How many books you have at home?

inkwell · 15-08-2011 08:55PM #1

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 · 15-08-2011 08:58PM

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 · 15-08-2011 08:59PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:00PM

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

stupidusername · 15-08-2011 09:02PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:03PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:04PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:05PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:05PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:07PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:07PM

inkwell wrote: »

How many books you have at home?

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

Mint Sauce · 15-08-2011 09:09PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:09PM

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

slippy wicket · 15-08-2011 09:10PM

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

parker kent · 15-08-2011 09:10PM

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

15-08-2011 09:10PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:11PM

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

ElleEm · 15-08-2011 09:11PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:12PM

parker kent wrote: »

*so will boobs :P

parker kent wrote: »

How original....

Indeed....

Circa: Garden of Eden.

SheFiend · 15-08-2011 09:12PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:13PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:13PM

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

pjmn · 15-08-2011 09:14PM

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

stupidusername · 15-08-2011 09:14PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:16PM

mikom wrote: »

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

Hi Ron

parker kent · 15-08-2011 09:17PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:17PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:18PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:18PM

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

inkwell · 15-08-2011 09:19PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:20PM

parker kent wrote: »

At least I had some sort of point to make.

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

How many books you have at home?

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