When people visit my house, the first thing they seem to notice is my
books. No, I haven't read them all, but I have read many of
them. These are not quite all of my bookshelves. I'm not very good at
getting rid of books. I'd probably be overrun with books except that
many of my friends seem to be much better at borrowing books than
returning them.
I do happily take donations to my library. I don't know what I'll do
when I run out of space, maybe insulate the attic?
This picture was taken while my science fiction paperbacks were still
sorted out by the ones that I've read, and haven't been borrowed and
not returned, versus the ones that I haven't read yet.
I've read the top three rows, the next three rows are unread. The
fourth row is mostly non science fiction paperbacks and the remaining
are unfiled books (mostly sci fi).
Most of these books are workshop manuals for various eclectic cars. I also have other car related books, drafting and photography books here.
In my dining room I've got an old set of encyclopaedia (Collier's),
cook books and other food and drink books as well as some
miscellaneous books.
In my office I keep most of my technical reference books as well as
various textbooks that I've collected over the years.
Many of these books came from my grandparents house. There is a shelf
of "classics" that I was given as a child. I have a shelf of books by
and about Charles dickens that I got for working at The Dickens Christmas Fair .
The classic references, The encyclopaedia Britanica, the OED and the
CRC handbook of physics and chemistry. To the right I keep books on
philosophy, historical recreation, languages, writing etc.
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