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i once read a book. it was awkword. seriously though, how many books do you own, and what is your most precious book you own?

>> No.3541430

About 300. I don't have anything too special.

>> No.3541436

Like 20 that I personally bought.

Most precious book is a "Precious Moments" KJ Bible I've had since I was born.

>> No.3541444

inb4 someone posts that fucking lolita copy

>> No.3541449

>>3541444
?

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>>3541406
>what is your most precious book you own?

>> No.3541490

>>3541486
Is that a first edition?

>> No.3541493

Just counted bookshelf, came in at 113.

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>>3541444
bad word choice sorry. Not most expensive or rare necessarily. Mine is probably Bros Karamazov or sot-weed factor. I have about 75 books.

>> No.3541502

>>3541500
>Bros Karamazov
Oh God, what an awful book.

>> No.3541521

>>3541502
Oh why dont you like it?

>> No.3541600

>>3541430
300 books. what kinds?

>> No.3541612

>>3541521
I'm going to get shot down for this, but I absolutely hated it.

-The book was far too long for what it was. It felt like GRRM writing Russian realism.

-The character of Alyosha was so unrealistic it was jarring. Dosto's son, also named Alyosha, died when he started to write it, so he included that character as a perfect angel-like figure, and he ruined the book by creating him.

-The Christianity I can handle, but the carefully selected arguments had their holes deliberately stitched over. I wasn't expecting that after reading C&P.

-The scoundrel/angel dichotomy grew stale. Yes, everyone apart from Alyosha is a scoundrel, I get it. I got it by the third page.

-The characters seemed thrown in and unnatural, as if they were an afterthought thrown in halfway to reinforces Aly's angelic qualities, or the scoundrelness of the others. Smergykov, the captain, his stone throwing son, just felt like gimicky devices to reinforce his overbearing messages.

-The whole thing did nothing to challenge views. Even an open-minded atheist or socialist (apparently these things are interchangeable) wouldn't feel the slightest bit challenged, which is a shame, every underlying(and blatant) theme was an attack on those two groups.

-Again, it was far too long. If the book had everything redundant stripped from it, it would be a novella.

-10 years lusting after Grushenka is absurd, regardless of how beautiful she is.

-Oh look, scoundrels can possess angel qualities too. Who'da thunk it?

-Despite all the claims made to the contrary, it did not represent the 'human condition. The characters had their flaws exaggerated too much for the purpose of future redemption. Dimitri wanting to be sent to Siberia, Grushenkas beauty, the token peasant's, Smergykovs epilepsy (again, distorted account of his son), and every other character became an exaggerated caricature of a person in this Russian soap opera.

It's a shame. I liked C&P, but this has put me off reading Dosto again.

>> No.3541622

>>3541600

Mostly classics, some contemporary, a little bit of philosophy.

>> No.3541630

I own about 70 physical books. My favourite is probably my autographed copy of Rat Catching by Crispin Glover.

>> No.3541637

I have about 30-40 architecture books, and like another small bookcase full of random stuff I've bought since highschool. So like maybe 150 actual physical books.

I started buying ebooks (lawl buying) about 5 years ago, so most of my books are that now. the only physical books I still buy are art books and graphic volumes

My most precious book? One of the first books I ever owned, an encyclopedia for kids, its about an inch and a half thick and isn't really an encyclopedia so much as it is a sort of "random subjects and shit" book like history, science, technology, art, etc.

It taught me about the middle ages, the animal kingdoms, how planes fly, the history of the printed word, and how babies were born by the time I was 5. Shit was so cash, I still have it somewhere.

>> No.3541670

>>3541406
>i once read a book. it was awkword.

Pleb or ironic troll?

>> No.3541674

i have a 25th anniversary special edition of Kerouac's On the Road

which also happens to be one of my favorites
(as for the other question, i have no clue of how many i own)

>> No.3541680

>>3541670

It was a lame pun.

>> No.3541693

>>3541612
tbh i just finished the book so the effects havent worn off. i feel accomplished for getting through it finally bc i had started it a handful of times before and got to page 20 b4 i quit. definitely too long youre right but i do like the exageration

>> No.3542204

>>3541406
i have five full bookcases.i've read only those in one of them.
nothing special but i treasure the first book i bought ,an old copy of the adventure of sherlock holmes.

>> No.3542245

>>3542204
I had about five full bookcases. Now I'm down to half of a bookcase because I've sold off all my fiction and just picked up an e-reader.

feelsgoodman

>> No.3542248

I've got a semi-old copy of The Old Man and the Sea and I treasure it.

I'm not sure why, it isn't a first edition or my favorite book. I just love the book itself.

>> No.3542288

>>3542245
dont know how i feel about ereaders but i dont like the idea of not having a physical copy

>> No.3542305

>>3542288
It's incredibly comfortable, I can read in any position too. Not to mention the piracy potential is great, I can read any fiction I want.

>> No.3542312

I have hundreds, a substantial amount that I haven't read. When I read a book and don't like it it goes in the "to-get-rid-of-pile". I don't own any precious books, mostly trade paperbacks, though my Proust collection was more expensive than most. I have a few first edition hardcovers that might be worth something some day (probably not).

>> No.3542330

>>3542305
do you have one with backlight bc i think that would strain my sensitive eyes?

>> No.3542360

>>3542330
Nope, no backlight. It uses e-ink and after hours of reading my eyes are still alert and comfortable.

>> No.3542405

i just got done masturbating

>> No.3542439

I have over 100 spread between hard copies and e-books and books as PDFs, can't give a more specific answer than that.

Most precious book: 1984, an edition printed in 1984.