Few things are as satisfying as being in the presence of your library of books, knowing you have read them all from cover to cover at least once.
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...until you have to move house and realize you have over 300 books and they're mostly hardcover and weigh a ton. š
hehe, funny problem
Did that internationally from Taiwan to the USA and back with the slimmed-down absolute essentials (~450 lbs or ~250 books) thrice. I also prefer hardcover, have since replenished and significantly added to that number, will be moving again soon, and feel your pain. It's no joke to move that many books safelyāeach one is precious cargo.
My son had to carry the boxes and we filled multiple bedrooms to the ceiling with them.
All the stairs. š
I have this strange "Thing" of never reading a book more than once, no matter how much I enjoyed it. I have hundreds of books on my shelves and while I can't say I've read all of them, I'd say well over 95% have been. There's a few I'm still to read and there are a very few I've started but just not finished for one reason or another. I do love my books though and as you say, it's comforting to be surrounded by them.
I can think of perhaps one better: being satisfied with āthe book you wroteā.
lolā¦I buy them way faster than I can read them. I have so many I own but havenāt gotten to reading yet.