Do you collect books?
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My father collected rocks. Not small rocks. Good-sized rocks. Not special rocks. No, just rocks from wherever we were on vacation. I'm amazed I didn't have hernias before I was twelve. "Get that rock, Pat." The back seat of Dad's Buick would have 150 pounds of rocks by the time we got home. They went in Mom's flower garden, lined the sidewalk, and sat on the patio. With just the slightest excuse, usually involving alcohol, dad would proceed to tell the provenance of every single rock.
The only thing I seem to collect are stories and memories but then I'm old.
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You cheer my day no endpatrickt wrote:No. When I bought hard copies the books collected but I never collected books. I did want all of Milton Erickson's books concerning hypnosis but I didn't want to collect them. I wanted to read them.
My father collected rocks. Not small rocks. Good-sized rocks. Not special rocks. No, just rocks from wherever we were on vacation. I'm amazed I didn't have hernias before I was twelve. "Get that rock, Pat." The back seat of Dad's Buick would have 150 pounds of rocks by the time we got home. They went in Mom's flower garden, lined the sidewalk, and sat on the patio. With just the slightest excuse, usually involving alcohol, dad would proceed to tell the provenance of every single rock.
The only thing I seem to collect are stories and memories but then I'm old.
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They have a clearance section at the back with a bunch of non-fiction, non-organized books for 2-3$ each. I've made quite a few trips there and have spent near 50$ if not more on 2$ books that looked interesting. They were quality books too, for example, I found Sun Tzu's "Art of War" back there, among countless other things about the universe, the human brain, history, etc.
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Edit @ patrickt, your story about rocks reminds me of the movie The Long, Long, Trailer with Lucy and Desi. Your dad must have seen that movie.
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I am glad I read this. I need to get more organsized and tidy like you. Going through life with little baggage -- literally and figuratively -- does have its advantages!Evapohler wrote:Like many of you, I keep whatever books I buy, though I admire those who can give them away. In general, I am not a hoarder. In my efforts to stay neat and tidy, I can throw things away with the coldest of hearts for the sake of organization. But when it comes to books and gifts from my kids, I just can't part with them. Luckily I like the look of books shelves as a home decorating element!
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Wow, wish I had that kind of store around here. All we have are Barnes and Noble stores, which can get a little pricey sometimes.Nikos wrote:I live not too far from a "Half Price Books" which is a store that buys used books, and then resells them, at a price cheaper then the big corporation book stores (hence the name, half price books).
They have a clearance section at the back with a bunch of non-fiction, non-organized books for 2-3$ each. I've made quite a few trips there and have spent near 50$ if not more on 2$ books that looked interesting. They were quality books too, for example, I found Sun Tzu's "Art of War" back there, among countless other things about the universe, the human brain, history, etc.
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I don't really collect books, because, as I mentioned before, it's just too expensive. However, if I get the first book in a series in hardcover, for example, I feel I MUST get the rest of the books in the set in hardcover also. Same goes for paperback books.
But other than that, I never really care what the book looks like or how old or how much it's worth, as long as I can curl up with it and enjoy a good story.
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Allicat wrote:Wow, wish I had that kind of store around here. All we have are Barnes and Noble stores, which can get a little pricey sometimes.Nikos wrote:I live not too far from a "Half Price Books" which is a store that buys used books, and then resells them, at a price cheaper then the big corporation book stores (hence the name, half price books).
They have a clearance section at the back with a bunch of non-fiction, non-organized books for 2-3$ each. I've made quite a few trips there and have spent near 50$ if not more on 2$ books that looked interesting. They were quality books too, for example, I found Sun Tzu's "Art of War" back there, among countless other things about the universe, the human brain, history, etc.
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I don't really collect books, because, as I mentioned before, it's just too expensive. However, if I get the first book in a series in hardcover, for example, I feel I MUST get the rest of the books in the set in hardcover also. Same goes for paperback books.
But other than that, I never really care what the book looks like or how old or how much it's worth, as long as I can curl up with it and enjoy a good story.
Theres no such thing as a used book, if youve never read it before it is new.
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