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17782555 No.17782555 [Reply] [Original]

100 books is about the number at which you start to not care (physically) about them. the first two or three shelves are always magical, then it wears off.

>> No.17783021

>>17782555
Bit weird, just today I decided to count how many books I've read and it was exactly 100.

>> No.17783044

>>17782555
Having a highly selected personal library is one of the most based things I can think of.

>> No.17783057

>>17782555
having a lot of books on a shelf is literally just "hurrr look how well-read i am". 90% of them you'll read exactly once. better to own 10-20 beloved books that you read repeatedly that 200 that your children will have to throw away for you when you die

>> No.17783115

>>17783057
Exactly. However we must admit that there are books that you keep more for reference than else. For example a complete-poems edition of an author, or a tome with his letters... You won't read them in entirety, but keeping them to read a random page every now and then is nice.

>> No.17783132

You fags are just jealous than some people have more books than you. Seriously, who is retarded enough to care so much about how many books other people has?

>> No.17783151

>>17783115
>>17783057
>>17783044
>>17783021
cope

>> No.17783171

>>17783132
(You)

>> No.17783192

>>17783057
>having a lot of books on a shelf is literally just "hurrr look how well-read i am"
I don't keep mine in the living room. What now?

>> No.17783404

>>17783171

>> No.17783430

>>17783057
jesus christ it's like people here don't like reading books

>> No.17783600

>>17783057
My children won't throw away my books. They're going to grow up to be even more based than their dad.

>> No.17783651

>>17783600
Your wife's boyfriend is pretty based.

>> No.17783708

>>17783132
Do you own 20 pairs of shoes? Think about this for 10 seconds, the more books you have > the wider the gap in regards to mediocrity and excellence. There are plenty of books to devote your life to.

>> No.17783752

>>17783708
>There are plenty of books to devote your life to.
name 3

>> No.17784990

>>17782555
100 is a good number.

>> No.17785008

>>17783708
cope

>> No.17785402

>>17783057
I think book collection has merit in and of itself. It's neat having a large personal library. So what if I've only read it once?

>> No.17785409

>>17783192
Obviously it is to impress all the sexual partners you are bringing into your bedroom anon.

>> No.17785422

>>17783708
>the wider the gap in regards to mediocrity and excellence

Imagine viewing literature this way.

>> No.17785447

Every shelf thread has people coping and seething. Every reading speed and page count thread has people coping and seething. Every goodreads thread has people coping and seething. It’s almost like a large population of this board are frauds and don’t even read books. They know they don’t belong here and lash out at the threads that they can’t partake.

>> No.17785547

>>17785447
Welcome to 4chan

>> No.17785752

>>17783057
My library is like 80% history books, 10% philosophy. I go back and read portions of them all the time

>> No.17785760

>>17785752
No, you don't. Stop lying. You're a consoomerist pseud. Shut the fuck up.

>> No.17785764

>>17785760
lmfao I recreate historical environments digitally and write historical fiction, yes I refer to all of them. Nice non purposeful retard bullshit reader projection

>> No.17785772

>>17785764
>waaaah i bought all these books i dont read and nobody is impressed by them!

Your parents don't love you.

>> No.17785774

>>17783651
Youre a jew

>> No.17785778

>>17785447
I think people coping and seething because others like to read and collect books are the ones... well, coping and seething.

>> No.17785785

I only have like one-third the number of books in OP's pic and yet it fills me with anxiety sometimes to look at, like it's a big backlog and I'll never be able to absorb all that knowledge. Anyone know the feeling?

>> No.17785788

>>17785772
Nobody comes to my house, nobody sees my books

>> No.17786075

>>17785785
Stop buying so many books and not reading them, retard

>> No.17786226

>>17782555
>>17783057
The problem is that you have to read quite a lot of books to know which the best 100 (or 20) are.

>> No.17787808

>>17783752
The Secret
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Square Foot Gardening

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17787836

It's simple!
I don't purchase a non-reference book until I've read in on my Kindle at least three times and have loved each read. This keeps the library small and manageable, and I don't spend unnecessary money. It also let's me splurge on expensive vintage hardcovers. Educational shit like my piano lessons I buy immediately if I can't pirate and print them.

>> No.17787973

>>17783057
Books are mostly there for reference. You could not read a book in 10 years but one day want to recall an exact passage so you take it down and flip to the relevant page.

>> No.17788104

I have around 250 books but they're all downloaded for free, I'll buy hardcovers of the ones that I'll eventually read and really like, and that is only when I have my own decent place and plenty of money to spend for fun
I recommend you only buy the books of the stuff you want to read but can't find online at first

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>>17787808