how many books do you own?

Laura · Post by **Laura** » 03 Dec 2009, 02:15

I can't remember but I think it's around 60ish. I've only recently got back into reading.

Pinkpaper · Post by **Pinkpaper** » 03 Dec 2009, 05:41

hardly any I never keep my books. They either get given away or sold on amazon. I have a couple of signed books which ill keep but aside from that only a few dotted around that I havent read yet.

best4buys · Post by **best4buys** » 03 Dec 2009, 07:29

I have never counted my books but I think I have round about 200 books, and out of them 30 books are very precious to me.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 03 Dec 2009, 11:24

Oh a few hundred I would imagine ... every room in my house has books. My dream, if I won the lottery, would be to have an old style library with wall to wall bookshelves and big comfy armchairs and all the time in the world to read.

Bowlie · Post by **Bowlie** » 03 Dec 2009, 11:33

Fran wrote:My dream, if I won the lottery, would be to have an old style library with wall to wall bookshelves and big comfy armchairs and all the time in the world to read.

I agree. I wish I had a library like the Beast did in the Disney film, Beauty and the Beast.

i_love_reading09 · Post by **i_love_reading09** » 31 Dec 2009, 02:18

Right now, I own 11 books. I definitely expect for my collection to grow. I normally just borrow books from the library, but nothing is better than having your own copy

awelker · Post by **awelker** » 31 Dec 2009, 12:53

i have two book shelves packed to the gills with books. and i have a few piles around my room with text books and other books that i have borrowed from a friend.

Briar · Post by **Briar** » 31 Dec 2009, 13:50

Pfft. If I can count magazine holders in the bathrooms I have a bookcase in EVERY room of my house. Over flowing!

awelker · Post by **awelker** » 31 Dec 2009, 13:56

Briar wrote:Pfft. If I can count magazine holders in the bathrooms I have a bookcase in EVERY room of my house. Over flowing!

i want to own my own library one day. i love books and hate to part with them. i only ever get rid of books that i absolutely hate or wont ever re-read again.

Briar · Post by **Briar** » 31 Dec 2009, 20:55

Wouldn't it be cool to have one of those libraries that went from floor to ceiling with the rolling ladders? I'd trade the bathroom for an outhouse if I could have a library like that.

Okay, maybe not, but almost!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 31 Dec 2009, 21:26

Fran wrote:Oh a few hundred I would imagine ... every room in my house has books. My dream, if I won the lottery, would be to have an old style library with wall to wall bookshelves and big comfy armchairs and all the time in the world to read.

That is my dream exactly.

Briar · Post by **Briar** » 01 Jan 2010, 15:05

Maybe that's what heaven will be like!

awelker · Post by **awelker** » 01 Jan 2010, 18:03

Briar wrote:Wouldn't it be cool to have one of those libraries that went from floor to ceiling with the rolling ladders? I'd trade the bathroom for an outhouse if I could have a library like that.

Okay, maybe not, but almost!

I would love to have the library from beauty and the beast

Briar · Post by **Briar** » 01 Jan 2010, 21:38

It's funny, I like all kinds of books, but I like romances. The kind of romances that you hide the cover if you're reading it in public. I keep those faves in my bedroom. I keep the ones that make me look smarticle in the livingroom!

JaneE · Post by **JaneE** » 03 Jan 2010, 15:04

Way too many. I hate to turn them in to a second hand book store for "credits" since most of the options there are either bodice-rippers or totally uninteresting for me. My husband and I overlap reading in a few areas, but only a few. I have many that I know I want to read, but haven't yet and often pick up several years after buying them.

And of course that dusty set of Will Durant's The Story of Civilization. Costs more to ship that I would get for it secondhand.