tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post7066609363423898622..comments2024-03-28T18:35:23.778-07:00Comments on Book Haven : Book Collecting Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-53793373905632116022017-10-09T06:40:23.290-07:002017-10-09T06:40:23.290-07:00Great topic! When I was a kid, I read a lot, but ...Great topic! When I was a kid, I read a lot, but I tended to collect romance novels and true stories more than anything. There was a period of time, that I got caught up in anything Godfather-ish. (lol) Like you, I moved around so much in the Air Force and in the Telecommunications business and lost them. AAbout 10 year ago, I started finding a lot of the older ones I lost, and picked them up, in addition to all the new ones I keep getting. (lol). Now I tend to collect in groups. So once I find an author I really enjoy, I make it a point to get all those books. My husband moved two books out of a collection once, and I dang near had heart palpitations. (lol) Needless to say, he gets stuff to read from the TBR pile these days, not the actual bookcases. I know technology is going into more e-reading, but I still like holding books in my hands, turning the pages and using a cool bookmark to keep my place. I've often wondered if physical books will be around 20 years from now. Hugs...and Happy Monday!ROhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07417463444013920901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-70957191298073331222017-01-04T11:30:25.513-08:002017-01-04T11:30:25.513-08:00I definitely collect books too but I have limited ...I definitely collect books too but I have limited space at the moment which stops me from having all the editions I'd like. Like for favorite books, I'd like to own multiple editions either for the different covers or because some are collectors editions. As a younger reader though I mostly read crap books (LOL!) so I haven't kept those...other than my editions of the Anne of Green Gables series! They're all faded out but I still love them :DMichelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220874121683955988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-19201293368352075112016-12-23T21:30:23.246-08:002016-12-23T21:30:23.246-08:00If I really like a book I try to buy first printin...If I really like a book I try to buy first printing and first edition. That sometimes requires an eBay purchase. I like hardback books over paperbacks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-67802109090901176192016-12-22T08:26:04.271-08:002016-12-22T08:26:04.271-08:00I actually thought of you the other day when I bou...I actually thought of you the other day when I bought my adult nephew the Neil Gaiman books with retro pulp-style covers. I only meant to get one, but they looked so cool, I wound up getting all three. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296827820807569574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-58618559098124997112016-12-21T23:32:14.269-08:002016-12-21T23:32:14.269-08:00You know, I don't know what it is about books ...You know, I don't know what it is about books from childhood like that, but even though I wasn't into Baby Sitters Club (lol) I get it. I had all those $%^%& Hardy Boys books (there's like 50+) when I was a kid and they looked frickin awesome on a shelf. there was like a pride in having all of 'em. And I remember your Hunger Games post where you showed the foreign editions- that was awesome. I've never bought editions like that but I can see... <br /><br />Are you collecting those? Ha ha see ! But you know, I LIKE the covers of those Kass Morgan books. Even though I know I probably wouldn't like them, part of me wants to own them too, because... 100. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-34674911479728208332016-12-21T23:26:12.630-08:002016-12-21T23:26:12.630-08:00I think book collecting is awesome, and we have to...I think book collecting is awesome, and we have to get them anyway to read them right? Unless we get ebook- but some books just need to be owned. The Pern series has definitely grown over the years, I just like having books from this or that series and sometimes it's just books I love. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-90146639090786628882016-12-21T23:20:26.838-08:002016-12-21T23:20:26.838-08:00I do too, but like you I've toned down a bit. ...I do too, but like you I've toned down a bit. :) I used to buy all the time! Now I'm a little more careful (books are expensive) and there's always the library too, plus e-books are a bit cheaper. But yes I'll snap up something from a favorite author! Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-77766885444916201902016-12-21T23:18:50.310-08:002016-12-21T23:18:50.310-08:00Exactly. I think I was in college when I lost a lo...Exactly. I think I was in college when I lost a lot of the old books I had- but a lot of them were jsut old SF paperbacks or whatever, nothing really valuable. I sold some but college and moving made it hard, like you saidGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-24610600565906991692016-12-21T23:14:55.590-08:002016-12-21T23:14:55.590-08:00Yeah I'm not crazy about that either. Nice tha...Yeah I'm not crazy about that either. Nice that you still have shelf space. :) Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-48776476248193203382016-12-21T23:14:24.454-08:002016-12-21T23:14:24.454-08:00I don't have that many but I think it's co...I don't have that many but I think it's cool you do! The more the merrier. :) Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-14486881963302490402016-12-21T23:13:59.135-08:002016-12-21T23:13:59.135-08:00Ha ha ! I know what you mean Ha ha ! I know what you mean Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-45641517771615116402016-12-21T23:11:07.234-08:002016-12-21T23:11:07.234-08:00The story is the same- and the most important part...The story is the same- and the most important part. The nice thing about not collecting is you don't have books all over the place cluttering up, maybe ?there are advantages. :) Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-90572243035554245912016-12-21T23:09:59.911-08:002016-12-21T23:09:59.911-08:00I think actual books are the best. I mean I like e...I think actual books are the best. I mean I like e- reading but there's something to having a collection, books you can pass down (like you said, you have a little one and she'll be able to grow up with books- the best thing ever). <br /><br />Yes I prefer the covers to match! And if it's a favorite series absolutely multiple editions may be necessary! I've been known to buy multiple copies so I have a "reading" copy lol- one that I can read and if the spine breaks oh well, but a pristine copy too that never gets opened. <br /><br />I don't really do recipe books but I love bookish decor and I can totally see how the right cookbook or reipe book could enhance a kitchen space. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-81112911760701769132016-12-21T23:06:08.340-08:002016-12-21T23:06:08.340-08:00Yeah I think some of the books I had (and never go...Yeah I think some of the books I had (and never got to) weren't very good! They might have been picked up just because I liked the cover. I'm with you though, if I am liking a book one I have been known to go and buy the rest of the series lol. I get burned that way sometimes but I know I'm not going to want to wait when I finish book one, so I better have book two all ready to go ha ha! <br /><br />Yeah delayed gratification and books don't really go together with me. I like finding new authors too... Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-29627234920311675142016-12-21T23:03:15.871-08:002016-12-21T23:03:15.871-08:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who collects...I'm glad I'm not the only one who collects old books. Old pulp and SF paperbacks are great. And of course the true collectibles or ones that are jsut nice to have like your second category. I don't really collect certain authors, per se, but I used to and would have tons of paperbacks of favorite authors. Now I jump around more. :) <br /><br />Good luck finding that copy!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515345156687765162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-85413085134038490312016-12-21T21:20:45.331-08:002016-12-21T21:20:45.331-08:00Here's a shock: I am an absolute book hoarder....Here's a shock: I am an absolute book hoarder. Even bigger shock? I collect The Hunger Games. Kidding obviously, hahah. But in general, I NEED to own books I love. And then when I extra love them (THG) I have to own ALLLL the books. When I was younger, I owned ALL of The Baby-Sitters Club books. And then a few got lost when my parents' basement flooded and I am still not over it, tbh. <br /><br />I also now collect The 100... which is STUPID because I HATE the books. I need to be stopped, basically. Shannon @ It Starts at Midnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043593641190645773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-39609193685662800182016-12-21T19:00:07.105-08:002016-12-21T19:00:07.105-08:00It's really hard to get people to help you mov...It's really hard to get people to help you move when you have tons of books. Ha ha. No amount of pizza and beer seems to help! I don't think what I used to do was collecting, it was just buying books to read pre-ereaders, but now, yeah... I would say have started to collect. I love the covers of the Septimus Heap books, so I have gotten five of the ten so far, and the Fairyland books. I also want to collect the Discworld books in paperback.<br /><br />Now I have been thinking about older series I have incomplete sets of. I want to catalogue them and see if I can complete them; like the Pern books. Both Dune and Thomas Covenant have had books added to their series since I orginally read them, and I would love those, too. Ha ha. I have some of the offshoot LOtR books, so maybe I can finance some of my new collecting by selling those. :)La La in the Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18253014225202985934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-6841431349599140512016-12-21T18:42:08.803-08:002016-12-21T18:42:08.803-08:00I used to collect a lot of leather-bound classics,...I used to collect a lot of leather-bound classics, but it got to be so expensive that I've cut way back and pretty much only buy one if it's by one of my favorite authors. Suzanne @ The Bookish Librahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116292880784513187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-89017461858278089562016-12-21T16:52:13.905-08:002016-12-21T16:52:13.905-08:00I love to collect books, although my husband would...I love to collect books, although my husband would probably argue that I have too many! I used to buy books pretty indiscriminately, but these days I try to limit myself to books I've already read, enjoyed, and would read again. I'll also pretty much buy anything by my favorite authors.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746631124966726182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-36543573801847026352016-12-21T16:14:43.812-08:002016-12-21T16:14:43.812-08:00Unfortunately, I don't actually collect books....Unfortunately, I don't actually collect books... because I move around quite a bit and that is a lot of work for a 19 year old me to carry around lots of books when I might be moving out of state one day, haha.<br /><br />I will admit I have way too many ebooks, though. Does that make a ebook collector?Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649156623055831699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-15399476146151968552016-12-21T13:28:31.312-08:002016-12-21T13:28:31.312-08:00I'm a collector. We bought a bunch of shelves ...I'm a collector. We bought a bunch of shelves and still cannot fit all our books on them. I usually go for my favorite authors and really hate how lately publishers change size/style of a series right in the middle. Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624415262870168823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-69531393157173500792016-12-21T12:01:56.736-08:002016-12-21T12:01:56.736-08:00I hesitate to call myself a book collector in the ...I hesitate to call myself a book collector in the official collector sense. I do have a lot of books--a thousand or two, maybe more. <y criteria? I "collect" books I've read and enjoyed or books I want to read.:-)Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-1117595447199443642016-12-21T08:09:06.083-08:002016-12-21T08:09:06.083-08:00My criteria is very simple...either I love the boo...My criteria is very simple...either I love the book, love the cover, want to read it or it fell in my lap. I am an equal opportunity collector! LOL<br /><br />Seriously though...I have way too many books now. I had dreams of having a library wit wall to wall shelves...but it doesn't look like that is happening. My new years resolution is to go through my triple stacked shelves and all the books on my floor and narrow it down to books I love, boos I really want to read and books that look good. Then hopefully they will all fit on my shelves and look nice.Melissas Eclectic Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954443867000135343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-46027352320866032652016-12-21T07:14:59.813-08:002016-12-21T07:14:59.813-08:00I don't collect tbh. Sometimes I buy the same ...I don't collect tbh. Sometimes I buy the same book in Croatian and English, but I don't have an urge to own one specific novel in more editions.<br />The story is the same, and that is what matters the most to me.Irena BookDustMagichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835858230598859010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952534890282357396.post-74192512572932519752016-12-21T03:38:45.647-08:002016-12-21T03:38:45.647-08:00Unfortunately I don't collect physical books a...Unfortunately I don't collect physical books anymore :( Big sad. I might start up again though as with a young child around it's always great to have wonderfully tantalising bookcases and there's a lot of cool books I'd love to have around for her (and myself!) as she grows up. There's something about reading off actual PAPER that makes something click differently in your brain, right? <br /><br />I have an issue with covers - if I am getting a series I need all the books to be of the same cover series too. And maybe a couple of versions, you know, just because! Like, the original Harry Potter books and then the Adult version covers... That would be cool. <br /><br />Some books have such nice covers that you don't even want to display the spines - so that's also going to require a bigger bookshelf! <br /><br />I'm in the midst of doing a new kitchen for our new house and it has gorgeous open shelf space so I'm already on the lookout for good looking recipe books (with good content too of course!). <br /><br />You've got me thinking again!Di @ Book Reviews by Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03021249735871126514noreply@blogger.com