deadlydarcy - Member
I prefer to look through a woman's knicker drawers while waiting. It's more revealing than her book collection.
brilliant!
Nothing wrong with having both bookshelves and a kindle. eBooks are cheaper, don't use any paper and easier to hide!
As they are cheaper you are more likely to download them and try it. You can then buy a new copy if you want a physical one for your book shelf. Or of course you might spot a copy of something you have enjoyed in a 2nd hand bookshop.
The 'demise' of book shelves is a bit strong. People will still need somewhere to store obsolete technology.
if your TV is bigger than your bookshelf, then you're working class.
A couple I know have absolutely no books in their house ... but they have had a grossly oversized 50" screen for 5yrs+. And it's on every second of the day - literally. Yes they are working class, but nowt wrong in that. Just can't understand the desire to sit in front of a box for hours yet have no compulsion to pick up a book.
Both my billys are now full, however i must admit i have stopped buying paper books with the exception of travel guides, since i got my kindle.
The bookcases will stay though. I have no idea what else i would put along that wall!
im ashamed of my books..i lend out all the good ones and they never come back, when people eye my books i always have to point out that its only the crap ones that are left
im ashamed of my books..i lend out all the good ones and they never come back, when people eye my books i always have to point out that its only the crap ones that are left
I feel your pain... for years I collected awesome books, simply because as a kid the only books that my family had around were cook books, trashy mills and boon romances and dire books about trams and steam trains..
but looking at my bookcase now, I see mostly cook books, trashy romances and dire books about cycling and art. I can't even remember a fraction of the works of evocative and life changing literature that are lent out to the drunken masses.. 😐
FWIW books have excellent acoustic sound deadening properties and so make excellent additions to every available surface in the room that you keep your hi-fi in..
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Here's the ponciest one from midlifetowers. Great to get the kids to look something up in Britannica instead of Google and then find them browsing sideways through the book instead of clicking links. Have about twelve bookcases around the house, I think my maps and travel one is my favourite, next to the dining table for spreading a map out and planning/reminiscing about a trip.
i love books, but i prefer art on my walls than books.
What cheeses me off is that it is nearly impossible to get decent track mounted shelving systems these days other than a rather gash utilitarian one from B&Q.
Try vitsœ
Try vitsœ
Thanks for that; not looked at vitsœ before - looks good but must be the SRAM XX cassette of shelving whereas I'm more of an XT man...
I know someone who is about 22 and has never read a novel apart from when he had to at school. I was barely able to conceal how appalled I was when I found this out!
I had always wanted a house of my own for the sole purpose of turning part of it into a library. When I bought three years ago, I immediately transformed the front of the house into a library of which the walls are lined with books, and in which the kids are allowed to do nothing but read or write. It is a sanctuary at the end of the day, and the kids are growing up surrounded by wide ranging literature.
does your library smell of rich mahogany?
I got rid of a load of books when I moved but kept some. I much prefer to read an actual book than an electronic version but i'm considering digital magazine subscriptions rather than the paper version.
Grum i very rarely read books [except with my kids]- not read one for a few years tbh 3-5 at a guess.
It is no measure of anything other than what I enjoy though readers are appalled when you tell them.
Grum i very rarely read books [except with my kids]- not read one for a few years tbh 3-5 at a guess.It is no measure of anything other than what I enjoy though readers are appalled when you tell them.
Too busy watching Manchester United DVDs eh? 😛
I dunno - I don't think I'm a snob but it just seems like you would be missing out on a lot of great art/culture by never reading books.
Its a strange one as people who like art/theatre /books and stuff do seem to be more superior/snobby about their hobbies than football fans.
I dont really know what the reason is.
I don't really think books are necessarily some highbrow thing that people are snobbish about - look at massively popular stuff like Dan Brown or 50 Shades of Grey. Lots of Booker prize type books I've tried to read I've given up on for being pretentious. I'd have thought you might quite like some of the 'hard' sci-fi out there though.
Put is this way - wouldn't you find it a bit weird for someone to say they never listened to music, read books or watched films?
Books, books, books - love 'em!
Spare room, floor...
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we're in the process of trying to buy a new house (and selling ours), I will demand that as well as a good sized garage (or samuri-cave as it will be known) I also need a number of embedded bookshelves like Stu's there.
I'm also quite keen on the idea of a downstairs bog to let people know I've finally made it to the big time.
Very much not a problem here.
Despite having a clear out when we moved house 11 months ago, roughly a third of the 7.5T truck we moved in was filled with books. The second day after we'd moved in involved Ikea and a good selection of Billys as a temporary measure until I can build some bespoke efforts.
We both have Kindles as we travel a lot, but they don't replace "proper" books.
The scary thing is that her parents run a publishing company and her dad is an author and must have the best part of 20,000 books floating around their house (including lots of first or special edition stuff), and my parents must have the best part of another 15,000. We're gonna need a bigger house when we inherit that lot!
I fail to see why people have issues with ebooks and their readers, there's no law says you have to get rid of the dead tree versions, they can co-exist quite happily, same as music. I can't carry a whole bunch of books on the off chance I'll get some time to read one, but I can carry my phone or my pad in my bag.
I stopped off in Avebury this afternoon fo a couple of pints and sat and finished China Mielville's UnLundun. I've been reading it on my pad, and Kindle told me which page I'd got to, and did I want to skip forward. I love my books, some I've had for most of my life; how they've stayed in one piece I don't know, and I have treasured signed ones that will never be parted with, just like my signed CD's.
I can also love reading books on the go, too, and the sheer convenience of having a bunch of favourite books always to hand is a joy, plus being able to download lots of free stuff via the Kindle app means I'm never without something new, although quality can vary a bit.
But so can books you buy in Waterstones too...
Oooh where are you moving to?we're in the process of trying to buy a new house (and selling ours),
As well as nbt having a huge bookcase, we also have 2 that my wonderful grandpa left me. I really notice it when visiting different houses when there aren't any book cases.
Some of the bookcases above are very nice indeed. It makes me want to lean in further and see what the actual titles are.
There will always be books in my house and I have no interest whatsoever in any electronic reading device.
Same goes for my CDs, they have their place in the lounge and won't be replaced by any gizmo.
Who wants a sanitised house. 😐
I was a complete Luddite for ages when it came to e-books, but now most of what I read is on the Kindle - but since most of what I read is modernish stuff anyway, all I've really done is swap some new paperbacks for some electrons. The advantage is it frees up the bookshelves for more interesting old books.
Bookshelves are great - I've even got one at the shop full of bike books...
Grum i very rarely read books [except with my kids]- not read one for a few years tbh 3-5 at a guess.It is no measure of anything other than what I enjoy though readers are appalled when you tell them.
So that is the explanation for all the typos.
We have a couple of large bookcases at home and i do like my 'analogue' books. The Kindle though is excellent when i am travelling. I can have a couple of books on the go at the same time and it is super convenient.
[i]Oooh where are you moving to?/[i]
Close by. Outside of Leigh which reminds me of Derry in the Steven King novels but close enough we can carry on seeing the people we like and working at the places we do. Houses are cheap in the surrounding area too and I'm impressed at the size of the house we could afford, if we could sell ours obviously. And therein lies the sticking point. Nothing moves at the moment and the valuers report was terribly depressing. £15k down on what I was hoping for.
I'm also quite keen on the idea of a downstairs bog to let people know I've finally made it to the big time.
Buy a bungalow.
We've around 7 or 8 bookcases. All currently upstairs, so to visitors it looks like we don't own any books.
Spending my life reading and writing non-creative* legal tedium has somewhat killed reading for pleasure for me. I think I;ve read two books this year, something which has been going on for a decade now. I find it quite depressing.
*Not quite true in its context but hardly a beautiful narrative read, however good my drafting skills may be.
FWIW books have excellent acoustic sound deadening properties and so make excellent additions to every available surface in the room that you keep your hi-fi in..
We buy special covers for our books with better audio qualities than the standard ones. Cost about £1k a metre, but well worth it for the better sound reproduction.
Cost about £1k a metre, but well worth it for the better sound reproduction.
you do realise that it's directional don't you..? If you put it on the wrong way around it will make all your vintage vinyl sound like Jessie J..
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Books are good
Bookcases, vinyl LP rack, CD rack. All still in my house.
No idea where I'd fit the 30000 tracks on me 'pooter though.
Or the library of Kindle books for that matter...
I [i]love[/i] books (i.e. actual books) but the older I get, the more I fear... clutter.
In some respects, I care a good deal more about having access to books than owning 'em. When I'm a destitute pensioner, I plan on spending my time in various municipal and university libraries - perhaps even sleeping the night in rarely-visited sections. 8)
I like this thread because you can look inside peoples houses.
I gave up reading it when I saw pictures.
