Nollaig Posted November 25, 2010 Posted November 25, 2010 I'm gonna have a quick recount, I know my total has gone up a bit. ...... ..... Quick count says 223 here in Cork. I've a few more childhood ones at my parents, probably another 10-20. Quote
Guest Nyobe Posted December 6, 2010 Posted December 6, 2010 I don't own as many books as I wish I did, mostly due to monetary restrictions. If I bought every book that I wanted, I'd be in debt for about a million by now. I own around 100-120 books. Quote
frankie Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 I was doing a lot of re-organising and shelving yesterday and I counted all the books I own, and I got up to 523, give or take ~10 (there may be miscalculation, books I've given away but are still listed as books owned, books I've bought but haven't remembered to list as owned). Quote
Talisman Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 I haven't a clue to be honest, but it's at least 3 large bookcases - if I had to guess I would say around 300. Quote
Kylie Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) According to LibraryThing I own somewhere in the region of 1700 books. Edited April 29, 2011 by Kylie Quote
lauraloves Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 I've not got as many of others, but I think I must have arounf 250 ish, but 100 or so are probably referenace books! Quote
Kylie Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 According to LibraryThing I own somewhere in the region of 1700 books. LibraryThing has a cool new feature that gives statistics regarding how high your pile of books would be stacked compared to various monuments. Apparently my pile of books is just a few feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty. But I'm not sure that it's actually counting all of them because some books lack the relevant information. Quote
Raven Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 According to LibraryThing I own somewhere in the region of 1700 books. How many of them have you read? Quote
Kylie Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 How many of them have you read? Well, there's around 950 that I haven't read. (Will you stop teasing me!? ) Quote
Kylie Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 That was a genuine question! Hmm, well OK, I'll believe you this time. But I'm keeping an eye on you, Raven. Quote
MountainGirl Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 I think that I have about fifty out and about from the last two years, and then probably about that many in boxes from the move I made two years ago.. Not too many but the number will defiantly grow since I'm out of school and will have more time to be able to read. Quote
shirley Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 I used to have about a 1,000 but I have been getting rid of them to good causes over the past year, to free up space so I am only left with the few hundred that I havent read yet plus the ones I will always treasure Quote
fluffy1181 Posted May 7, 2011 Posted May 7, 2011 565. With more on the wants list in order to try & complete sets of books such as the Agatha Raisin set. At a guess I'll probably top 600+ at the end of the year Quote
BookGeek20 Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 I have about 150-170 books ish I think Definitely collected lots over the years, then a few have gone to charity etc, but I always go to charity shops to buy more books oops! Quote
Simply K Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 I think I've got in the region of anywhere between 600 and 650 books, although I have to admit that it has been a while since I last counted them. I'm in the process of reorganising and cataloguing them (not to mention re-reading a few of them) so I should have a more accurate ballpark figure soon. Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 Easily over 500, that includes some books I have counted as 1 when they are a bind up of roughly 3 books, large textbooks and I haven't counted all the books I have kept from my childhood, (on one bookshelf and in a large box under my double bed) I only have three bookcases atm, with a total of 15 shelves but only 11-12 of them are full of books. Going through my shelves just reminds me of the books I want and don't own yet, it puts me in a greedy hoarding mood. I must read the books I own and haven't read yet though before I purchase more, some I could easily get rid of to make space for others in the future....thats what they all say Quote
Pixie Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 At last count I had close to a thousand. A lot of those were added to my shelves and my Kindle based on the reviews and recommendations here. Bad, BAD Book club Forum! Quote
Knox Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 I recently had a massive clearout and am down to about the 100 mark now But it is increasing by about 2 a week already. Quote
ian Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) Having only a very small house, my collection was pared down to a handful when I got married. I was gutted at the time, but it was something that had to be done. I probably only actually own about 10 books these days, which is a shameful thing to admit to on a reading forum! I've promised myself that one of the kids bedrooms will be converted into a library once they move out. 9 and 6 - I have a looong time to wait! Ian Edited May 17, 2011 by ian Quote
poppyshake Posted May 21, 2011 Posted May 21, 2011 Having only a very small house, my collection was pared down to a handful when I got married. I was gutted at the time, but it was something that had to be done. I probably only actually own about 10 books these days, which is a shameful thing to admit to on a reading forum! I've promised myself that one of the kids bedrooms will be converted into a library once they move out. 9 and 6 - I have a looong time to wait! Ian Ahh bless, you'll have to be patient Ian I don't know how many books I own. I've never counted them and they're all over the house (some in boxes) ... probably both too many and not enough Quote
sgambino Posted May 28, 2011 Posted May 28, 2011 Around 1200 then on my Kindle about 300 so far, Quote
Robert Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Read very few books twice. Keep the reference books. Quote
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