Do you collect books?
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Some of my friend like collecting books.Such as some world literature."Gone with the wind" "Litter Women" "The little Prince".They bought different versions of them for collecting.What about you? Are you collecting books?
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Lena B.
Germany
152 posts
Member since: 10/12/2010
I don't collect books. Of course I've read some classic books like "The little prince" or Jane Austen, but mostly at school or from library. I wouldn't buy books in different versions like the English version and German version. I don't need books twice. I just bought the book "Breaking Dawn" twice because of the cover :).
posted Nov 15, 2010
Robin H.
PLYMOUTH,
United Kingdom
3228 posts
OG since: 06/04/2010
I collect books in the sense that I have a collection of them, as I have of clothes.
But not in the sense that I attempt to buy every book that I lay my eyes on, I buy the ones I want.
posted Nov 15, 2010
Anna M.
ATLANTA,
United States
3 posts
Member since: 10/27/2010
I do collect books! But I read them too of course! :) Quite a number of boxes were labeled "books" when I moved out of my parent's house!
posted Nov 15, 2010
Josephine C.
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
United States
62 posts
Member since: 11/11/2010
I only buy books that I know I'll read again.. unfortunately there's a lot of books I'll read again. Also, I have much more manga than I do proper novels.
posted Nov 21, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
There are only certain things that I deliberately have multiples of, and those are things like dictionaries and religious or legal texts (different translations/commentaries can be interesting).
posted Nov 21, 2010
Urška ..
SLOVENIA,
Slovenia
12 posts
OG since: 04/08/2010
I would like to collect bokes sometime in the future. Reason? I love good books and I love the look that a full huge bookshell creates in a room. Step by step.
posted Apr 5, 2011
Katie C.
NEW YORK,
United States
102 posts
OG since: 08/15/2010
I love books and I'd really love to own a book collection! It's a huge dream of mine to have my own personal library in my house, haha. That would be fantastic.
posted Apr 5, 2011
Alicatstrut S.
NY,
United States
145 posts
OG since: 06/07/2008
I collect books:
Most of what's on the bookshelves is everyday reading but I enjoy collecting nicer copies of books I love and incorporating them in my decor, too. (Because I ran out of space on the bookshelves a long time ago.)
posted Apr 5, 2011
Hi ..
Germany
39 posts
Member since: 11/04/2010
thats alot of books
posted Apr 6, 2011
Alicatstrut S.
NY,
United States
145 posts
OG since: 06/07/2008
The scariest part is that this is what my book collection looks like culled down from lots and lots of book swapping. :) I have abnormal amounts of media, in general. (There's a whole bookcase just for TV shows.)
posted Apr 6, 2011
Tori H.
SOMEWHERE ON THE WEST COAST,
United States
79 posts
Member since: 02/06/2011
I don't buy multiple copies of books (except when someone takes one of my all time favourites and i need to replace it) but when I'm buying books (especially older stuff) I tend to shop used because you can typically get your pick of covers and sizes and get really neat things (my favourite of my used finds is a sixties pocket paperback of 'dharma bums' very sensational little cover somewhat in the style of old movie posters..and it was only a dollar). The only thing I do that's probably overly eccentric is that I only buy Vonneguts in a particular cover theme(which they stopped printing in) so they all coordinate on the shelf. Oh, and when I know a comic I like will be available in trade paperback, I wait instead of buying the individual issues because trades are sturdier and store better. Yeah, okay, reading all that, I'm weird.
posted Apr 6, 2011
Ana T.
THE APOCALYPSE,
Portugal
425 posts
Member since: 02/15/2011
I don't exactly collect them, but since I'm portuguese there are certain books that I get both the english and the portuguese version.
But I usually buy the books in English.
posted Apr 6, 2011
Kaya E.
Germany
12 posts
Member since: 09/04/2010
I collect books, i don't collect different versions, but stories! I'm a literature student, because of my addiction to books! I want to have various stories... And i already have :)
posted Apr 6, 2011
Camille R.
MANILA,
Philippines
35 posts
Member since: 04/13/2011
i seriously do collect books .. but i buy the young adult one since it's more appropriate for my age :)
posted Jun 22, 2011
Starfish S.
THE CHOCOLATE STARFISH,
Australia
262 posts
Member since: 05/04/2011
I have collected a number of Yoshitaka Amano art books, but that is about it :)
posted Jun 23, 2011
Charlotte S.
ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
655 posts
OG since: 05/16/2010
garfield comic books~?~!~?~
posted Jun 23, 2011
Selle M.
HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE,
Philippines
327 posts
OG since: 04/04/2010
Er since I've been accumulating a growing pile since I was 4 yeah I guess I do. They're the reason I don't have enough shelf/desk space and also the reason my eyes are kaput.
posted Jun 23, 2011
Kenia C.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
36 posts
Member since: 06/06/2011
Yeah, I collect books of anykind! I still have some of the picture books I had when I was little. My parents get annoyed when they see that there's no more shelf/desk space for my growing library. xP
posted Jun 26, 2011
Marie M.
AALBORG,
Denmark
551 posts
OG since: 04/06/2008
I never read books. But I have a lot in my room. like old books from thrift shops I bought because they were pretty.
And I have a small collaction of fashion/art/pop culture books.
posted Jun 27, 2011
Karen Y.
WONDERLAND,
Australia
36 posts
Member since: 05/19/2011
i love buying books but i wouldn't say i collect them. but my friend did buy me a leather-bound 18th century copy of Shakespeare's King Lear :)
posted Jul 4, 2011
Seung-won S.
SEOUL,
Korea
126 posts
Member since: 03/31/2011
I love reading a book and sometimes buy some books that I really like it...But I really hate many books in my room without arrangement...
posted Jul 5, 2011
Max. G.
France
120 posts
Member since: 09/25/2011
I don't know if I can say that I'm collecting book but all I know is that I would never throw a book into a bin. I admittedly love to see my books lined up on the shelf :)
posted Nov 29, 2011
Ru Z.
NY,
Afghanistan
7 posts
Member since: 11/22/2011
of course. but I only collect Chinese.
posted Nov 30, 2011
Elise :.
SYDNEY,
Australia
932 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
No, I borrow books because they're damn expensive and I can't afford them. I borrow either from a library or from my friends. Apart from certain authors whose books I will buy (like David Sedaris) all the books I own I picked up for free or were given to me.
posted Dec 16, 2011
AlyNichelle B.
MARYLAND,
United States
5 posts
Member since: 03/12/2011
I do in a way, I just collect books that I've bought, or somehow received. I do the same with magazines. I read them all I don't get them then put them on a shelf for decoration. I like to make them have a purpose (books and magazines).
posted Dec 18, 2011
Laurie B.
ROTTERDAM,
Netherlands
113 posts
Member since: 11/06/2011
I buy books after I read them, so you could call me a collector. If I want to read a book I have in the original language I borrow it though. I don't think it's neccesary to have books double.
posted Dec 19, 2011
Pandora ..
THE MATRIX,
Europe
123 posts
OG since: 02/13/2010
I started collecting antique books (my oldest are from the 1920s), mostly world literature and especially books from the fin de siecle/surrealist-era. Earlier I've collected mangas, but I'm thinking of selling my collection.
posted Dec 22, 2011
Becky B.
2005,
United Kingdom
593 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I rarely check books out of a library. I will buy them instead and after I've read them, I keep them safe on my bookshelf.
I'm slowly building my own library and it gives me such a sense of achievement to look up and think "I've read all of those books".
posted Dec 24, 2011
Steph B.
YORK,
United Kingdom
230 posts
Member since: 06/13/2011
i don't collect them, I just end up buying a lot a default lol
posted Jan 14, 2012
Julia A.
THE SUMMER OF LOVE,
United States
251 posts
Member since: 08/29/2011
I guess that as a grad student of literature I'm basically paid to "collect" books. Of course I could be cheap and get anything I want from the library, but I love owning them and feeling a sense of accomplishment when looking at my library. My boyfriend and I have a room almost specifically devoted to housing our books... we have over 700 by last count!
It's a little silly, because we make so little money and only buy the cheapest version of everything and can rarely afford to buy ANYTHING new... and yet here we have these mountains of books and a room explicitly devoted to them. I guess it depends on what you find important in life, and I suppose books are more important than expensive furniture or a newer apartment.
posted Jan 15, 2012
Mandi S.
WINDSOR,
Canada
322 posts
OG since: 02/28/2010
I don't have room to collect mass amounts of books. I buy real life copies of my absolute favorites, and save the rest for my kindle.
posted Jan 17, 2012
Mandi S.
WINDSOR,
Canada
322 posts
OG since: 02/28/2010
Now that's a worth while cause!
posted Jan 17, 2012