Counting My Books (+ a little tour of some of my shelves)

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7 күн бұрын

Once in a while I like to check in with my shelves - how many books do I have? And how many of them have I actually read? Join me in this week's video on a little journey through some of my bookshelves, and let's find out whether I should buy less books...
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@TheEclecticLibrary 6 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy this video! Also, I'll be doing a Q&A to celebrate reaching 1000 followers - if you'd like to ask me anything, you can leave a comment below! 😊

@joelharris4399 6 күн бұрын

Oh happy day! So Celine is in the end leading an Amazonian effort to contend with herself, namely keeping up with volumes of unread titles idly sitting by on her bookshelves, tonguing nothing but floating dust. You have it good young lady!😊📚

@josephcossey1811 6 күн бұрын

Q&A questions...what are your earliest reading memories? Classics or contemporary fiction (if you really had to choose?) Books/authors that you have always meant to read but have thus far felt too intimidated to start? Proust and Joyce would be at the top of my list! Physical books; ebooks; audio books...compare and contrast. Literary tropes/themes/cliches that make you want to tear out your hair?

@josephcossey1811 6 күн бұрын

I guessed 700! Think I deserve a silver medal! Great video (as always).

@TheEclecticLibrary 2 күн бұрын

@@josephcossey1811 Well done, silver medal definitely deserved! Thank you for your questions as well 🙂

@josephcossey1811 6 күн бұрын

For the forthcoming Q&A...desert island books perhaps? The 10 books that you simply couldn't live without!

@circleofleaves2676 6 күн бұрын

I was close!! I guessed 714 total (actual number was 704), and 672 not counting reference books (actual number 678). My library is currently at 1259 books. I'm not sure what percentage I've read. That would be interesting to count.

@TheEclecticLibrary 2 күн бұрын

@@circleofleaves2676 Those are some fantastic guesses, well done! I actually found a little stack of books I missed during my count so the real number is like 710 total

@josephcossey1811 6 күн бұрын

As Groucho Marx once said..."Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read!"

@jamesduggan7200 6 күн бұрын

Off the top of my head I'd say weirdness is a typical quality of dichotomy, since without the weirdness it would difficult to distinguish between the two categories, no?

@TheEclecticLibrary 2 күн бұрын

That's a fair point! It's just that in practice the boundary between weird to not weird is porous. Kafka's Metamorphosis is pretty much always shelved with literary fiction, not fantasy, despite being about a man turning into a giant bug 😅 Similar for books in the magic realism tradition

@jamesduggan7200 2 күн бұрын

@@TheEclecticLibrary Only very rarely do I take seriously the transformation into a bug: almost always I interpret metaphorically, meaning that the bug is a government bureaucrat like the ones in the Castle or the Trial. Not only do they not start their careers as bugs, but many of them have families who are forced at some point to come to the conclusion the person they loved once has become a giant bug.

@Thetrilingualreader 2 күн бұрын

Is that woman in white by wilkie collins right behind you on (my) left? I have the exact same copy, i bought it in turkey

@TheEclecticLibrary 2 күн бұрын

It is, very well spotted! I haven't read it yet though 🙂

@Thetrilingualreader 2 күн бұрын

@TheEclecticLibrary omg me too. Our bookclub is reading it in october!! U are welcome to join.

@TheEclecticLibrary 2 күн бұрын

@@Thetrilingualreader Sounds fun! Do you have a link for the book club? I'll have a look - am reading The Moonstone atm so it just depends whether I feel like another Collins so soon after!