I have every GURPs book ever written, pretty much every Ospery books ever written (weirdly apart from the ones which are written by a guy in our group!).
I have ruthlessly cut down on books at home but still have several shelves of ones I cannot part with. Probably 75% of them are yet to be read, now I have two toddlers and a evolving computing industry to keep on top of I don't have time! A lot of them are non fiction ones though so I tend to refer to them for certain things when I need to.
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for the classic books, I download audiobooks (most of them are free) and listen to them in the car/background.
Not as good as reading but more likely to get done.
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Probably 30 or so, mostly cookbooks, I tend to just keep buying them and not keep up with the reading.
I keep telling myself that I'll put an embargo period on buying and catch up, it never happens.
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I have c1200 books, my “too read shelf” has 6-10 items.
I don’t have an E-reader.
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Thousands of e-books. Perhaps a dozen snail publications?
I have only ever reread Jules Verne novels and The Fountainhead, as well as selected poetry compilations.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostBut for every Venus de Milo or Cistene chapel there are a thousand family portraits that have been turned into firewood. Have you seen some of the horrors hanging in the Palace of Monaco?
Most books aren't great works of art. Quite a lot of them aren't even worth reading once.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI'll refer back to maths & physics books but I've never reread a novel. There doesn't seem to be a lot of point when you know what's going to happen.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostBecause there's more to a good book than simply knowing the resolution. I find following the plot, character development and getting a feel for the structure as much part of the enjoyment. You might be amazed how much you miss on the first reading. You might as well say, why look at a great work of art more than once.
Most books aren't great works of art. Quite a lot of them aren't even worth reading once.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI'll refer back to maths & physics books but I've never reread a novel. There doesn't seem to be a lot of point when you know what's going to happen.
I have well over a thousand books. There's probably less than twenty that I've not read yet.
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I have one unread book - sasguru funny quotes. Doubt it will take long to read.
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