kaelvan Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I started cleaning out my room of stuff since trying be more minimalistic since want to later on be modern nomad (that's another topic for another day). And I just found out why my mom get so upset bring home more books.I'm pretty sure I have atleast 100 books alone in this one pile alone. Didn't even bother with the other side of my room. Too scared to. Quote “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.†~Paulo Coelho I'm a level 3 moon elf, who's an druid assassin. My InspirationTumblr, which helps me stay the course for art challengeFB, which I guess we could be friend My challengeInstagram Link to comment
Lalie Fanyarendil Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 There is no such thing! But, I admit to having four floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. I will need a fifth in the next few years. E-books just aren't the same. I need paper. Quote Level 2 Elf Assassin Str: 4 | Dex: 5 | Sta: 3 | Con: 2 | Wis: 4 | Cha: 3 "When people called me freak, I closed my eyes and laughed, because they were blind to happiness." --hide First challenge! Second challenge! Third challenge! Link to comment
Einar Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I prefer the real thing but ever since I went on my first deployment I learned to love the convenience of e-books. As an added bonus it really cuts down on the space my library requires Quote A true warrior does not train tirelessly to fight, or to kill. A true warrior trains endlessly that he may return home alive. -R. Calloway Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in. - Sebastian Junger Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Battle Log Doodlie PVP Johari Window Epic Quest Character Link to comment
Gobnait Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Too many books? I do admit that some need to be stored at the public library. Figure out which ones you need electronic, which ones you can have stored at a family member's house when you do nomad, sell or donate the rest. I do need some things in dead tree format because electronic can't keep up with my flipping pages. Quote I have conditions that affect my social awareness. If I am rude, tell me what I could do better. 5'8" & 220 260 pounds | Miles Walked: X 2019: | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pre 2017: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | * | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Link to comment
Taijibum Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 No such thing as too many books. However when I was contemplating being a van-dweller nomad, I was making a list of my must have books. I have some pretty large collection of martial arts and spiritual books, plus a ton of business books. I have over 2000 books, but they are all on shelves. Quote We do not rise to the level of our expectations in a fight. We fall to the level of our training. Link to comment
cracked_belle Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 I have 1015 books in my database I've created. and that doesn't include the four boxes of books that have been't cataloged yet. 1 Quote there is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or Why or Who you are. you want one and I want one, but there isn't one. it comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. and yet you are all that you have, so you must be Enough. there is no other way. ― Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Link to comment
pureleeawesome Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 For someone who still lives with her parents, yes, I have too many books :-)I've moved to e-book format for some types of books, but even then I really do need another bookcase, and I've been told I'm not allowed to have one. I've done as much culling as I'm willing to do as well, which makes it hard. Nearly half my collection is non-fiction too. Quote Level 1 Adventurer Quest for Adventure Took the road less traveled. Now lost. Link to comment
redtomato501 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I have 85 cookbooks. I haven't even tried to count the rest. And don't even start with ebooks - I've got so many! I figure I'm doing good though, I'm pretty sure my mom has about 1700 cookbooks (literally - counted several shelves and extrapolated from that sample), and they have an even more impressive selection of non-cookbooks (mostly fiction). It's not an exaggeration when I say that part of our basement is a library, and that there is at least one book shelf in every room except the bathrooms. Quote Current Challenge #39 - 15.02.23 | Challenges: #38, #29 | Fitocracy: redtomato501 Link to comment
Robpocalypse Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yes.. I have boxes of books in the basement and a closet full of novels I have finished.One particular problem is my habit of buying more books than I can finish. I see books in the store, I know I will forget the titles if I do not purchase but I already have a queue a mile long. So I buy them and they start building up in the drawer of an entertainment center I have devoted to unread novel storage.Wish there were more used book stores locally. 1 Quote Link to comment
PMyrrh Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 I as well own too many books. Years of booksales and yardsales have given me about 4 bookcases (3'x7' ish) full of books. I can't help but pick up a book if it looks/sounds interesting and is a dollar or less. I have a standing To Read list about 40 deep. A problem I have with so many books is that I keep wanting to reread some of the great ones while I know there are a plethora of unread ones sitting around, lol. Quote Lvl 4 Dragonborn (Dungeons and Dragons not Skyrim) Warrior STR:8.5 DEX:3 STA:10.5 CON:7.5 WIS:5 CHA:4 MyFitnessPal (Looking for NerdFitness PPL) Current Challenge Completed:PMyrrh's Viking Winter PMyrrh's Path of the Persevering Paladin Brazen and Unabashed 5 minute Spartan Plank 50/50 SquatsCOLD ASS VIKING CHALLENGE: 30/30 100% 100% Link to comment
erosan Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 too many and books do not compute in the same sentence. If anyone ever saw Read Or Die (the OVAs, not the series) and felt as jealous of Yomiko Readman's first scene as I did (she doing several shopping trips filling a suitcase with books), I'd like to add them as friends. [emoji14] Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Jakkals Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Too many? At present I got around 900 books in my bedroom. This is after two very big cleanouts, lots donated and some sold. In the rest of the house we have 10 boxes of books that I still have to donate, but even so we have no empty shelves in the house, just a little more breathing room. The only ones I feel I would keep is a lot of children's books from my youth that is out of print and irreplaceable. I would love to go electronic for new books, postage is killing us here. Quote Level 8 : Wizard Blacksmith [ STR 6 | DEX 6 | STA 5 | CON 5 | WIS 10 | CHA 4 ] Jakkals, 2019 nommer 3 Spoiler Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live. -Marcus Aurelius Link to comment
Companion Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Been purging mine slowly. It is hard. Soooo hard. 2 Quote Battle Log Challenges: 1, 2 Link to comment
MichiruSedai Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 I downsized by a couple boxes when I moved two years ago - stuff I don't reread often and knew I could find at the public library. But yeah... I have a TON of books... and I don't see that changing ever! I do have a kindle with 10 or so books loaded, but I really only use that when traveling. I vastly prefer to hold a real book over a tablet. Habit I suppose. Quote Level: 15 Race: Human Class: Adventurer (Sailor Senshi/Aes Sedai) STR: 14 DEX: 12 STA: 16 CON: 28 WIS: 26 CHA: 15 (unspent points: 6? challenges worth) Weight Loss Progress (SW 12/5/15 272) Mini-Goal: Get back down to my low 152.2 - SW 6/1/17 170.4 - CW 6/10/17: 166.6 regained the last few months - back on track losing in June My Battle Log|My NF Character Sheet Challenges: 1/16-2/16-3/16-4/16-5/16-6/16-7/16-8/16-9/16-11/16-12/16-1/17-2/17- Link to comment
Apocrita Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 I sometimes go on a book spree when I buy around 5 to 10 books at a time. "Because I'm worth it" and all. And I love books, and I can never have too many. Ever. 2 Quote Ent - Level 3 Strength (STR) - 6 Dexterity (DEX) - 0.5 Stamina (STA) - 2.5 Constitution (CON) - 2 Wisdom (WIS) - 2.75 Charisma (CHA) - 0 Squat 50 kg Current weight: 42,5 85%85% Short term goal to finish a 30 day squat challenge. 100%100% Link to comment
justtrish Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 It's only a problem when I try to find one - is it on a bookcase (which bookcase?), on kindle, on nook, somewhere else? I've gotten better at noting on my goodreads where the book is, but it's not anywhere near 100% Quote Link to comment
Hong WeiLoh Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I don't "own too many books", I am "curating my own private library".Perspective is everything. >;-D 3 Quote Insert witty & pithy saying here. Link to comment
shortstuff Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 You can never have too many books, one day (in my dreams) when I own my own house I would like to have a room with all my books in it with a comfy chair Quote STR – 24.45, DEX – 13.50, STA – 23.50, CON – 21.40, WIS – 27.65, CHA – 4.50When the sun comes up, you better start running - Thomas FriedmenEpic Quest - Current Challenge - Twitter - Goodreads - Fitbit - blog Link to comment
Deirdredawne Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Last time I purged my books, I got rid of 5 -_-". I'm also a literary horder. But I don't think of it as a bad thing. My library is my safe/happy place. When you're about to go all Nomad, maybe box up your must keeps and store those somewhere. Sell or donate the rest, and if you have any you can't live without - download. Quote Level 2 Wood Elf Scout (Current) Challenge #2 Link to comment
Mark D Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I credit my purchase of a Kindle with saving my marriage, my wife was getting tired of me bringing home multiple books each week, and they'd congregate on any flat surface I could find. I still GET as many books, but zeroes-and-ones in the Kindle memory don't take up space, and they never topple onto the floor. Nor do they need to be dusted. 1 Quote My character: https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58572/ Current Challenge:http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/83683-mark-d-walks-up-to-a-barbell/ Previous Challenges: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
erosan Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I credit my purchase of a Kindle with saving my marriage, my wife was getting tired of me bringing home multiple books each week, and they'd congregate on any flat surface I could find. I still GET as many books, but zeroes-and-ones in the Kindle memory don't take up space, and they never topple onto the floor. Nor do they need to be dusted.problem is when the wife is also guilty of bringing home multiple books each week… 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Seems like a lot of book nerds look down on kindle, because they aren't "real' books. But to me, kindle was a way to buy more books without worrying about where to put them. We do seems to have at least few books always laying about though too. 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
erosan Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I think we read 1 book per each 3 we read on the cellphone/tablet... I like both of them, but you have to agree that its a completely different experience. I mean, don't you love the slightly different from one book to another smell of paper and ink when you open one for the first time? its intoxicating. Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Mark D Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Seems like a lot of book nerds look down on kindle, because they aren't "real' books. But to me, kindle was a way to buy more books without worrying about where to put them. We do seems to have at least few books always laying about though too. I was like that until I got one. Then I realized how convenient it is for commuting on public transportation, especially when I get near the end of a book I don't need to carry another book to start, I can just load it on the kindle. Much lighter, especially for hardcovers. Quote My character: https://www.nerdfitness.com/character/58572/ Current Challenge:http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/83683-mark-d-walks-up-to-a-barbell/ Previous Challenges: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
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