how many books do you own?

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Re: how many books do you own?

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I almost exclusively get books from the library these days or use KU on my kindle, so I haven’t purchased a book in a long time. I probably owe 50 books? Which seems like nothing but I read 220 books a year, so 1 I could not physically store than many books in my house and 2 I couldn’t afford to buy that many.
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Post by Jen Cowhig »

I’m scared to count. I have downsized but I think I still have around 100. I’ve been going through them and donating to libraries (including little free libraries) where I can
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I own hundreds of ebooks, but under 100 physical books. I like being able to have lots of ebooks but only buy the physical copies of books I really care about or love.
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Post by Violet Devreaux »

Oh god, so many. I want to ballpark 400? I’ve recently pulled maybe 50 to donate to the library in case I have to move soon and that barely made a dent lol
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Post by Gurdeep Dhillon »

You can say I dont have any because if I need a book I borrowed from my brother he has bookshelf full of new books and novels
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