Friday, July 01, 2011
Size Matters
I would estimate that my library consists of about 2500-3000 books. This is the largest it has ever been and I HAVE downsized some. I have a weakness for craft/stitching/sewing books and have even received two new ones in the mail this week -- thank you Amazon.com. I also seem to have much more of a "thing" for cookbooks than somebody should who doesn't like to cook -- received one in the mail this week --- thanks again, Amazon.
The only reason that I don't have more books is because I have no more space, hence the e-reader. I don't even know where I am going to put the three new ones. Right now they are next to my chair. The cookbook will probably stay in the kitchen since it is a bread machine cookbook and I LOVE my bread machine -- 350 recipes, a new one each day! Wow, that sounds like a challenge. I digress.
I would naturally assume that my childhood library was the smallest but I have no idea how many books I had. I will say that my mother had to get my grandfather to build bookshelves on one wall of my room to hold them. We were big fans of books clubs -- The Best In Children's Books and Nancy Drew were two of them. I still have many of those books and some that I inherited from JLSHall -- mostly Bobbsey Twin books. I also liked the Honey Bunch books and have actually acquired a few more of those quite recently. I still love children's books and I still buy them.
So, that is about the size of it for my library -- haha! As much as I hate to admit it, I have no control over my buying habits and, at my age, I probably won't even try -- I have a great idea for closing in the patio for a nice little sun porch/reading room completely with -- yes, more bookshelves!
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