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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, I have to ask - what is the point of keeping all these books? There are certain books like I like to reread. Then there are reference books (parenting, health, productivity, etc) that I liked and may refer back to. Then I have a couple of signed copies. All together, for me that's less than 50 books. Plus I always have a shelf full of books "to be read" - usually that's another 20-50. So I've got a max of 100 books.

I'm a voracious reader, and I fundamentally do not understand why on earth you'd need to keep 800 books in your home, unless it's essentially decorative, in which case, just arrange them in a way that's pleasing to the eye, what does it matter how they're sorted?

Isn't this just a weird form of hoarding? Get them out of your house! I guarantee you're not re-reading or referring to 800 books. [/quote]

I reread them — and actively use them as reference books — and I’m sure I have over 1,000.  I also regularly cull books for donations.  I have a fair number of books that are out of print, specialized, and definitely not available through the online libraries that I have access to.  One person’s “hoarding” is my : Grateful to have a library of books by Black authors in a political environment hellbent on erasing our public presence.

PP, I get that you weren’t responding to me, but “guarantee”?  Do you not know any academics or even voracious readers?  
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