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Previously on "How many unread books do you have?"

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  • MyUserName
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    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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  • vetran
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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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  • norrahe
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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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  • Halo Jones
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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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  • DirtyDog
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    A few - mostly presents that don't really interest me. If you include Kindle, the number goes up quite significantly.
    Yep.

    Physical unread books in the house will be about 500. Kindle unread books would be 3000+

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    The key is to be selective.
    Perhaps i just prefer factual books to fiction. Many of the unread ones are fiction.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    . Do you not re-watch films either?
    Only rarely, when they are on tv and i've nothing better to do.

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  • Scruff
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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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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    But 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.
    The key is to be selective.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    I'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.
    Apart from subtleties and themes you only pick up on knowing how things are going, it's nice and cosy to re-read a good book. Do you not re-watch films either? I guess it depends if the book is about finding out what happens, or the enjoyment of reading it. I'm in the latter camp.

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  • greenlake
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    How many unread books do you have?
    Absolutely no unread books. In fact, no books at all.

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Because 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.
    But 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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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    I'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.
    Because 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.

    I have well over a thousand books. There's probably less than twenty that I've not read yet.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I have one unread book - sasguru funny quotes. Doubt it will take long to read.
    Is that shorter than "Brilllopad's Sane Sayings"?

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  • BrilloPad
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    I have one unread book - sasguru funny quotes. Doubt it will take long to read.

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