Cultivating a Personal Library

I talk about how I cultivate my library from the type of books I collect to my bookish interests. Do you have a personal library? What type of books do you read and collect?

Let’s be friends!

[CravingBooks]

I didn't show all of our shelves but I showed the shelves that are the "prettiest" right now.
Do you all collect books? Why or why not?
OMG SO sorry at 16:16 the music goes WAY up. Sorry friends!

[jordandegeling]

How to start a book collection:
Step 1; buy a book that interests you
Step 2; complete reading it. (Finish reading it before buying a new one!)
Step 3; give the book a kiss, and put it on the shelf for later visits.
Step 4; repeat.

[johnbaker]

I can't imagine a life without books.

[ForeverMasterless]

There's something so refreshing when you're looking at someone's books and you can tell they're not just ONE thing, ya know what I mean? Like women who ONLY have romance books and/or YA, or dudes who ONLY have Hemingway and war novels. They just don't feel like real, full people, like they've typecast themselves in their own lives. idk how to talk to someone like that really, lol. Seeing, for instance, House of Leaves on the same shelf as Jurassic Park is, imo, the mark of a true intellectual rather than a pseudo intellectual. The mainstream and lowbrow with the very much niche and difficult to grasp, showing the person is following their interests wherever they go and isn't putting on a show for anyone but also isn't stuck in a comfort zone of mindless popcorn entertainment, either.

What I'l say about the classics, is that everybody should at least give them a shot. Just go through and commit to reading like the first fifteen or twenty pages and if you're not feeling it, move on to the next one. Cause I had a couple bad experiences early on and assumed every book labeled a "classic, " would be just as bad/boring and stayed far away from them for YEARS, but that's just not the case. Some hold up, some don't. Some you'll like, some you won't. Like any book, really. I fucking hate everything I've read by dickens, jack london, and Steinbeck, but love kafka, dostoevsky, jane austen, and proust.

[andrejalbrecht]

Dear book lovers.
After I stumbled over this channel I know I am not alone collecting books. Love you all.

[SabrinaHawk]

This is my kink 😂 lol, I’ve been dreaming of own personal library since beauty and the beast came out when I was a lil girl

[uytuyt]

I collect several types of books. Some of my collection of 2, 000 plus books consists of books from the golden age of book illustrators (Arthur Rackham, Edmond Dulac, Kay Nielsen, etc.), Limited Editions Club, 17th and 18th century books (some over 400 years old), current, antique and vintage pop-up and moveable books (oldest from the 1800's).

[SecretaryNoone]

Don't have a personal library yet but I hope to have one when I can

[rkds]

U r so calm ..that explains whats the effect of having this hobby of reading books..love ya .. continue reading

[MagicianMarcus]

Can’t go wrong with Dostoevsky. “The Brothers Karamazov” is still one of the best novels ever written.

[miguelsanabria]

You don't have a library in your house, you have a house in your library

[gandalfthegrey]

My parents must have around 8000 books. Boxes in the shed (it’s a house quality shed, not a plastic one), a bunch of boxes in an office, and a bunch in a storage room. They they have 3 book shelves in their room, two in another, and two in another. They do have a library but it’s one wall with an extra unit on the side. I’m still trying to convince them to take the shelf up to the 10ft ceiling and totally fill the rest of the walls besides the window wall. Just totally fill the library with their packed away books....they haven’t gotten around to it.

[orglancs]

Whether you want to keep a book or dump it depends very much on whether you are mainly a fiction or non-fiction reader. I read almost entirely non-fiction and my library supports my research and writing. So I am perpetually going back to books I read ages ago to check a reference or to re-read something. Only last week I opened a book I read ages ago to check something and found myself re-reading the whole book. Also lots of my books are reference works that no-one would read from cover to cover, but I still consult them frequently and it's a marvelous freedom to know they are there ready to 'do service' for me whenever I need them. Opening some well-used volumes is like opening a diary and reading about my own past. The books are so connected with my own history and work. I wish there were more non-fiction readers on BookTube. I'd love a detailed tour of a big non-fiction collection.

[thatone]

With classics, I see no reason to buy or keep ones that don't speak to you. Though, this does apply to any book, really. I read classics, but I own very few. For example, I've read Jane Eyre and I liked it well enough. But I wouldn't add it to my collection. I would, however, add Of Mice and Men to my collection. I love the book. There's so much for me to explore in such a little book. I think about it often.

Keep what makes you happy and let go of what doesn't. Your shelves won't be less just because they don't meet somebody else's standards. As long as they meet your standards, it's the perfect library.

[tonyleach]

Love the vast array of various books and love the beautiful kitty. Cats and Books are in my opinion totally essential for true happiness in life. Both my cats Poppy and Tilly would most certainly agree. Much Love.

[ryanarment]

Each bedroom in my house has book shelves. My daughters and i are avid readers. I've taught them that books are to a mind like a sharpener is to a knife.

[dereksamueldani]

Impressive.
Enviable collection, dear.

[megreads]

Wow for 12 years building this love library, I was building mine from 20 years but still don't have this amount of books due to one reason economic country and expensive books.

[PB-fiqh]

I want to have a library like this one day! Right now it's just me and my Kindle.

[Jm-zrlp]

your voice is so calm and slow and easy to listen to. like i could listen to you speak for hours ☺️