Do you have a mini library at home? do you want to have one?

@cefaz_21 (2596)
Philippines
August 27, 2007 1:23am CST
I dream of having my own library at home, I am fond of books and I've collected few since school days.Most of the books I have are fictions,I enjoy reading them, I also have some inspirational books and some academic books.I don't sell old books,instead I buy old books that are on sale, I believe that even how old a book is, I can still get something from it. Do you dream of it too? Do you have collections now? what are the titles?
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
27 Aug 07
I recently had to get rid of a good deal of my books, and I'm still "thinning the herd" right now. Eventually, when I have my own house, I'm going to have a nice library. Well lighted, lined with book shelves, comfortable reading chairs and stuff, etc.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
27 Aug 07
OH that is so my dream! When we finally do renovate the downstairs here I'd love to add a yr round 'sunroom' to the back of the house complete with built in shelves etc that would lead down to the deck I want LOL....the deck we are definately doin but I dont know if my husband will let me have my addition :-/
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• Hong Kong
27 Aug 07
Oh my god! Yes, I would want to have a study room with a library! It would be really neat and fun. I don't think I have a collection now but I have a bit of everything and I would love to have my own comfy room where I could read all day and night (ideal life). Oh and if that library room would have a whole collection of DVDs and I could sit in there watching French movies all day, it would be even nicer.
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@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
28 Aug 07
yes, it would be much nicer if the library has dvd collection too, we could strain our eyes whole day watching our favorite movies over and over again..oh what a life!
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• Hong Kong
28 Aug 07
Yes what a good life! I hope that would happen to me magically one day!
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
27 Aug 07
I have $500.00 worth of Psychology books that I bought on a shopping spree at Barnes and Noble. I love to study psychology. I also have quite a few Christian books and self help books. I love to read also. I would love to be able to set up the books on a shelf in my room, but right now, I do not have enough space for that. I also have a lot of books that I would like to donate to charity. I can only read regular books once, but it is very hard for me to even consider throwing books away, so I plan to give them away.
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@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
28 Aug 07
Throwing books is a no no for me too, I would rather donate them or give them to somebody else.
@meemingNEW (2226)
• Philippines
27 Aug 07
Yes. We have a mini library at home.. mostly informative books or books in school and our encylopedias. But I don't use those books as reference anymore since I am depending on the information I get in the internet because it is more faster and you can really get what you are searching for.
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@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
27 Aug 07
i also dream of having one soon. i have many pharmaceuticla books and i dont want to dispose them because i have graduated from it. i want to store it for future references and that's when planning a small library came to my mind. a small library will include a table and chair with good lighting so that you can read comfortably. of course, it will possess a book shelves even the small size just to store your book and references. pardon me friend but i hate reading pocket books and i only read pharm books and medical books that amazes me. of course it will be better to arrange the book alphabetically and marking the front cover so that you can easily recognize it from the rest of the books.
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@tsitra100 (171)
• Barbados
27 Aug 07
I'm not really a fan of books but.... may be ebooks.
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@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
27 Aug 07
I don't have any e books for now, I haven;t tried reading them also,maybe I will one day.
• Germany
27 Aug 07
I still think that the traditional way,with paper is better for us,especially for the eyes.I like reading a lot,especially in different languages but lately i have problems concentrating.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
27 Aug 07
About a yr ago if you would ahve asked me I would have been able to say YES I do have a mini library in my house LOL I had 100s of books...but due to finacial situations that came up repeatedly I've had to sell a great deal of my book (and movie for that matter) collection which sucks but they are all replaceable ya know....I still have a collection of books but its considerably smaller than it was 10-12 months ago...Slowly I'm building it up though..and I do have a little reading nook on the main floor..I had one up in my room too but was spending far too much time up there so I no longer do.....
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@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
27 Aug 07
how i wish i could have one!! book is my weakness...i really love to read books..but right now cant do it anymore since i am engrossed in computer...everything is in here i guess...
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
27 Aug 07
No, believe it or not, hubby and I are both educators and we do not have a library in our home. We actually do not have that many books. Each of our children has a small collection in their rooms that they have amassed over their years of education. Hubby and I have the texts for the courses that we teach, but other than that, we don't have many books. We tend to utilize the library for obtaining books. We don't really have storage for a large collection in our home.
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@dare2k (153)
• Hungary
27 Aug 07
Yes I have a mini library at home. It's kinda big counting at 400 books or so. I can't tell you the titles because that would be much and most of it is in hungarian wich you probably don't understand. I like reading. I hope it will never die.
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@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
27 Aug 07
Hi there. I have a mini library in our home, and its really mini at the moment... I have books on cultures, history, sculptures and architecture, Self help and inpirational books, animals and educational, I have a variety of books that make up our mini library and its great, our children have mini libraries in there rooms on their own book shelves, if we had the room, Id like one big huge one, consisting of bit of everything...
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• Australia
27 Aug 07
Nope, and I certainly wouldn't mind it either as at times I get so bored and have nothing to do and just end up going through every article in the newspaper due to my extreme boredom. But then again, I am not a real big reader and hence don't really find the time to read much at all anyways. But it would still come in handy at times.
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Aug 07
I don't have a mini library at home. I just have bookselves for storing books. Yes, I would like to have a library because I like reading.
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• China
27 Aug 07
I like reading books,I also like collect books.However,always,I would read a book from lab or on the computer or other ways first,if I like it,I will go to the book store to buy it.I think those books is worth collecting.
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@DJ9020 (1596)
• United States
27 Aug 07
We have about 4 bookcases! My husband has an extensive collection of books about history, mainly the civil war and the old west, and about UFO! I have mostly true stories about animals and religious books, and my daughter has tons of anime! We also have several home medical books.
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• India
10 Sep 07
I have a small library at home. I read non-fiction most of the time. I read inspirational books only once in a while because I find most of them written just to sell and earn quick money. I buy books which I can keep for long time. So I am choosy when I buy books. It's difficult to buy all the books you want to read. So I exchanged with friends too. It's mostly on Philosophy, Theology and Science... some authors include C S Lewis, Dostoyevsky, and Dickens .
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 07
Hello cefaz_21, I had a collection of books before but due to moving out too often after getting married, I decided to sell my books online. Right now, I only have a few books with me. When I have a bigger house later, I would love to have a mini library at home where I can spend my time reading with my son and husband in future.
@prily9 (568)
• Indonesia
27 Aug 07
I don't have a mini library at home. my house is so small. I like to have a mini library someday. because I love to read a book and never sell it to anyone. I love to read fiction, manga, romance and other good novels. and my favourite ( still harry potter )
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• United States
9 Sep 07
I do have a mini library and I've always said when I build my own house, I will make plans for a library. I have a lot of classic titles I like, and I have bought new copies of ones I used to have as a child that I really loved. I say bought new copies because I didn't get to keep many of the books I wanted. Not enough room. The Little House Books and Anne of Green Gables were always favorites and still are.
• India
8 Sep 07
I like books also and i would love to have a home mini library of a kind.till now i have collected quite a few books but i am not able to spend more in buying books.though i would not mind to read old books i do not think it would be nice to have a library of old books.