few years ago. I would like to think I am a beginner serious collector though I am only just starting to discover the treasure trove out there. Trouble is I buy quicker than I read, then I decide to read what I have before I buy again..... well good luck with that.

I tried to do the same thing for years, then finally gave up. This habit will serve you well when you're snowed in...if you're in an area that ever gets snowed in, that is....doesn't sound like Australia gets much snow.

primrose777 · Post by **primrose777** » 21 Feb 2012, 02:04

Tralala wrote:
primrose777 wrote:I have just over 100, having started from scratch after losing most of them during a move a few years ago. I would like to think I am a beginner serious collector though I am only just starting to discover the treasure trove out there. Trouble is I buy quicker than I read, then I decide to read what I have before I buy again..... well good luck with that.
I tried to do the same thing for years, then finally gave up. This habit will serve you well when you're snowed in...if you're in an area that ever gets snowed in, that is....doesn't sound like Australia gets much snow.

No we don't get any snow where I live, however we have had a few floods lately so the same principle applies

Luffy · Post by **Luffy** » 21 Feb 2012, 10:08

I have a few 1000s ebooks. Do they count?

sorry,

. There.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 22 Feb 2012, 01:08

primrose777 wrote:
Tralala wrote:
primrose777 wrote:I have just over 100, having started from scratch after losing most of them during a move a few years ago. I would like to think I am a beginner serious collector though I am only just starting to discover the treasure trove out there. Trouble is I buy quicker than I read, then I decide to read what I have before I buy again..... well good luck with that.
I tried to do the same thing for years, then finally gave up. This habit will serve you well when you're snowed in...if you're in an area that ever gets snowed in, that is....doesn't sound like Australia gets much snow.

No we don't get any snow where I live, however we have had a few floods lately so the same principle applies

There ya go! Keep buying! I love it when I don't really know what I want to read next, so I just look through my bookcases..."Oh, yeah! I forgot I had that one! And that one! And that one!"....I can't resist a book sale.

Trinity31 · Post by **Trinity31** » 28 Feb 2012, 21:45

Since I've been collecting from the time I was five and I've never thrown out a book I should be well into the thousands. Unfortunately I had to start putting them in storage because i don't have enough room for them in my room.

Connie_88 · Post by **Connie_88** » 29 Feb 2012, 12:24

I've probably got close to 150 books. I've only got room for 1 book case in my pokey little flat so that's overflowing, and there's a stack of books that's climbing steadily up the wall next to it!

shaphat · Post by **shaphat** » 08 Mar 2012, 02:34

I have about 200. I used to have more but years ago my mom got angry at me because they were messy (didn't have much space) and got rid of all of them including one of my collections of a particular editorial for young readers which I had almost completed! it broke my heart (I was 12 at the time) I haven't been able to find the young indiana jones books I had anywhere in my country. It's a grudge I'll carry to my grave T_T She also gave away my favorite plushie <.<

Nanao Clams · Post by **Nanao Clams** » 15 Mar 2012, 09:52

I own around 50 books in my room. My mom owns 10x more, no kidding.

hello_kitty · Post by **hello_kitty** » 16 Mar 2012, 08:09

over a hundred. i love to read.

tedfiz · Post by **tedfiz** » 29 Mar 2012, 20:52

around 50... others.. i lent to my friend.... but it never come back....

frik · Post by **frik** » 01 Apr 2012, 10:44

More than 1000...too many to count.
A few hundred by Stephen King..

sk

goldengate · Post by **goldengate** » 08 Apr 2012, 13:13

I have more than a thousand also - I have never actually counted them. We just moved into a new home about a year ago and I bought 40+ feet of additional floor to ceiling bookcases and took all my books out of storage. Those shelves are now full. I guess my next step is to go through and pull books that are not "keepers". I really hate to part with a book, however.