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Neoma

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59. A life's work?

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 08:20 AM

Dec 2011

It's really just a combination of me and my husband's collections. I'm only 22! Well..he's 42, but most of those books are mine really... It'd probably take me about 20 years to read all of them...not that I want to read every single one. There's some I'll ignore, like the motorcycle's handbook and so on. (I don't even own a motorcycle!)

There's about 1,000 books. Last time I counted it was 900, but that was ages ago. Honestly though, I've been keeping track of what I've read since I was 16. (I can message you the list if you want.) Most of them I don't have anymore, so I've more or less gave away an entire collection and gained an entirely new one from ages 16 to 19. Plus, I live only half a block from our public library, so I'm guilty of skipping there for other gems. (Imagine the amount of books I've lent out over the years...)

I also have 4 more books coming in the mail from my mom. The book on FDR, 7 books from the left, from the second picture...is a five book series! Supposedly the top biography on the man, according to mom. I'm getting them because I complained that I didn't have any FDR books... and so I got 7 (including the 4 that's coming) for Christmas.

You're either talking about 1,000 places to see before you die, or Wonders of the human body. (Probably pretty inaccurate by now...) But passing the collection on is a good question... Because both my mom and mother-in-law have enormous collections a well. Can't imagine what it'd look like when and if I inherit those!

Ps. My camera had all the pictures blown up to 54 by 36 inches if you want blown up pictures of some, I can try to find a website that would upload a 4 MB pictures...or I can resize them by a little to make it fit on imageshack.us... Or I can just tell you what the bleep the book is.

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Post pics of your bookshelf?NO!--->Warning! Abandon hope all ye who enter! WARNING!! READ INSIDE!!! [View all] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 OP

Some of mine REP Dec 2011 #1

LOL, you're funny! Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #5

Me too! REP Dec 2011 #31

I would love to have a library like that! Luciferous Dec 2011 #39

Ok pintobean Dec 2011 #2

Thanks... ohheckyeah Dec 2011 #18

Fear of owning Kindle tooeyeten Dec 2011 #74

My daughter shared that fear. pintobean Dec 2011 #77

You can't pass a Kindle along to your friends when you're done reading a book on it. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #106

thank you tooeyeten Jan 2012 #110

I would indeed endeavor to share.... WCGreen Dec 2011 #3

A snapshot... ellisonz Dec 2011 #4

The ones with books or the ones with everything BUT books? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #6

Yep, Timothy Leary is one of my favorite authors. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #7

Well, for your health maybe - but alcohol is completely purged eventually. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #8

Kinda hard to worry about your mental health if you're dead. [nt] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #9

Minor detail. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #21

I don't think I am any kind of heroic subversive but... OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #14

I do that too - mostly turn them face down or insert them in the shelf backwards. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #22

"Re-shelving" PassingFair Dec 2011 #42

No, "corrective shelving". HopeHoops Dec 2011 #43

+1,000,000 Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #44

I've been waiting 40 years for a "flashback" BiggJawn Dec 2011 #19

Hell, mine aren't even all in the same room. We've got books EVERYWHERE. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #23

So you have "stacks", too? BiggJawn Dec 2011 #27

I'd love to see a few well aimed close ups of the titles you got. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #60

Welllllll... BiggJawn Dec 2011 #84

Sounds interesting. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #93

Let me rephrase here: Post a picture of a whole buncha your books? Where I can see the spine? Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #10

mine is shared Enrique Dec 2011 #11

lol -Beautiful! n/t tooeyeten Dec 2011 #26

Here's one of mine: trackfan Dec 2011 #12

What...is that? That's a massive series of...something. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #30

The red and brighter green ones are from the Loeb Classical Library; trackfan Dec 2011 #32

Of course, that only one I'm really familiar with, from all that wide range.... Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #45

There he is...11th from the right on the top shelf! trackfan Dec 2011 #51

I agree. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #94

Horace comes to mind as a successor in lyric poetry, trackfan Dec 2011 #108

Haha, thanks for the inside scoop! btw, you read the title to this thread, right? Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #109

Little did I know when I took this photo last night Mira Dec 2011 #13

I don't have a camera, unfortinately. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Dec 2011 #16

OK, I'll play. MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #17

Oh, wow. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #29

Always wanted to re-buy another copy of R.D. Laing's 'Knots', though. MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #36

Closest thing to mine I have right now 47of74 Dec 2011 #20

I don't keep my NT MCSI books on the shelf anymore. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #24

I covet your Roget's hardcover n/t tooeyeten Dec 2011 #25

The local library book store has reference books by the pound... Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #53

I swiped tooeyeten Dec 2011 #73

...local library has served me very well over the years. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #76

Here's mine Courtesy Flush Dec 2011 #28

Hey, cool collection. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #78

I have this: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2011 #33

I really like that idea! They_Live Dec 2011 #35

What a great idea!!! blaze Dec 2011 #37

Reminds me of a R.Brautigan book... Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #104

What a great idea! av8rdave Dec 2011 #105

a few here... They_Live Dec 2011 #34

Just got about 5 dozen ideas from those 4 pictures. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #52

Two former English teachers here. Book on shelves and books on floors all the freak over! WinkyDink Dec 2011 #38

Can't wait, this has been a goldmine for me.[nt] Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #95

Here's mine...First the ones on my computer table, and then the big ones... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #40

Sooo... progressoid Dec 2011 #47

My dear progressoid... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #48

Beautiful! blueamy66 Dec 2011 #66

Your study looks a lot like mine ... BlueMTexpat Dec 2011 #87

You mean on my desk? Nope... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #88

My "nook". PassingFair Dec 2011 #41

Very nice, what are those? Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #98

The tan ones are the 1911 Handy Volume Encyclopedia Brittanica 11th edition, and the red ones are... PassingFair Dec 2011 #107

I've got too many.....but I'll play my organized mess. Historic NY Dec 2011 #46

An immense and yet specific library. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Historic NY Dec 2011 #85

Good stuff. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #96

LOVE blueamy66 Dec 2011 #67

Yes they do have smell ..... Historic NY Dec 2011 #86

that's what I'm talking about blueamy66 Dec 2011 #101

Some new books smell like poo poo though. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #97

I cannot say that I have ever smelled that.... blueamy66 Dec 2011 #102

First noticed it when I was a kid. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #103

Well, what can I say? Xicano Dec 2011 #49

Awesome. Love your taste in subjects. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #57

Thanks Shoe Horn Xicano Dec 2011 #81

No pics. It's 4 stacks of milk crates 8 feet high in a storage unit. Edweird Dec 2011 #50

:-( Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #58

Okay, but remember...you asked for it! (37 Pictures) Neoma Dec 2011 #54

An eclectic collection. All over the place, really. Great stuff. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #55

A life's work? Neoma Dec 2011 #59

My sincere apologies, madame. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #70

Oh goodness, there really aren't that many... Neoma Dec 2011 #82

LOL. Whatever Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #99

By the way... Neoma Dec 2011 #63

What's the title exactly? Believe it or not, there's like 6 books on 'the history of the banana'. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #75

Banana by Dan Koeppel Neoma Dec 2011 #80

Thanks. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #92

Holy crap! blueamy66 Dec 2011 #69

Eh, I've known people with more... Neoma Dec 2011 #79

That would take a dozen photos. hobbit709 Dec 2011 #61

And?! Do it. Do it now.............................(WARNING: SEXYx100 Ahead) Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #71

you should put a warning on that picture hobbit709 Dec 2011 #72

no can do..... madrchsod Dec 2011 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Dec 2011 #64

I hate people looking over my shoulder.......LOL. Historic NY Dec 2011 #83

I'd have to photograph my public library ensho Dec 2011 #65

here ya go blueamy66 Dec 2011 #68

Here's mine. They told me to check for leaks a while back. RedCloud Dec 2011 #89

I love this thread. RainDog Dec 2011 #90

Odd bookshelf picture Dystopian Dec 2011 #91

Cool. Shoe Horn Dec 2011 #100