tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post5789416008790565120..comments2024-01-03T09:14:36.282+00:00Comments on Reading in Reykjavík: Keeping and cullingBibliophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-37844990532256195632010-04-26T12:56:22.330+00:002010-04-26T12:56:22.330+00:00As the era of e-books approaches, I think real boo...As the era of e-books approaches, I think real books, like your pulp paperbacks, will take on the collectability of sculpture. Books will become more valuable as they become more scarce. Feel free to visit the Kelley Collection anytime!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-27476456536347078442010-04-25T19:22:00.658+00:002010-04-25T19:22:00.658+00:00George, that is so cool. It's great that you w...George, that is so cool. It's great that you were able to find a good home for your collection.<br /><br />If I were to donate my 40s and 50s pulp paperbacks to the local library, they would in all likelihood end up at the recycling center.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-5639109635459689882010-04-24T23:13:13.216+00:002010-04-24T23:13:13.216+00:00The SUNY at Buffalo librarians did a great job cat...The SUNY at Buffalo librarians did a great job cataloging the books and making the collection accessible. They even designed a web site: http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/kelley/Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-35225713075437257312010-04-22T13:10:04.397+00:002010-04-22T13:10:04.397+00:00How indeed? Book sales are irresistible, as are ba...How indeed? Book sales are irresistible, as are bargain bins, garage sales and flea markets. <br /><br />30 thousand books is a sizeable library. I hope the library people were pleased.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-31751345183643412192010-04-22T01:04:31.450+00:002010-04-22T01:04:31.450+00:00I donated 30,000 books to SUNY at Buffalo, yet I s...I donated 30,000 books to SUNY at Buffalo, yet I still seem to have thousands of books filling my house. I try to use the library (great for LARGE PRINT books!), but then the library has a BOOK SALE and I end up buying plenty. How can you resist a shopping bag of books for $2.00?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-70448013278614377142010-04-02T22:07:28.394+00:002010-04-02T22:07:28.394+00:00I was thrilled to see that you have 900 books on y...I was thrilled to see that you have 900 books on your TBR shelves. I just ran a tag search for "TBR" on my LibraryThing library and found that my TBR shelves now hold just over 1,000. Yikes! That's 9 to 10 years of reading for me, if I never buy another book!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-52294694772256359702010-03-29T22:01:32.186+00:002010-03-29T22:01:32.186+00:00Consider yourself lucky, Dorte.
Having ready cas...Consider yourself lucky, Dorte. <br /><br />Having ready cash, a habit of indulging in retail therapy and nothing in particular I was saving up for got me into the habit of buying whichever books I wanted, but it wasn't until I actually made a database of all my books that I realised I had so many unread volumes. I have calculated that it will take me about 5 years of reading nothing but my Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960676264710788969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105718.post-36071076410695984242010-03-29T19:46:36.255+00:002010-03-29T19:46:36.255+00:00900 books on your TBR?
Well, that gives me such ...900 books on your TBR? <br /><br />Well, that gives me such a good conscience. Mine is c 60-70 books so I can see there are advantages to being stingy.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.com