BookJumper Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 More than I could ever imagine .... and they're painful. I was pulling a book out of the top shelf last night and one toppled out and hit me in the chest. It wasn't a short paperback - oh no! It was the complete works of ShakespeareAwww you poor thing, are you ok ? *tells Billy off*. Quote
Lucybird Posted November 10, 2009 Posted November 10, 2009 My Amazon one is 37 books, but that is just one list...God knows how many when I add them all together Quote
SueK Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 Awww you poor thing, are you ok ? *tells Billy off*. Thank you for your kind comments BJ:) Yes, it does hurt a bit, it caught me on the breastbone and it is a big heavy book so it feels a bit tender. But I'll survive:D I've since relegated "Billy" to the bottom shelf. Quote
Anika Posted November 12, 2009 Posted November 12, 2009 It's only about 15 right now. I'm surprised! It's usually higher than that, but I've been on a reading frenzy lately. Quote
kikee Posted November 17, 2009 Posted November 17, 2009 For th first time I only have one. Its called Little big life. Quote
Amika Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 How many books to you keep on the to be read (TBR) bookshelf? Do you limit the number of TBR book you obtain? I usually try not to keep more than 30 paperbacks waiting on my to be read shelf. I have a very small house (by US standards) & it's so easy to let the TBR books get out of control & mound up. What do you do? Quote
AbielleRose Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 I'm terribly impulsive when I buy books but I try not to keep more than 10 or so that I haven't read. If there is one I just can't seem to read I take it to a used book store in town. Since I live in a small apartment (by both us and European standards! ) I try to keep my shelves cleaned up. As it sits now I have 2 full book shelves and am half doubled up on the space. I only have about 4 or 5 that I haven't read at the moment but that is mostly because I just recieved a new package in the mail Monday from Barnes and Noble. Quote
Ausonius Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 I only am allowed - by the Imperial High Command - to read one book at a time! Since we are both teachers, who could open a school with just us as faculty, and since I have many more books than my wife (i.e. the Imperial High Command), our "vast archives" have reached a point where, if I buy a book, I have to take one out of the house to school, or give it away, or throw it away! So my classroom is fairly full of books! Moral: Beware when bibliophilia leads to bibliomania! Quote
BookJumper Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Erm... as many as will fit on said shelf? Currently, we're talking around 50:lurker: and that's not counting non-fiction. Quote
Echo Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 I've merged this thread with the original TBR thread, since they're very similar questions. As for me, I definitely don't limit myself to anything, and I probably have about 60-80 books in my TBR pile right now. My Wish List is even longer! Quote
Chrissy Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 *Puts hands over ears and starts singing in monotone "You can't make me count them"* I have no idea at present, and I don't plan on finding out ~ it would scare me too much, especially as all I can think about at the moment is all the books I want to get in the New Year! Quote
BigWords Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Umm... *does quick calculation* Way too many. Actually, there's only about four hundred that I haven't so much as opened since I bought them, but I keep buying more. Every. Single. Day. My body is going to be discovered months after I disappear, buried under a small mountain of unread books. The spare room in nearly full now... Quote
Chrissy Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Perhaps BCF should offer a service to it's members to cover for this very situation. You list your books on the forum, and if you haven't logged in within 7 days then a team come around and rescue the books you. Quote
BigWords Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 Yeah. You guys would leave me and take the first editions. Quote
Kylie Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 I would like to offer my services to be a part of the team! At the moment I'm trying desperately to keep my TBR pile under 600. Quote
Nollaig Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 I have 47 unread books out of the 107 I have here in Cork. I have now read 55 out of the 112 I have here. So my TBR is actually going down! Slowly, but it is. 8 books read to the 5 I've bought. Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 I have just counted and I have 86 books to read at the moment, and that's before Christmas even gets here Quote
Lucybird Posted December 11, 2009 Posted December 11, 2009 Usually I don't allow myself to buy more books until my TBR pile is at less than 10, so it keeps quite in control. Usually I only buy about 3 at once too so it rarely gets beyond 12, it's only if I get given a lot of books. Quote
aquarius91 Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 I thought I was bad, I feel a little better now! On my bookshelf I have 8 unread (never been more than 15). I have one that should be on its way in the post. And about 3 million on my amazon wishlist! I've asked for a couple for xmas but other than that Im determined to get through my unread pile before ordering anymore. Quote
joe Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 I really need to sort my to be read pile out as I fear I have about 50 books that i know of but probably more Quote
Mexicola Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Approximately 60. If only I could read books as quickly as I can buy them! Quote
Katrina1968 Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 Does a 4 tier book shelf count as a stack? Quote
Kylie Posted October 29, 2010 Posted October 29, 2010 At the moment I'm trying desperately to keep my TBR pile under 600. <sigh> ^ That was written 11 months ago, and now I'm trying desperatly to get it down to 700. The total number on my TBR pile is 717. Quote
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