How many books you have at home?

HalloweenJack · 15-08-2011 09:21PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:23PM

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. · 15-08-2011 09:26PM

Almost 300.

SheFiend · 15-08-2011 09:27PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:28PM

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

TanG411 · 15-08-2011 09:28PM

Took up reading last February. I have 30 books.

inkwell · 15-08-2011 09:28PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:31PM

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

Cat Melodeon · 15-08-2011 09:33PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:36PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:37PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:38PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:38PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:40PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:40PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:46PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:46PM

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 · 15-08-2011 09:50PM

mackg wrote: »

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

awh that sounds nice.

phasers · 15-08-2011 09:51PM

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

inkwell · 15-08-2011 09:57PM

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

hdowney · 15-08-2011 10:00PM

several hundred. they are all over my house. sometimes i have clear outs, but struggle to throw books away. i love them

DoneDL · 15-08-2011 10:02PM

I have always read to go to sleep, I probably have about 100 books in the house but these are just old friends or technical books. The others are just recycled at used book stores and our local library though small is pretty good.

Novella · 15-08-2011 10:09PM

I have hundreds. I really wanna get myself a huge bookcase to store 'em in 'cause at the moment they're in boxes and drawers and it can be hard to find a particular book.

moonflower · 15-08-2011 10:11PM

I have around 150 books I'd say. I usually just get books from the library as they're quite expensive. I'll buy them if the library doesn't have them. Also if I see I book I enjoyed on sale or being sold secondhand I'll snap it up to re-read it.

charlemont · 15-08-2011 10:14PM

Roughly twenty books on History, Current affairs, Atlas under the coffee table.

My collection of books could almost be considered a library in this neighbourhood as most of the tenants here only read writing if its on a summons.

Zimmerframe · 15-08-2011 10:15PM

Gave most of of mine away, although there maybe a few left at my parents house.
Pretty much down to a (leather bound

) Kindle now.

EuropeanSon · 15-08-2011 10:16PM

Where I'm living now (for college) about 15. At home, I'd guess at well over a thousand.

parker kent · 15-08-2011 10:23PM

amacca wrote: »

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!

I figure boards has lots of nerds, I'm playing a subtle seduction game :pac:

Nah I'm mainly trying to be funny. You must frequent threads where I perv on nerds. In another thread I'm currently listing my love of camogie players. Last week it was hockey girls. Hot girls of all varieties are welcome to my place.

Although girls with loads of books are awesome.

ProudDUB · 15-08-2011 10:29PM

Used to have several hundred or so... novels, classics, gardening books, travel books, food books, all kinds really. Had to move recently, and the books couldn't come with me. About 20 or so of the most precious ones did, but the rest were given away or donated to libraries and charity shops. Broke my heart at the times. Live now close to a lot of really good bargain and second hand book shops, so I am very much looking forward to replenishing the bookshelves. The living room looks bare with out them. I don't judge people who don't have many of them. I used to once upon a time, but these days with the internet you can look up stuff that in the past you used to have to buy a book for.

strobe · 15-08-2011 10:35PM

stupidusername wrote: »

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.

Sounds really cool...

Of course you do realise that by not knowing the name of it your post is basically just a big tease?

How many books you have at home?

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