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Post by b00kw0rm on Apr 22, 2009 7:28:36 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Me: nearly 200
2. How many books do you want? Me: 500+
3. Where or how do you store your books? Me: bookshelves
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Me: both but prefer buying
5. Paperback or hardback? me: hard looks nicer but paper is easier
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? me: yes
7. Do you lend books to other people? me: my sister only
8. Have you ever not finished a book? me: yes
9. How many books do you read at once? me: depends
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Post by Hanna on Apr 22, 2009 7:37:22 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Me: I'm guessing something between 400-500.
2. How many books do you want? Me: I think my amazon wish list and my TBR list combined is about 700 titles so,...
3. Where or how do you store your books? Me: Bookshelfes mostly. Most om my books are stored in my room at my parents house, I'm guessing I have 150 or so in my own appartment.
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Me: Depends, but I too prefer buyinh.
5. Paperback or hardback? Me: Doesn't matter
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Me: Yes, but only for the last couple of years.
7. Do you lend books to other people? Me: Yes, I'm kind of a book pusher
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Me: No. It's kind of an OCD with me
9. How many books do you read at once? Me: Depends, but at least two. One Christian, and one whatever.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Apr 22, 2009 15:53:01 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? A little less than 500
2. How many books do you want? 10,000 ;D
3. Where or how do you store your books? Bookshelves + piles on my bedroom floor
4. Do you borrow or buy books? I prefer to buy, but I make an effort to go to the library once in a while
5. Paperback or hardback? Paperback
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yes, I write a quick one-paragraph review when I'm done reading a book
7. Do you lend books to other people? Sometimes, but not many of my friends like to read
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Yes, I can think of Gravity's Rainbow, The Wanderer, Tender is the Night, Portrait of the artist as a young man...
9. How many books do you read at once? Usually only one, but sometimes 2-3 if I happen to be reading one for the book club for example
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Post by b00kw0rm on Apr 23, 2009 1:10:43 GMT -5
WOW- 10,000 books
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Bad Kitty
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Post by Bad Kitty on Apr 23, 2009 4:20:47 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? I don't know. More than I have shelf-space for. Over 2000.
2. How many books do you want? My Amazon wishlist currently has 4469 books on it. So I guess that many. Plus any more I discover.
3. Where or how do you store your books? On shelves and, shamefully, on the floor (in towering piles.)
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Mostly buy secondhand, but I do also use the library.
5. Paperback or hardback? Prefer paperback. Cheaper and easier on the wrists.
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yes. I write lists and for the past year have kept a Shelfari and a Polysyllabic Spree.
7. Do you lend books to other people? Yes. (And people take them without asking thinking I won't notice/mind since I have so many.)
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Probably. But I usually persevere and finish even books I hate.
9. How many books do you read at once? One, mostly.
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lindsay
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
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Post by lindsay on Apr 23, 2009 8:50:58 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? A little more than 200
2. How many books do you want? I try to keep my tbr list short so I have 20 books or so in mind but for my collection as a whole- no limit on how many
3. Where or how do you store your books? On my bookshelves but they are at full capacity and Im moving soon so Im not sure what I'm gonna do!
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both
5. Paperback or hardback? Paperback- cheaper and more comfortable.
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Since the new year I have.
7. Do you lend books to other people? I've stopped doing that because I tend to not get them back.
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Yes, The fountainhead and every Faulkner book I've tried to read.
9. How many books do you read at once? My limit is three.
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Ansku
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Post by Ansku on Apr 23, 2009 13:43:16 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Hmm. Less than 100. 2. How many books do you want? I would like to have my own library. A room full of books would be nice. 3. Where or how do you store your books? Bookshelves. 4. Do you borrow or buy books? Borrow more. When I buy books I get those from second hand or from sales. 5. Paperback or hardback? Paperbacks are cheaper and easier to read. 6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yep. I started last year. 7. Do you lend books to other people? Not very often. My friends and I don't share same liturate taste. 8. Have you ever not finished a book? Couple of times. I was too busy and I had to return the books. 9. How many books do you read at once? Usually one. I can read two or three.
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Post by Dominique on Apr 24, 2009 20:15:57 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? You know I'm not even sure! Maybe 200 - 300?
2. How many books do you want? Tons!
3. Where or how do you store your books? Bookshelves.
4. Do you borrow or buy books? I buy more because I don't have a lot of time to read and when I borrow they often end up being due before I've read them.
5. Paperback or hardback? Paperbacks because they'r easier to carry in my purse.
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yep.
7. Do you lend books to other people? Yep, two of my friends, my mum and my grandma all borrow my books.
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Yeah, I try not to force myself to finish things I'm not enjoying. Life's too short. My mind is blanking for examples of books though.
9. How many books do you read at once? I usually only like to read one because otherwise I lose momentum with it. But sometimes I'll read two (usually because I'm already reading something when it's time for a book club book).
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Post by whitegold on Apr 25, 2009 10:35:18 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Me: maybe around 100
2. How many books do you want? Me: TONS. I want to one day have my own library
3. Where or how do you store your books? Me: bookshelves, boxes, bins, on top of tvs etc haha
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Me: buy books. Sometimes i'll borrow from friends.
5. Paperback or hardback? me: paperback. Easier to handle.
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? me: no.
7. Do you lend books to other people? me: To my close friends only. Im very protective of my books.
8. Have you ever not finished a book? me: yes. Ive been so bad for that lately. Nothing is holding my attention (except for the book i am currently reading!)
9. How many books do you read at once? me: usually one to two.
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Apr 25, 2009 15:43:17 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? About 130
2. How many books do you want? TONS!!
3. Where or how do you store your books? Bookshelves
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both, I love buying books but borrowing them from library is much cheaper.
5. Paperback or hardback? Hardback looks better but I prefer paperback
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yes, I started to keep a list of book I read at the end of 2005.
7. Do you lend books to other people? Yes, mostly my brother, my cousins and my bestfriend.
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Yes I have. The first I can think of is Wuthering Heights, it was in Italian and I didn't like that translation, next time I'll try it in English.
9. How many books do you read at once? Usually two, sometimes three.
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Post by sylviaplath on Apr 25, 2009 20:24:07 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Around 200. 2. How many books do you want? Thousands...way too many. 3. Where or how do you store your books? Mostly bookshelves. 4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both. I prefer buying, but borrowing from the library usually makes more sense because it's so much cheaper. 5. Paperback or hardback? Paperback -- they're easier to take with me on a daily basis. If it's a favorite, though, I prefer hardback because they fall apart less easily. 6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Usually. 7. Do you lend books to other people? Yes, but only to people I trust not to ruin them or keep them for years. 8. Have you ever not finished a book? Unfortunately, yes. There have been several that I just could not finish. And during the school year I often stop a book for a few weeks or so because I am too busy to read it or am in the mood for something else. But usually I pick it back up and finish it when I have more time. 9. How many books do you read at once? Several. It varies a lot.
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zoealea
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Post by zoealea on Apr 26, 2009 1:32:00 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? 400+
2. How many books do you want? As many as I can get
3. Where or how do you store your books? Anywhere and Everywhere
4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both, but if I can, I buy.
5. Paperback or hardback? Paperback, but if I must get the book, then hardback
6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yep!
7. Do you lend books to other people? Totally
8. Have you ever not finished a book? Oh yea....I'm not going to read a book if I don't like it.
9. How many books do you read at once? Depends on the books
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zeldafitzgerald
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Post by zeldafitzgerald on Apr 26, 2009 16:33:29 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? I counted last year and was at about 750, I'm guessing I'm at around 850-900 now. 2. How many books do you want? Enough to fill a large personal library in a house someday. (Isa - 10,000 sounds GREAT!) 3. Where or how do you store your books? I have four bookcases, the rest are in stacks around the apartment. 4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both, I buy books I really want and am pretty sure I'll like. If I'm trying out a new author, I usually try to get it from the library first. 5. Paperback or hardback? I like both - Hardcover for books I'd like to get signed someday. 6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yes - in many different places. 7. Do you lend books to other people? Yes, although only some books. My friends tend to be a little rough on books, and they don't come back in a nice condition most of the time. I actually have "lending copies" of some books - paperback extra copies that I don't care if they get beat up. I wind up with extra copies in two ways: I find them super cheap used ($1 or less) and buy them to give or lend out, or I bought a paperback for myself, and then bought a hardcover for a book signing, and kept the paperback to lend. Yes - I'm a bit book crazy. 8. Have you ever not finished a book? Yes. Most often I intend to someday finish it, but there are a few occasions I've completely given up. 9. How many books do you read at once? Mostly 1 that I focus on, but sometimes I'm in the middle of a couple. Fun survey!
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Bina
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Post by Bina on Apr 26, 2009 17:07:42 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? Not enough! Maybe 400-500. 2. How many books do you want? That´s a trick question! ;D Too many! 3. Where or how do you store your books? In bookshelves, part back home and part in my apartment. 4. Do you borrow or buy books? Both. Can´t buy every book I want to read and I like to try them out before I spent a lot of money. Also, libraries are FUN! 5. Paperback or hardback? I love paperbacks, I don´t want my books to look unread and I always have one in my bag. But if I find a pretty hardcover edition second hand that´s alright, too! 6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yup, on post-its, in a notebook and on my computer. 7. Do you lend books to other people? I do, but most people I know are too busy to read! 8. Have you ever not finished a book? Once or twice, but it drives me crazy, I might miss a good line so I try not to. 9. How many books do you read at once? About two.
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thenephilim
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Post by thenephilim on Apr 27, 2009 1:31:06 GMT -5
1. How many books do you own? I think somewhere around 100-200 2. How many books do you want? An endless amount 3. Where or how do you store your books? In my bookshelves 4. Do you borrow or buy books? I usually buy them. I know I shouldn't because it gets expensive, but I love actually owning the books I read so that I can build up a library. 5. Paperback or hardback? Both. I guess it depends on the book. Paperbacks are cheaper though, which is always a plus! 6. Do you keep track of the books you read? Yes, I have a list for each year on my computer. This year is looking sad already 7. Do you lend books to other people? Sometimes. It depends on the person, since I don't trust everyone with my books. 8. Have you ever not finished a book? Oh yes. 9. How many books do you read at once? Usually one, sometimes two.
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