FabSwingers.com forum: How many books

By *penbicouple OP Couple
over a year ago

Northampton

Random, non-swinger question - how many books do you own?

Doesn't matter if you include kindle or paperback. And feel free to list each separately.

According to my librarything account, I currently have 1113 books (paperback and hardback). Not sure how many on my kindle.

If that sounds like a lot, bear in mind that I live in a shit-hole, don't eat properly and rarely buy new clothes. So maybe I'm just bad with money!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Far too many yet not enough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not sure how many but I tend to pass them on once I've read them ...I do read a lot and can get through 2 in a day.

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By *parkle1974Woman
over a year ago

Leeds

I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely loads! I don’t even count them anymore haha m. I do have a kindle, but I’m not a fan, I prefer a proper book for some reason

Mrs

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By *ld StrumpetWoman
over a year ago

Telford

I love my kindle it's like a walking library I take it every where. Gave up how many times I bought books gave them away to rebuy and read.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably several thousand, includes those on my Kindles, paper books (mostly non novels, childrens books.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x"

I too love to smell books!

Never heard anyone else admit it though

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By *hogun300Man
over a year ago

Dundee

"Far too many yet not enough

Snap. It's like I don't need anymore but then oh look a bookshop

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

Not many at all. Only ever read when on holiday.

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By *penbicouple OP Couple
over a year ago

Northampton

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x"

I'm the same, but really need to start focusing on kindle books more. I'm running out of space!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only 115. Husband has bought me a kindle now so whilst I have the free unlimited trial I'm not buying anymore books

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Only 115. Husband has bought me a kindle now so whilst I have the free unlimited trial I'm not buying anymore books

115 what the fuck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

(But recently gave away about 400 to a charity shop when i moved out of my house)

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By *ezebel100Woman
over a year ago

Birmingham

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x

I too love to smell books!

Never heard anyone else admit it though"

I love the smell too

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

"Random, non-swinger question - how many books do you own?

Doesn't matter if you include kindle or paperback. And feel free to list each separately.

According to my librarything account, I currently have 1113 books (paperback and hardback). Not sure how many on my kindle.

If that sounds like a lot, bear in mind that I live in a shit-hole, don't eat properly and rarely buy new clothes. So maybe I'm just bad with money!

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Too many to count I read up your three books a week

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By *ikesEmBigMan
over a year ago

Herts

I probably own more instruction books than proper ones

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Probably about 100. Only have to finish about 99 of them.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

More like 150-200 actually.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Err. A lot?

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Quite a few but most of them aren’t fiction these days, I gave those ones away when we moved in with my mum. I do have a fair few art books, gardening books and history books.

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By *uri00620Woman
over a year ago

Croydon

No idea but I spent 10 years at uni so... a lot!

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

Probably between 500-750 or there abouts we love reading

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By *ansoffateMan
over a year ago

Sagittarius A

I gave a load to charity a few years back.

I don't like having too much stuff, it starts owning me after a while.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

A lot.

Possibly too much.

I've only managed to get rid of about twenty in my life.

And I studied Lit for 5 years so yeah. A lot.

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By *os_GoddessofdawnWoman
over a year ago

In the clouds

I have a clear out every now and again but there's about 20 I can't part with

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By *estSussexGuy76Man
over a year ago

copthorne

Probably around 50 books.

I do love an audio also ..

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

When we moved to Devon 14 years ago I had over 2,000 physical books. I've had to get rid of a few but most are still here.

And I've at least that on my kindle.

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

My best guess, around 1500.

No kindle, they don't look, feel or smell the same.....

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By *ontWannaMissASwingCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

The only ones I really own now is the disc world series and a handful of others. Used to have several hundred but had to scale back storage wise. Mostly read on kindle these days as I can get through a book in a day if I've nothing much else to do.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Ilkley

At a conservative guess...

35 books across each shelf.

Most shelves double stacked.

9 shelves per bookcase.

14 bookcases.

30 books per pile on the floor where no bookshelf space.

At least 8 piles on the floor.

Lots of books in the rented storage space.

= I'm guessing somewhere North of 10,000 books.

I also have a comics and graphic novels collection of something like 40,000 items (I was indexing it, got as far as "R" with 30,000 issues, not had enough free time to finish the indexing but there's one hell of a lot of "S" - Superman, Sandman, Starman, Swampthing - and one hell of a lot of "X" - all the X-Men related titles).

I guess you could say that I'm not short of reading material...

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Ilkley

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x

I too love to smell books!

Never heard anyone else admit it though"

Everyone loves the smell of books. Except for people with no souls.

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

At least a couple thousand physical books, and there are still so many more to get!

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"At a conservative guess...

35 books across each shelf.

Most shelves double stacked.

9 shelves per bookcase.

14 bookcases.

30 books per pile on the floor where no bookshelf space.

At least 8 piles on the floor.

Lots of books in the rented storage space.

= I'm guessing somewhere North of 10,000 books.

I guess you could say that I'm not short of reading material..."

That's not a library, that's a kink

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Oh, I'm not sure. One big bookcase full and a bit - maybe 300? I don't have a Kindle or anything so that's all my books, but newspaper/magazine subscriptions are all now online.

I've fallen out of the reading habit recently: really must get back into it...

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By *ohn KanakaMan
over a year ago

Not all that North of North London

Never have and never will use a kindle or simular.

Probably a couple of hundred, mainly biographies

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x

I too love to smell books!

Never heard anyone else admit it though"

The smell of books, especially old books as the binding glue slowly breaks down, is wonderful. I love old bookshops, they smell like the knowledge of the ages.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Between my wife, daughter and myself, we have quite a few. Too onerous to count them all. I spend my life reading technical documentation and code, and then I read the news online. So I don't have the time and energy to read as much as I should, these days.

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By *agerMorganMan
over a year ago

Canvey Island

I did count recently, just over 100 that I’ve collected over the years. My personal goal, when I finally get my own place, is to have a library of my own.

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By *m_hardMan
over a year ago

Swaffham

After slowly collecting 500+ paper books over decades I discovered ebooks and currently have more than 64000. You may ask yourself why, but most are reference works, for the day you should hope will never come, when civilization collapses. Yeah

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By *rMs.NeekCouple
over a year ago

Worcestershire

Too many is the answer as currently trying to pack to move....

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

A couple of bin bags full, as I got rid of loads.

I have 38 books in my Kindle library, including the one I'm reading in between the physical copy of Ulysses I keep on my pillow to read in bed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oceanofpdf And moon reader

Yous can thank me all later

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By *dventurousSexplorersCouple
over a year ago

Fantasy Land

A damn lot. Too many to count, had to switch to kindle to save space, that has a load on too. Hasn’t stopped me buying physical books though haha

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I don't know. I inherited my aunt's books which probably doubled our collection.

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

Not a great deal.. most of the books I read are library books..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hundreds.... Cba counting... I listen to audio books now

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By *aulaxd2020TV/TS
over a year ago

Dudley

"Not a great deal.. most of the books I read are library books.."
you never fail to amaze me, you don’t come across as someone who frequents library’s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

About 1,500 physical books - I love old paperbacks especially ones from the 70s and 80s with the lurid covers. Some are very collectable. Got about 1,000 on Kindle.

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

Multiple libraries on different floors of the property. I should imagine we are veering in to the same territory as Polly above. Literally ofc.

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By *penbicouple OP Couple
over a year ago

Northampton

"At least a couple thousand physical books, and there are still so many more to get! "

I think my book-hunger will never be satisfied. It's really a bit ridiculous!

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

"Not a great deal.. most of the books I read are library books.. you never fail to amaze me, you don’t come across as someone who frequents library’s "

As I always say...I may look like a thug in a dress...but I'm cultured...

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By *uicy 2020Woman
over a year ago

London

I try to donate books after Ive read them, otherwise I would be drowning in them. I do keep the ones that I love, including of course everything Terry Pratchett wrote x

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By *illan-KillashMan
over a year ago

London/Sussex/Surrey/Berks/Hants

"I would hate to count. Can't get used to a kindle...love the feel and smell of new books and actually seeing how many pages left to read x

I too love to smell books!

Never heard anyone else admit it though

Everyone loves the smell of books. Except for people with no souls."

Very true!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Barely any now. I just don't have the space to store them so gave 2 bookshelves full away. I am no longer collecting them, I'll read and then pass on rather than have so many collecting dust.

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By *aulaxd2020TV/TS
over a year ago

Dudley

"Not a great deal.. most of the books I read are library books.. you never fail to amaze me, you don’t come across as someone who frequents library’s

As I always say...I may look like a thug in a dress...but I'm cultured..."
And like a true anarchist you like a nice cup of Green tea

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By *aulaxd2020TV/TS
over a year ago

Dudley

Dos a Haynes Manual for a Peugeot 306 count?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At a conservative guess...

35 books across each shelf.

Most shelves double stacked.

9 shelves per bookcase.

14 bookcases.

30 books per pile on the floor where no bookshelf space.

At least 8 piles on the floor.

Lots of books in the rented storage space.

= I'm guessing somewhere North of 10,000 books.

I guess you could say that I'm not short of reading material..."

That’s pretty epic!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Physical books around 200

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By *ymbunnyfitCouple
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

Not enough love books nothing beats reading a real book X

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By *ookie_and_NookieCouple
over a year ago

Kent

I have a lot of physical books, we just don’t have any where to put them so kept are stored in boxes under the bed which makes me sad, I’d love to have a nice cosy reading nook! I love reading but don’t get enough time for it, I set myself a goal of reading 52 books this year and downloaded the kindle app on my phone which has helped me keep on track massively! I do prefer a proper book in my hands but the app means I can take my book every where with me.

C x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I gave a lot away when I moved house a couple years ago, but I wouldn't think it is any less than 500.

My ToBeRead pile is getting silly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can never have too many books

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seems i have no soul !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dos a Haynes Manual for a Peugeot 306 count?"

Yes!

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

I haven't a clue, there's four bookshelves, plus whatevers in boxes, the shed, kids books....lots.

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

Rather more than I would like to own up to

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