The official count is in! After unloading 13 shelves worth of books and packing them into over 50 boxes and after listing/counting all of them, the total number of books that I own is (as of now) 1,716. That's a whole lot of books! I think I have a pretty good personal library. I'm glad I finally got to list all of them (if for no other reason than insurance purposes). The next step is to get all of these added to LibraryThing.
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at one time, my father-in-law had over 5000 books! I am not even close to you - maybe half?
ReplyDelete5000...that's a very impressive personal library! Although, I guess quantity takes a back seat to quality when it comes to books. I have some books that are practically throw away books (I hate saying that about any book!) but nonetheless, I have them. Even half of what I have, well, that's still impressive.
ReplyDeleteMichael,
ReplyDeleteCan I count my Dr. Suess books?
John,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!