Comments on: How many books is too many?

By: James

James — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:01:15 +0000

I thought I had far too many unread books on my shelf and then I signed up for a McSweeney’s subscription and now I have even more!

Beautiful books though

By: mum

mum — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:53:39 +0000

‘a fallow spell of unbroken spines’ wow! Marking tens of thousands of essays over 40 years teaching I can count on one – well maybe almost two hands – the number of times my heart has lifted at a phrase like that amongst the load of dross I read!
On a more practical note, my friend Joy is having a book fair in April for charitee so she will take as many as you like. Can you reach the bookshelves over the washing machine?…..

By: Blue Witch

Blue Witch — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:38:17 +0000

One can never have too many books. Other than fiction books.

By: Adrian McEwen

Adrian McEwen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:44:18 +0000

I’m like Pewari – my Amazon wishlist has become a virtual unread pile, although there’s still an actual unread pile too.

I was trying not to buy any more from Amazon until I’d worked through the ones I’ve already got, but then we didn’t have enough space in the car to bring everything when we were coming to Torino. So now I’ve bought new books from Amazon and have a pile of unread ones in a box in my parents’ loft…

As far as getting rid of books I’ve read, I used to have a cull every year or so and charity-shop a load, but just recently I’ve started just posting/giving them away one at a time to people who I think might enjoy them.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:42:27 +0000

Yup. We’re with you on this one. We’ve got so many books. All I can say is, “Thank God for the library”. We’d be overrun if I didn’t use it.