How many books you have at home?

inkwell

Almost every time when I am visitig people I dont see any books in their houses. Maybe one or two cook books or travel book and they are not uneducated or very simple, but average families and they also usually think well about themselfs. :pac:
How many books you have yourself and do you read them?
I think its sad when children dont see any books at home and they grow up only with tv and computer games..

amacca

inkwell wrote: »

Almost every time when I am visitig people I dont see any books in their houses. Maybe one or two cook books or travel book and they are not uneducated or very simple, but average families and they also usually think well about themselfs. :pac:
How many books you have yourself and do you read them?
I think its sad when children dont see any books at home and they grow up only with tv and computer games..

its in the hundreds...but I do a clear out every year rather than have unused collect dust...if you were to include past books owned it would be well in the multiple thousands

all sorts of books....finance/investment strategy...fiction...cookbooks..how to ...tax guides etc

reckon the availability of information on the internet has reduced my purchasing certain books however

Sonics2k

Some 300 books or so.

Ranging from sci-fi fiction, to ancient history across the world, to Crowley's works and a couple of Bibles and other religious novels.

I'd say I've read 95% of them page to page.

alwaysadub

Couple of hundred I'd say, they are in nearly every room!

stupidusername

in my apartment now i've 3 or 4. the rest ive read and have no intention of reading again, and so are in boxes at home. dont see the point in clogging up space with them really.

mackg

stupidusername wrote: »

in my apartment now i've 3 or 4. the rest ive read and have no intention of reading again, and so are in boxes at home. dont see the point in clogging up space with them really.

If your up for it we could burn them, nothing beats a good old book burning!

stupidusername

mackg wrote: »

If your up for it we could burn them, nothing beats a good old book burning!

**** it sure, why not. can we save it till the winter, make use of the heat like?

alabandical

Hundreds, they've taken over two rooms already, much to the annoyance of the other half. In my defence, I've said should I die they can be sold and provide nice little pension.

inkwell

Do you also know people with no books at home and what you think about it? If you go to visit somewhere where you haven't bee before -do you notice if they do or dont have books?

ElleEm

alwaysadub wrote: »

Couple of hundred I'd say, they are in nearly every room!

Same as myself. Cook books in the kitchen, and random crafts and novels I'm reading in the sitting room. Have crates of them upstairs with nowhere to go. I try clean them out but I buy a book every couple of months, at least.

mikom

inkwell wrote: »

How many books you have at home?

Many, most are leather-bound and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Mint Sauce

Couldn't be quite sure, all spread between my room and loft at home, and where I rent.

If I ever do get a place of own, they'll all go on show over several shelves.

starlit

Thousands...need to sell them or give to charity, have whole press/attic full of books!:cool:

slippy wicket

Upwards of 500 at the moment, clear out the dross once a year.

parker kent

mikom wrote: »

Many, most are leather-bound and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

How original....


Anyhoo, I have a few hundred at my parents house. No room for them where I am now. Plus they are on an awesome bookcase in my room there. Books in a bedroom is a brilliant way of getting a hot, nerdy girl back to your room. Or if any girls want to get me into their room, it will work on me!*

*so will boobs :P

inkwell

inkwell wrote: »

Almost every time when I am visitig people I dont see any books in their houses

I don't think that it necessarily means there are no books in the house if you can't see them. All of my books would be in the "office" and noone would go in there. I have an ipad and my husband has a kindle so lots of reading is done on those. My daughter turned 7 two weeks ago. She has read most of Roald Dahl's classic, lots of Enid Blyton, a couple of the Narnia chronicles, she adores these ones called Beast Quest?? and has just begun reading Harry Potter, not to mention the tons of short stories she has gotten through. All of her books though are in a chest in her room so again, you wouldn't know they were there.

I do think there are lots of people who don't encourage their kids to read though and I think it's quite sad, it's so good for their imaginations and it's great for adults as an escape, to relax and to educate your mind. E Readers are such a great invention, reading on the go is just so much easier.

nlgbbbblth

About 1,200 or so. Loads more in my parents' house.

ElleEm

inkwell wrote: »

Do you also know people with no books at home and what you think about it? If you go to visit somewhere where you haven't bee before -do you notice if they do or dont have books?

I notice if they have books cos I'm always wondering how I should display/ store my books at home.
I don't judge people for not having books, if that's what you mean.

Years ago, people had books and ornaments every where. People's decor seems to be more clean and less cluttered, so I often assume that their books are hidden in boxes somewhere, as is the case in mine/ my friend's homes.

mikom

parker kent wrote: »

*so will boobs :P

parker kent wrote: »

How original....

Indeed....

Circa: Garden of Eden.

SheFiend

Somewhere between 80 and a hundred. When I'm running out of space for them I tackle the task of sorting and bagging them, and drop them at the charity shop, where I spend some time searching for books to take home. At the moment around 40 books are keepers that I know I will re-read. That number increases.

Adventure fiction novels, classics, factual books about war, gardening, birds, fish, lately a lot of Philosophy books, quite a mix of stuff, come to think of it.

My mother encouraged reading, and as we had just one telly and two channels, which the parents or older siblings had first dibs on, it was an obvious hobby.

If I have kids in the future, I would limit telly-time while they are young. I wouldn't like to have the TV on show, prefer to lock it in a press or something. It's a bad babysitter but of course it is beneficial in moderation. Reading is a fantastic educational tool, linguistic and factual. The better a child's vocabulary, the better they can express their thoughts and seize the power of their own mind.

strobe

Whenever I finish reading a book I give it away to someone I know or just leave it at a table in a cafe or on a seat on the train for some randomer to find. So I never have more than about 3 or 4 at home at any time.

starlit

I have thousands of books a whole press full/attic full of books!:cool:

pjmn

... about 400. Have read them all (apart from 8 in the 'to be read' stack).

stupidusername

strobe wrote: »

Whenever I finish reading a book I give it away to someone I know or just leave it at a table in a cafe or on a seat on the train for some randomer to find. So I never have more than about 3 or 4 at home at any time.

did you ever hear of that website, whereby you can look up in a city where people have left books, and they're there for the taking? you can leave yours anywhere and write up about them too. can't remember the name of it.... used to be on it myself.

Harry Angstrom

mikom wrote: »

Many, most are leather-bound and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Hi Ron

parker kent

mikom wrote: »

Indeed....

Your joke was shít line from a shít Will Ferrell movie. One used literally millions of times by people who think they are being witty.

At least I had some sort of point to make.

Anyway, OT I will add that whenever I own a house (or least renting long term somewhere), I'll weed out paperbacks I don't want any more. I will try and buy nice hardbacks of my favourite books whenever possible. They are for keeps.

inkwell

parker kent wrote: »

How original....


Anyhoo, I have a few hundred at my parents house. No room for them where I am now. Plus they are on an awesome bookcase in my room there. Books in a bedroom is a brilliant way of getting a hot, nerdy girl back to your room. Or if any girls want to get me into their room, it will work on me!*

*so will boobs :P

It would work o me too! Why keeping books in boxes?! I love to look at other peoples books, it says a lot about them!

mackg

stupidusername wrote: »

**** it sure, why not. can we save it till the winter, make use of the heat like?

We could have a mid-winter after hours bonfire with marshmallows and everything!:)

Dangerous Man

At my house in Dublin a few hundred; here in Toronto - about twenty. Reading takes a serious back seat these days.

inkwell

strobe wrote: »

Whenever I finish reading a book I give it away to someone I know or just leave it at a table in a cafe or on a seat on the train for some randomer to find. So I never have more than about 3 or 4 at home at any time.

Do you have children? Leave some for them if you plan to have or have some..

mikom

parker kent wrote: »

At least I had some sort of point to make.

Was it "Look at me I have a willy"?

HalloweenJack

At the moment, I have five books. I recently moved and that was all I could fit in.

I do plan on getting the rest of mine (about a 100) shipped over soon but don't know when that'll be. I think I'll have cracked up from re-reading the same books over and over by then.

snickerpuss

I have a few hundred. Most in my parent's house and all my favourites in the apartment with my OH. Although I come from a family of avid readers we never had bookshelves in the house growing up because my mam is a librarian so she just borrowed them all! She still can't understand why I buy them! It's cos I love having lots of books around :-)

flyaway.

Almost 300.

SheFiend

strobe wrote: »

Whenever I finish reading a book I give it away to someone I know or just leave it at a table in a cafe or on a seat on the train for some randomer to find. So I never have more than about 3 or 4 at home at any time.

What a cool thing to do

py2006

I like to keep the books I have read! It feels like an achievement when I finish the last page!

TanG411

Took up reading last February. I have 30 books.

inkwell

snickerpuss wrote: »

It's cos I love having lots of books around :-)

Me too! It's like fetish almost -love the smell, love to look at the covers, etc. Does anybody know how is this possible there is so may illiterate people in Ireland. I was shocked when I talked to some lady and she told me she teaches adult people litteracy skills! Everyone has to go to school until some age -isnt it right?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Hundreds, but a lot of them which I don't want anymore I'll be selling them soon.

Cat Melodeon

We've just moved house and tried to get rid of as many books as we could but so many of them are like old friends that we kept most of them. We've about 1,000 out on the bookshelves and about twice that in boxes - can't wait for the day we have our own house and can afford to get some decent shelves built for them all. I grew up surrounded by books. My parents both left school in their early teens but loved to read and definitely passed that on to myself and my sisters. I'm hoping to pass the love on to my own kids - my 2-year old already has heaps of books and enjoys a story more than cartoons. If you enjoy reading from an early age it makes school and study an awful lot easier later in life. Loads of literacy programs (like Incredible Book Club and Story Sacks) work on getting books into children's homes - owning books is hugely important to literacy development and educational engagement.

cynder

I have 200 or so books on my e reader and 100 other ebooks on my computer, I have around 50 in my bedroom and my kids have about 80 between their rooms, I've given away 100s of books over the last 5 years as I have no space for them. I have no books in the living room or the kitchen.

inkwell

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I'll be selling them soon.

You get no money for books, it's not worth it. My father was alcoholic and he sold half of his and my mothers books because he needed money for vodka -this is one thing I cant forgive him, there was many fairy tales with beautiful illustrations in my parents house -its not possible to find them anywhere now... (by the way -dont you think books for children were much more beautiful some time ago? Its hard to find this quality now unfortunately.

MajorMax

I have over 3,000 books there is a bookcase in my kitchen spans wall to wall ceiling to ceiling 12 x 8 foot mix of paperback & hardback & good mix of genres

amacca

parker kent wrote: »

How original....


Anyhoo, I have a few hundred at my parents house. No room for them where I am now. Plus they are on an awesome bookcase in my room there. Books in a bedroom is a brilliant way of getting a hot, nerdy girl back to your room. Or if any girls want to get me into their room, it will work on me!*

*so will boobs :P

what is it with you and nerds!

spread your wings ffs:D

invite a big broad shouldered hairy chested GAA girl to your place and report back on your findings!

SwarfegaHead

Between myself and my brothers (mostly theirs) we've about 200 or so I'd say. Can't beat a good read.

Along with my brothers obsessive collection of easily 1500-2000 DVDs and our collection of about 200 video games past and present you can't feckin' move in this house without knocking over some kind of entertainment media.

scotty_irish

flat burned down so was back to zero, but been hitting the second hand shops and ebay pretty hard and back up to about 20-30 now.

scotty_irish

strobe wrote: »

Whenever I finish reading a book I give it away to someone I know or just leave it at a table in a cafe or on a seat on the train for some randomer to find. So I never have more than about 3 or 4 at home at any time.

i like you!

isabella_24

inkwell wrote: »

Almost every time when I am visitig people I dont see any books in their houses. Maybe one or two cook books or travel book and they are not uneducated or very simple, but average families and they also usually think well about themselfs. :pac:
How many books you have yourself and do you read them?
I think its sad when children dont see any books at home and they grow up only with tv and computer games..

I totally agree with you on that, It really irks me that a child would spend so much time ALONE in their room playing video games, im not saying its wrong to play them i love black ops with a passion but limit their usage. Books are vital to children it opens up their minds and expands their horizons. I love to read to my son and he loves to hear about my love stories even though he is only 3. I dont think i will be buying him any video games until i absolutlty have to. Another thing why do 2 and 3 year olds have nintendo ds, a relation of mine tried to make out that i was a mean parent because my son doesnt have one.... FRANKLY I DONT CARE HE WILL NOT BE GETTING ONE UNTIL HE IS MUCH OLDER

stupidusername

mackg wrote: »

We could have a mid-winter after hours bonfire with marshmallows and everything!:)

awh that sounds nice.

phasers

Over 100, they're laying around everywhere. My wardrobe is stuffed so I've got them all over the place.

inkwell

Oh, so people do have books... I started thinking I'm weird!