tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post3675182292243606997..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: So how many is too many and what happens next?Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-54674257407880397182014-09-05T12:46:46.638+01:002014-09-05T12:46:46.638+01:00sharing knowledge with others
https://www.youtube....sharing knowledge with others<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylRA41TZ9zUAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515607151724289784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-17221821852759808002011-06-26T21:49:46.529+01:002011-06-26T21:49:46.529+01:00Jo - the books are now piled to the ceiling, which...Jo - the books are now piled to the ceiling, which is an improvement on the floor. A couple of feet are going to the charity shop and I feel like I'm winning again!<br /><br />Madbibliophile, I love those shoes. The everyman were charity shop finds, a £1 each, some still wrapped in cellophane. I do love the books, for themselves as objects as much as anything so have no intention of getting rid of lots, I just need to find better ways of living with them.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-64589730203403348282011-06-26T12:37:35.649+01:002011-06-26T12:37:35.649+01:00Wow, you have some great books there. Look at thos...Wow, you have some great books there. Look at those Persephones and Everyman Hardbacks!!<br /><br />Also - I love your red shoes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-89974444674271649242011-06-25T06:46:43.666+01:002011-06-25T06:46:43.666+01:00A cull for the ones you know you are not ever goin...A cull for the ones you know you are not ever going to miss. I gather, read and accumulate but have got quite good at culling (although once I do, I go any buy a load more.<br /><br />Can I suggest, if it allows, shelves above all the doors?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356433191383783293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-40585600903385318332011-06-24T21:46:25.038+01:002011-06-24T21:46:25.038+01:00Magnie - that's one of the things I really mis...Magnie - that's one of the things I really miss about Shetland - the sheds. I would love a shed/library. Bet there's a good cartoon in that somewhere...<br /><br />Chasing Bawa, double shelving it will be, getting rid of a couple of books might be an option but I like the books themselves, I want them ALL.<br /><br />Verity, I'd only trip over something like that, I'm a bruise magnet at the moment, it's a busy week at work and there isn't a day I haven't come home bleeding. <br /><br />Book Snob, I wish I had the strength of mind to do what you've done and open a shop, thing is I want to keep most the books. A cull is overdue thoughDesperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-7394706425102642192011-06-24T21:35:01.489+01:002011-06-24T21:35:01.489+01:00Roberta - every woman needs a good carpenter in he...Roberta - every woman needs a good carpenter in her life.<br /><br />Tessie, that is what I need. Exactly what I need.<br /><br />Curzon - some of my books are horizontal, I think a lot more are going to be.Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-85768983391847619042011-06-24T21:31:29.685+01:002011-06-24T21:31:29.685+01:00Lisa May - I'm not double shelving, I guess th...Lisa May - I'm not double shelving, I guess that's the next logical step but it really will mean a lot of organising... <br /><br />Bybee, attrition hasn't worked so for - or at least it's worked for the books rather better than it's worked for me/.<br /><br />Iris - I think we're in good company:)Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-60257088081147414552011-06-24T14:22:31.586+01:002011-06-24T14:22:31.586+01:00Can you get rid of any books you didn't love a...Can you get rid of any books you didn't love and know you won't read again? I do culls every now and again and it does surprise me how many I can discard.<br /><br />If you can't bear to get rid, then build floor to ceiling bookshelves. Go over the door ways and use every inch of wallspace. It's the only way forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-16900906976154751102011-06-24T12:03:34.015+01:002011-06-24T12:03:34.015+01:00Have you got any floor space? My last solution be...Have you got any floor space? My last solution before moving out of our tiny flat was a revolving free standing bookcase. I am so relieved to have a whole house now (with potential to convert the garage...)verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825551404394913715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-88078943916236951482011-06-24T10:49:50.217+01:002011-06-24T10:49:50.217+01:00I started double-shelving years ago. I actually se...I started double-shelving years ago. I actually sent a lot of my books to my parents, but unfortunately the humid weather proved too much for the books and I had to do a huge cull. Is giving away books an option?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-43669615654639110022011-06-24T10:22:47.002+01:002011-06-24T10:22:47.002+01:00I may have to build another shed, and call it a &#...I may have to build another shed, and call it a 'library'. I too have a collection of real books, not this Kindle business. Kindle may be good for the beach, the bath or the boat, but not for the bed ... you need to be able to scan your bedside collection and pick at random something to stroke and fondle before drifting of to sleep. Plastic electronic Kindle is not the answer. <br />However I feel a shed will work for me, I can go inside and lose myself for hours amongst a whole 'new' collection every now and then. Appreciate this is not a help to you, but just felt the need to share the love of paper books and the 'problem' of accumulation. Life goes on ... :o)Magniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063363584507592592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-7389562711783316682011-06-24T09:23:58.140+01:002011-06-24T09:23:58.140+01:00Looking at the photos of your shelves, I think you...Looking at the photos of your shelves, I think you could make quite a bit of space by horizontal stacking.I don't use this concept everywhere, but if you gather a group of books of the same size together, they can be stacked horizontally up to the top of the shelf, with the added bonus of ease of reading the spine title. I have many shelves with books on "normally" but punctuated every so often by a horizontal pile, and IMHO it looks very nice.ctussaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980750998737123223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-43931710993286411072011-06-24T09:20:02.017+01:002011-06-24T09:20:02.017+01:00This is what you need!!
bookshelf-houseThis is what you need!!<br /><a href="http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2011/06/15/bookshelf-house/" rel="nofollow">bookshelf-house</a>Tessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547398041211007389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-33571155565587713572011-06-24T08:01:39.841+01:002011-06-24T08:01:39.841+01:00What the world needs is a modern version of Gladst...What the world needs is a modern version of Gladstone's literary initiative. He not only gave his estate to the creation of a library, but he wrote an essay, "On Books and the Housing of Them." A good carpenter might be able to help you.Roberta Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-3686053779563735282011-06-24T06:26:27.383+01:002011-06-24T06:26:27.383+01:00I have the same problem. I am double shelving and ...I have the same problem. I am double shelving and there are still little piles of books everywhere in the house. It is not the amount of books I'm complaining about, just the small space left for other things? I would suggest culling or signing up for bookmooch, but I am not good at that myself. <br /><br />Useless comment, I know. But I just wanted to let you know most of us share your pain :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-6374515141101181712011-06-24T04:37:45.229+01:002011-06-24T04:37:45.229+01:00Same problem...a one-room apartment and somewhere ...Same problem...a one-room apartment and somewhere between 500-600 books. I think I'm going to go for the e-reader solution, though. Also, as I read books, if I'm not wild about them I'll pass them along to friends and hope that attrition will help to tame the herd.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-53633314708167048782011-06-24T03:42:22.214+01:002011-06-24T03:42:22.214+01:00You didn't mention if you're double-shelvi...You didn't mention if you're double-shelving already? That leads to questions of who rates front-shelf space and who doesn't, and if only some books of one author rate and the others don't, not to mention a lot of re-arranging. I don't really have a solution, though - just stacks sitting around, mostly the TBR books.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.com