BOOKS! does anyone else have a horrible habit of hoarding books?

well said .

 

I have many boxes of books, and most of them are in a storage unit. I sadly don't have the time to read them all.

 

The one thing I covet are my books. Still thinking about making a public library in front of the house and let the public have at it.

 

If you run out of shelf space you run the risk of the dreaded bookalanche:

 

Guilty as charged. I have about 100 or so displaced books on the floor of my bedroom, some on top of my computer desk, and some even under my bed because 5 bookshelves are full.

 

Yeah I like to hoard books. Some of them I never read. I actually hate the fact that I sold a lot of my textbooks from college. I really miss having those around. Lots of lost information from those books. All the money I made selling them wasn't worth it!

 

Whenever I go book shopping I buy books I cant wait to read and I also buy bucket list books, books I intend to read one day but dont feel like reading in the immediate future. I bought War and Peace a decade ago and still havent gotten around to it (well, ive read the first page at least 5 times) but most of them I do eventually read.

Lately i've been going to a used bookstore almost every week and buying 3 or 4 books each time. I need more bookshelves

 

Bought three more this month alone.

 

I used to have over 300 books, mostly metaphysical and ancient history... a few fiction series (aka Lord of the Rings type fantasy novels)


After losing them all in the house fire I never replaced them...

 

This book hoarding thing has almost gotten to the embarrassing point...or is already there.


I've discovered I can throw away relatively anything else not immediately useful with no problem...books (and rocks) are my true weaknesses. And I just can't do anything about it.

I have gone through a time where I was freer with "lending", often not getting a book back even though I would say I wanted it back when finished. Well, my dumbass wound up "lending" a whole series to a (SUPPOSEDLY) "good friend" - as in at least 20 JD Robb/Eve series novels...and I never saw them again. I STILL AND YET let that tear my nerves up, and no the woman and I no longer even speak. smh lol So, of course its things like that, that just encourages me never to get rid of any.

yet I have so dang many books, and I should be GLAD that group of Eve Dallas books has been enjoyed by others. I'd bet any amount of money this woman no longer has the books anyway...so there's that too

Yes, I am a somewhat proud book hoarder...its genetic, according to my brother.

 

You have that right...NO lending!

and about Amazon...I've bought a number of books, exact particular books I wanted at excellent prices!!! I've No Idea about selling Amazon (or any place) used ones . lol that wouldn't fit into my "system"

 

the hoarding system of book keeping does not involve selling any.


I have a signed book and personal note written to me by Dean Koontz. That is one of my most prized possessions. seriously

 

I am a book hoarder... I don't know why because it is really easy for me to let go of most other things. I have so many boxes of books. Most of the boxes I have in the storage spots are full of books. I helped my parents clean out their house to move recently too and we found so many more boxes of books! We went through a lot of those and donated stuff because we have no places to keep them anymore.

 

I didn't have tv most of my childhood so reading was normal. I can think offs few books I would like to have. Mostly science and technical education books. I don't know any good fiction. I find the real world much more interesting.

 

One of the 3 books I bought this month was replacing a copy I had "lent" someone.

 

I need a new bookshelf yesterday.

 

well i do have more books than i will ever read but i wouldnt say i am a hoarder, i mean i have more cd's and dvd's on my bookshelves than books. if anything i am a CD hoarder.

 

Books books. What's this obsession with books? People put them up at home like trophies on mantle piece and like, what do you need it for after you read it? I guess that's the good thing about reading Moby Dick. The second time around Ahab and the whale become good friends.