The value of owning more books than you can read (2018)

Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by slothtrop on Monday August 15, 2022 @09:50AM (#32469662)

Mostly agree, but I find as time goes on there's an increasingly larger percentage of prospective books to read that I'm blase about, not unlike TV and film. I now abort after a few chapters if it does nothing for me. I've done this for authors I know and like. More likely for me to finish non-fiction over fiction. The only books I've wanted to read twice over so far are from Dostoevsky and Pynchon.

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Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by colechristensen on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:22AM (#32470034)

But are there any of those you’d want to suggest somebody else read?

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Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by slothtrop on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:23AM (#32470048)

Not understanding the question

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Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by colechristensen on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:56AM (#32470474)

I mean the books in the basement, are they books you would suggest to someone to read, give to a partner, child, or friend? This is one of the values I have in a library of books many of which myself I'll likely never read again. Giving the right one to the right person.

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Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by slothtrop on Monday August 15, 2022 @12:25PM (#32471714)

I'd probably suggest any book I like in which case I wouldn't be as eager to get rid of it. I think you might have me mixed up with another user because I don't have a large library and didn't suggest I did.

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Re:The value of owning more books than you can read (2018) by colechristensen on Monday August 15, 2022 @01:02PM (#32472286)

Hm, yup. Looks like I hit reply on the wrong comment.

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