How many books do you have?

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Philippines
September 24, 2007 6:12am CST
HI... how many books do you have and how many percent of it did you read?
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9 responses
@terrych (1227)
• United States
24 Sep 07
Well I do not have many books with me now (I just move to where I live a month ago), I guess I have aroun 10, and only one I did not read anything from it... the other ones I read some parts but not the whole book!
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• Philippines
25 Sep 07
thanks for the response
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@terrych (1227)
• United States
26 Sep 07
You are welcome my friend!
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
24 Sep 07
oh my gosh! i have sooooo many! and now that i am with my husband, their family has i think three times as much books as i have. no i haven't read all of them. maybe just a small percentage. some of them i have scanned, but have not really finished. :-) it's tough to find time to read. especially now that i am married, have domestic duties, and work. boy...i can hardly read my bible for long periods! :-(
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• Philippines
24 Sep 07
hi! i have the same problem...sigh... i need more discipline. i find reading fiction and short stories easier...
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
24 Sep 07
Oh wow thats a tough question LOL I have well over 100 books (thats after I've sold a good lot over the past yr) and I would say I've read about 85% of them LOL but I'm working on reading the other 15% however I am forever buying books (I'm actually waiting on a delivery of more that I bought last week online and I just bought a few when I was out shopping the other weekend too LOL) so I doubt I'll ever be able to say "I've read every single one of them" LOL there will always be new ones I've not gotten around to LOL
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• Philippines
24 Sep 07
heheh... LOL...it's just a tough question for people like us who loves reading... others just can answer it half-thinkingly. me too, i am forever buying books, my bookshelves are already overflowing as it is. sometimes, the covers are an eye-candy that i have to buy them and sometimes, i am just hoarding...LOL... i am forever browsing bookstores and i love searching and digging through second hand book bins...LOL
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@maybebaby (1230)
• Canada
25 Sep 07
I think that I have between 250-300 books right now. I go through and get rid of some every so often. I give them to friends or to second hand stores. I've probably read over half of them now and I'm making my way through the rest. The problem is I keep buying more.
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• Philippines
25 Sep 07
LOL... good to know, we have more or less the same no. i also make it as habit to winnow atleast twice a year and give it away... i always try to read all my books... except for a handful...got the same problem... i always buy more, it's like an addiction... so book-crazed... LOL... what attracts you to buy more? the cover, the story, the genre?
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• Philippines
24 Sep 07
I love reading books but I don't collect them. After reading a good one, I pass it on to another person who I thought might like it, so maybe I just have around 40-50 pieces here :)
• Philippines
24 Sep 07
a good way to share your love for reading... so you just keep your favorites? i just recently donated some of my books to my alma mater's library as to decongest my bookshelves... i guess i have winnow again soon...
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• United States
26 Sep 07
Hi. Without actually taking an inventory, I would guess I probably have about 500 books and have read about half of them. Whenever possible, I go to used book sales and buy books cheap for future reading. Then as I read them (I read a couple per week), I donate them to our library unless they are worth keeping (I only keep them if there is a special reason I want them in my collection). So the roughly 250 books I have that I have read don't change that often, while the roughly 250 books I haven't read often fluctuate due to purchases and donations.
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
here's to our love of reading... welcome to mylot and happy mylotting!
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
24 Sep 07
i enjoy collecting old and antique books so i have quite a few sitting around but of course havent read them all, but i do have a few historical books that i have read and enjoy reading...i also have a stack of books waiting to be read (then i will donate them)!
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• Philippines
24 Sep 07
you're just like my friends. she loves to collect hardbound books, especially of fairy tales. book donation is a good habit... at least we can spread our love of books to more people...:-D happy mylotting
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@hestee (250)
• Nigeria
24 Sep 07
Honestly i cant count the number of books i have and i have read all of them. I dont buy books to decorate my shelves. My interest ranges from good paperbacks to classics in hardcover in a wide variety of topics.
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• Philippines
24 Sep 07
thanks for responding!
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• Malaysia
24 Sep 07
I didn't count the amount of books I have, but it's probably somewhere between fifty to a hundred, not including comics/manga. I have plenty of free time to read, so I've already finished reading all of them.
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