LostSurprise Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 2000+ I haven't inventoried them for several years, but I purged a 6-foot shelf of classics (on Kindle) last winter so my husband would have more room for his board game collection. Now ask me how many board games we have. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 We have roughly 2,000 books. They are spread throughout the house in various bookcases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 28 boxes full waiting to be unpacked...heavy boxes. I need to let some go as they are feeling more like a burden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Strawberry Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Ok, I just remembered that the last time I went book shopping I brought home 87 books. Clearly my 200 estimate is off. I'm guessing more like 1000? That sounds like so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschooling6 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Too many to count. We are boxing many of them up and putting them away for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Around 2000 I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 A whole lot less than we used to. I don't really know. We have 3 full nearly floor to ceiling bookcases plus a few single shelves in the living room and a bookcase in the office. Also, a number of boxes in storage for our time living in an apartment again. We live in under 1000sf. When I was in college we had enough to open a lending library of our own. Getting rid of most of them has been GREAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I have about a dozen for myself, if that. I hardly ever re-read anything, so I prefer the library and purged several bookshelves to get it down to this when we moved last spring. DH has 30-40, eyeballing the shelf - also purged recently. We don't purge DD's so much as we try to get high quality books for her and she is still young so they're picture books. She owns maybe 300, stored in milk crates in her bedroom so she can flip through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 2 floor to ceiling built-ins full in our family room - plus 3 stacks about 2 ft high next to the shelves. About 50 books lined up with book ends on either side across top of my entertainment center. 2 (7 ft tall 3ft wide) shelves on either side of our computer desk. 1 small shelf near my bed. 4 of those foldable shelves that are 4ft tall in the upstairs hall (it's a big hall). 2 (5ft tall) shelves in my Dh's art studio (spare bedroom). a foot tall bookshelf in Ds's room and the same in Dd's room. I have no idea how many! Now I need to go check out library software.............. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I have no idea, but reading this thread sure makes me feel less guilty about it! My DH thinks we have way too many, and with how frequently we move, he has a point, but I just love books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Well over a thousand. I tried to count once, got to a thousand around halfway through, and decided I'd just round up to "way too many." ;) I've purged a few boxes since then. Our home is about 800 square feet, so ebooks are a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Bookshelves and boxes in storage, unfortunately. I am daunted by the very idea of counting them all. We have a tiny house and about 9 bookshelves, piles of books, and books under beds. A lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 2,127 (multi-volume sets, like an encyclopedia, count as one book) We got rid of somewhere around 1,000 during a move before kids and a purge before deciding to homeschool. I miss them. Books make me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 5 tall book shelves, if you don't count the homeschool stuff. Plus my kids have books in their rooms. I have no idea how much it all adds up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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