+IAmQuigg Years ago our two boys now married were into the music of Radiohead. One of our boys put up that Radionhead poster and I have never removed it-peace
I just discovered thrift books last year and now I have a little over a hundred books in my very small office/art studio. Most of them are very tattered and old shipped here in my country from the West. I can have 1-2 books for around 1 US dollar- a new book costs about 10 dollars here. Lots of these books have sweet notes dated 60's to the 90's and its cool reading them and imagine about the people who wrote them because I wasn't even born then and now I have these artifacts from decades ago in my hands on the other side of the world. I like your collection some of the books you showed I have them too like the Solzhenitsyn, its very rare to have books like those over here because bookstores usually sell mainstream stuffs. I'm trying to collect books so I can open a public library in my neighborhood- which is a slum area in a third world country- anyways your collection is cool! wish I could have as much as yours one day!
Here in America a new book can cost you from $30.00 and even more. I am blessed in being able to find used books in thrift stores. We also have a large public library we can get books from. Also from watching my videos I have mentioned that I volunteer at our local library used books store The Book Nook, where I have bought many used books over the years. I personally will buy any books in any shape as long as it is not underlined. I love old beat up books. The world is to me a slum and we need to pray for the Lord to bring in a New Creation. peace
Yes we do have a lot of books. At times I find all our books ball and chain that I have to drag with me everyone where I go. Thank you for stopping by.
I love your collection. I love the way you keep your books- about everywhere. That is how I too do keep my books, as I do not have enough shelf space.. I am a reader first, and collector incidentally as I love to keep the books I read. I have been reading and saving books for 60 years. We had difficulty in getting books here in India, but thanks to Amazon, now we get most books we look for. Availability of used hardcovers on line through Amazon is a real boon. Yet some books are not available, or affordable as yet. I have an aversion towards paperbacks, and since I only keep the books I read, I have 2000+ books now. To be with books is a great blessing.
What kind of books to you like to read? I dream all the time of having all our books on shelves/bookcases. I mainly buy used books found in thrift stores or at used book sales. I have been collecting books for 40 years. Where do you live in India? Thanks for stopping by.
@@saintonfire77 I started with literature- English and Indian Classics. In college, I majored in economics with history and political science. In those days (50s) our universities were quite good- they used to recommend a set of reference books,besides the textbooks. I used to read them all. This habit continued even after I left college. In the late 50s, British publishers came together and brought out excellent editions of standard classics on academic subjects under the label 'English Language Book Society". I had all their books. In the 60s, the US embassy here used PL480 rupee funds to bring out Indian editions of major American academic books at incredibly cheap prices. I had all the books available on the subjects of interest. Thus my reading and collection grew. Indian universities used to follow a system of liberal education in which literature played a good part. So we had exposure to major English poets, Shakespeare and Victorian novelists, and other literary figures like essayists, critics. So I have a huge collection of these books. I usually like an annotated edition of poetry with introduction and other material. The Norton critical editions have served me well. From conventional economics, I branched off into ecology following the Stockholm conference in 1972 and their book "Only One Earth" by Barbara Ward and Rene Dubois. Then came Schumacher , Steady State Economy, etc. There had been Rachel Carson and others. So I have a huge collection on these subjects. I studied in Christian Colleges and had good Christian friends. So I had exposure to the Bible. I liked KJV., though I liked the translation of Rev.Knox. This led to study of comparative religion, though I do not like the way academics teach or treat the subject. I have been interested in Greek philosophy and have read the whole of Plato and the old philosophers. I like their mythology, which have some common elements or themes with our own. I like the modern translations of Robin Waterfield. Naturally, I have read much of our own philosophy and religion. I have had some exposure to science too. Here I am attracted to scientists with a mystical bend in their writing, like Fritjof Capra. I was attracted to the old 'Mind and Matter Series' of Arrow Books, London, and later Bantam New Age Books. This exposed me to some modern writers like Jacob Needleman, Gregory Bates. I was a student of Gandhian economics and its advocates like Richard B.Gregg. J.C.Kumarappa, etc. On comparative mythology, we have the works of Joseph Campbell. This has its connection to Jung, which in turn leads to Erich Fromm and others. The works of Will Durant and Arnold Toynbee and recently of Samuel Huntington throw interesting lights on world history. American Constitutional history , especially its origin with the insight that men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights is a source of great inspiration. Though this vital discovery is now downplayed by a distorted liberalism, the earlier historical accounts are so good. So I have quite a few volumes on American history. I am not an admirer of much of modern literature. Among modern writers I only like a select few like Nevil Shute, A.J.Cronin, Helen MacInnes, Hammon Innes. I am a huge admirer of Louis L'Amour and have almost all his books, including his volume of poetry and autobiography. I have his entire collection of short stories in hardcover. I think he is hugely undervalued. He does not advocate or exalt or celebrate violence, and his nature descriptions are so detailed. Among recent American fiction, I only like To Kill a Mocking Bird. It has a certain civilising influence. I stopped reading fiction about 40 years ago as I found life to be more interesting than any fiction. A series like Chicken Soup For The Soul has so much interesting material drawn from real life. Nature writing and animal stories interest me. We have remarkable writings by American authors. We have James Herriot, Gerald Durrell, Horse whisperers like Monty Roberts and Elephant Whisperers. I have a huge collection on animals and birds and flowers, Jim Corbett from the British India has contributed some remarkable chronicles, India's very own. The latest addition here is The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young. This is as remarkable as Born Free was fifty years ago. Often I am attracted by the very format of some books, like Everyman's Library or the Library of America. For a foreign student, they are an invaluable source of refined reading. I have an aversion for paperbacks and like the delightful little volumes of P.G.Wodehouse in Everyman's. I have many of their classics. I am a conservative by political persuasion and like the works of Roger Scruton, Gertrude Himmelfarb and other modern interpreters, besides that old idol, Edmund Burke. But, poetry and philosophy occupy pride of place in my reading. Recent books like The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson ( and its two companion volumes) are so delightful. Annotated anthologies of poetry interest me. James Kellogg's two volume on the Greek and Roman Search For Wisdom are very good. Being a student of economics, I cannot ignore a book like Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth. Thus my interest in reading continues, in a broad range of subjects. Much of my time is also devoted to reading Sanskrit and Tamil works, mostly related to religion and philosophy. Your collection is such a source of inspiration to me. I now live in Bengaluru.(Bangalore)
@@nanjappa42 That was a very long detailed answer to my question! Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. old diary entry History of Reading from my online diary Croookedfingers- crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/history%20of%20reading
Yes I am a Book Worm. I have loved books since I was a boy. Books are to be treasured. Thank you for the comment. Where do you live in Brazil? Stay safe. peace
I am Dr.Sajeewan Hatangala,a university lecturer in Buddhism and founder of Hirusa childhood development center and library in Sri Lanka.I mostly appreciate your collection of books.Your presentation is also very nice.Thank you.
The Lower Level is even more packed with books 2020! It is out of control. Since this virus has caused thrift stores and libraries to shut down I have only bought a few books online. This last couple of months have caused me to question buying books all the time. What I wish I could is get rid of a couple thousand books. But at the same time I can't determine what to get rid of. Last year I donate boxes and boxes of used books to our local library Used Book store The Book Nook/got rid of everything I did not want or thought I would never get around to reading. So all that is left are the books I want to keep. Like you I mainly read nonfiction in all areas so what area do I want to get rid of is the problem. I love empty space though. I feel trapped when I see all our books down in the lower level! What I need is another house to store our books. Anyway beware of book collecting because there is no end! I should add my wife and I will soon be on a fixed income so that will cause us to slow down buying used books. I could never get rid of any of our Christian books/my Beat Collection/on and on it goes. Plain torture. my LibraryThing site Bookmountain- www.librarything.com/profile/bookmountain
I do not remember what I said in this video about my private memoir 'The Memoir Of A Puritan Bum'. When I left Calif. to go to Bible College I burned all my diaries and I wanted a record of all that I could remember from my birth up to when Carol and I got married May 1978. So over a period of Time I wrote down all that I could remember. Sad to write most of my early memories were few. My memory can recall mainly from the egg 13 years old till the Present Time 1/26/2021. It continue to amaze me what I can not remember. My mother was killed in a car wreck when I was 16 year old (long sad story). I can not recall for example my mother cooking a meal or giving me a hug. Complete blank. I never knew my birth father. My mother was divorced for the second time when she died at 36 years old. To make this short my Life is not interesting or has been profound. I am sought since becoming a Christian (Summer 1970) to live simple Christian existence/life in a world gone insane. So my private memoir will remain buried/a memories fade and in the end does it really matter. We are here for a moment and then we are gone. Thank you for stopping by. Here is an old diary entry from my online diary Crookedfingers-crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/mother%20was%20a%20party%20girl Also this old online diary entry Time Line from Crookedfingers-crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/time%20line
Now I think you should stop going to book stores and asking them to visit you, they may find a new book which is missing at their book store 😅 you truly have an amazing collection 😊
I thought I had a bad clutter of books until I saw this video. My books are probably 5% of what you got lol!!! I’m 30 and I hope to have acquired as many books as you when I reach your age. But I hope I also will have the space to put them all on bookshelves.
Yes make sure to have bookshelves. I constantly dream of having big house with bookshelves in every room. I have this pain/longing for bookshelves. I constantly daydream of having a house where ALL our books are in bookshelves. What kind of books do you collect/like to read? peace
Jonny Keen I have a lot of history books. Most of them are on WW2 and the civil war. I got some Christian religious books and several bibles with different translations. I’m currently reading Starship Troopers. After that I want to read Master and Commander because I really like the movie. I’m also a big movie buff. And after that I want to read The Count of Montey Cristo. I also read graphic novels and manga.
I have to tell you I recently subscribed, and love listening to someone with similar interests. If you haven’t read it yet, The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas, you mentioned was the best book I read in 2017. I think you would love how it mixes science, religion, philosophy and great writing.
Wow this is the ultimate goal. Your library is so big. Have you thought of getting shelves running through the middle of the room? Your library looks more rectangular so it might work
I have over a couple thousand Puritan reprints. I think in the past I have filmed vides showing some of my Puritan works. I will think about showing some Puritan sets in a future video. Have any favorite Puritan? John Owen Collection video ua-cam.com/video/49LRThyO_vw/v-deo.html
I'm new to this channel. Just subscribed today, Great video, I have been book collecting for years, since I would say the 1950s as a young lad. Can I ask, how long have you been collecting? Also, how old are you? 😊👍
I will be 70 years old this month. In my videos I stated I first started collecting books because I was going to be a Gospel Minister-conservative Reformed Presbyterian theological tradition. Among Reformed Calvinistic ministers they tend to have large libraries-due to being highly educated and have to have a lot of books on many different subjects. I started used books around 2005 meaning non-Christian books. I did have some old Beat books like Ginsberg and Kerouac but not much else. When I left the work world in 2007 I had time to read outside the Christian world-mental energy etc. . . I started collecting writers from my Youth and then it branched out-I like biographies-history-Art-certain writers etc. . . I have over the years found many used books at thrift stores and at used book sales-I also have volunteered for many years at our local library used books store The Book Nook where I bought many used books over the years-Friends of the Library used books sales etc. . . Around where we live there are many places-thrift stores where on can find interesting used books. I also buy books from Amazon and book publishers. I have a very large Christian library because I read like a educated Presbyterian minister even though I never went into the gospel ministry-I should state I mainly read the Bible and Christian literature but collect books on all kinds of subjects-I have many interests outside the Bible. I am also a Book Lover-I love books-all kinds of books. I love to read. Thank you for the comment. peace crookedfingers.livejournal.com/2009/05/04/
@@saintonfire77 yes and I May say I like that very much and I wish u have found what u really like hope for more success for u and us and don't hesitate to share more ideas or books with us thank u very much sir
I have been collection books (Primarily used books) for 13 years. Before I started collecting used books I had a large Christian library. I was educated to be a gospel minister, but was never ordained but I still read and study like a Teaching Elder. peace
How many hours a day do I read? I tend write in my paper diary as I read throughout the day. I think maybe I read altogether each day maybe three to four hours a day. I read throughout the day till I go to bed around 11 o'clock PM. I do not do anything except read and write. I do talk to my wife and do other normal activities throughout the day. I am a hermit type. I have always been a loner. I collect old used books mostly found in thrift stores or used books sale. Thank you for the comment. blessings.
I am a book collector first and a Reader second. I am always reading. Do not know how many books I have read in my life time. Do you know how many books you have read in your life time. I am 66 years old presently.
If you don't mind what I want to know is have you ever counted how many books you have in your library? If so how many books you've got? And how long it took you to amass those tons of books?
+Nasha Naufal I have in our library around nine thousand books. We have been collecting books for 38 years. Do you collect books? Thank you for watching my video-peace
+Jonny Keen Oh wow that's a lot of books and a long time well spent devoted on collecting books! Yeah I started collecting books in 2013 and only has in my estimate roughly 300 books to date mostly on German military history of WWII as pure hobby and my private passion, till now I've began to venture into some varied topics into my collection such as U.S. foreign policy and goth horror bits of economics as well. I love watching what others are in to and what genres they collect I'd say you read so varied topics more than I but I've seen others on UA-cam that's seem weird to me but hey we all collect what appeals and interest us the most right as fellow bibliophile or a bookish person.
I've read and translate for her. Trying to get her to read English books. She says "Thank you, uncle." He could not believe seeing the number of books you have. Thanks! Take care.
I suppose in some parts of the world books are hard to come by. I am very thankful for books and being able to own them. I am also thankful I know how to read and have a brain that is functioning. I am richly blessed. I am also blessed in that I have gone to college for fours years and graduate school for three years. It is all amazing! But due to people having computers all over the world there are a lot of books online one can read.
That is such an amazing collection of literature. It would be such a treat to just spend a few hours -or days- looking at everything. Haha. Just curious, may I ask why you have an interest in LSD? Is it just a random interest, or is something based on your life? I hope the question isn't deemed as too nosy, but it came to me while I was watching. If it is invasive, then please don't take it the wrong way.
Very nice collection. Do you ever count, how many books you have? I once tried to count books on my own bookshelf, but I lost count of 400 and something after the book. 😁 I don’t try count again.. never.
I catalogue my books in LibraryThing. Right now I have around 12,000 books. I do not know how many books my wife has. We think we have altogether 15,000 books. LibraryThing Bookmountain www.librarything.com/profile/bookmountain
@@saintonfire77 The books, the beard . . . I showed your video to my children and they said, "Yep, that is you." I have quite the collection, but nothing compared to yours. But at the rate I am going I might catch up. Enjoyed your video. Please take what I said as a compliment.
@@mn7392 Oh see my old gray beard and our library. I am an old man and it took us many years to collect the used and new books seen in my videos. Also remember there is no end to collecting books. Thank you for the comments. peace
@@saintonfire77 I also have kept my notebooks and calendars for at least 20 years. Good to see a fellow lover of books. Hard to find those who share a deep love for print.
My diaries are the ramblings of an average Evangelical Christian wandering the Empire. I have written nothing worth publishing. I have instructed our children to burn all my diaries when the Lord calls me up yonder. peace
No I am a book collector. If you have been following my channel you will know we have been thinning out our libraries. I am narrowing down to books that I want to read the next 30 years. I am primarily a book collector but love to read constantly. Books lovers love books.
I basically buying used books to add to same writers. I have really cut done buying books since dehauling my library last Summer. I got rid of a couple thousand used books. I am still getting rid of used books. peace
This is who I want to be when I grow up
Impressive collection. Also, love the Radiohead poster in the back.
+IAmQuigg Years ago our two boys now married were into the music of Radiohead. One of our boys put up that Radionhead poster and I have never removed it-peace
Love the theology books 📚 I would love to build a collection of all the puritans and church history!
I love theology-living a godly life. My constant prayer is to have a living loving knowledge of theology like the Old Puritans. peace
I just discovered thrift books last year and now I have a little over a hundred books in my very small office/art studio. Most of them are very tattered and old shipped here in my country from the West. I can have 1-2 books for around 1 US dollar- a new book costs about 10 dollars here. Lots of these books have sweet notes dated 60's to the 90's and its cool reading them and imagine about the people who wrote them because I wasn't even born then and now I have these artifacts from decades ago in my hands on the other side of the world. I like your collection some of the books you showed I have them too like the Solzhenitsyn, its very rare to have books like those over here because bookstores usually sell mainstream stuffs. I'm trying to collect books so I can open a public library in my neighborhood- which is a slum area in a third world country- anyways your collection is cool! wish I could have as much as yours one day!
Here in America a new book can cost you from $30.00 and even more. I am blessed in being able to find used books in thrift stores. We also have a large public library we can get books from. Also from watching my videos I have mentioned that I volunteer at our local library used books store The Book Nook, where I have bought many used books over the years. I personally will buy any books in any shape as long as it is not underlined. I love old beat up books. The world is to me a slum and we need to pray for the Lord to bring in a New Creation. peace
Impressive book collection :) great place to chill!
Yes we do have a lot of books. At times I find all our books ball and chain that I have to drag with me everyone where I go. Thank you for stopping by.
Hello! I'm so happy to discover your channel through this video. And I'm more than happy to know you're still making book-videos up to now ❤️❤️
I try to make videos often, but sometimes time gets away from me. Thank you for watching my videos. Hope all is well there in Brazil. peace
I love your collection. I love the way you keep your books- about everywhere. That is how I too do keep my books, as I do not have enough shelf space.. I am a reader first, and collector incidentally as I love to keep the books I read. I have been reading and saving books for 60 years. We had difficulty in getting books here in India, but thanks to Amazon, now we get most books we look for. Availability of used hardcovers on line through Amazon is a real boon. Yet some books are not available, or affordable as yet. I have an aversion towards paperbacks, and since I only keep the books I read, I have 2000+ books now. To be with books is a great blessing.
What kind of books to you like to read? I dream all the time of having all our books on shelves/bookcases. I mainly buy used books found in thrift stores or at used book sales. I have been collecting books for 40 years. Where do you live in India? Thanks for stopping by.
@@saintonfire77 I started with literature- English and Indian Classics. In college, I majored in economics with history and political science. In those days (50s) our universities were quite good- they used to recommend a set of reference books,besides the textbooks. I used to read them all. This habit continued even after I left college. In the late 50s, British publishers came together and brought out excellent editions of standard classics on academic subjects under the label 'English Language Book Society". I had all their books. In the 60s, the US embassy here used PL480 rupee funds to bring out Indian editions of major American academic books at incredibly cheap prices. I had all the books available on the subjects of interest. Thus my reading and collection grew.
Indian universities used to follow a system of liberal education in which literature played a good part. So we had exposure to major English poets, Shakespeare and Victorian novelists, and other literary figures like essayists, critics. So I have a huge collection of these books. I usually like an annotated edition of poetry with introduction and other material. The Norton critical editions have served me well.
From conventional economics, I branched off into ecology following the Stockholm conference in 1972 and their book "Only One Earth" by Barbara Ward and Rene Dubois. Then came Schumacher , Steady State Economy, etc. There had been Rachel Carson and others. So I have a huge collection on these subjects.
I studied in Christian Colleges and had good Christian friends. So I had exposure to the Bible. I liked KJV., though I liked the translation of Rev.Knox. This led to study of comparative religion, though I do not like the way academics teach or treat the subject.
I have been interested in Greek philosophy and have read the whole of Plato and the old philosophers. I like their mythology, which have some common elements or themes with our own. I like the modern translations of Robin Waterfield. Naturally, I have read much of our own philosophy and religion.
I have had some exposure to science too. Here I am attracted to scientists with a mystical bend in their writing, like Fritjof Capra.
I was attracted to the old 'Mind and Matter Series' of Arrow Books, London, and later Bantam New Age Books. This exposed me to some modern writers like Jacob Needleman, Gregory Bates.
I was a student of Gandhian economics and its advocates like Richard B.Gregg. J.C.Kumarappa, etc.
On comparative mythology, we have the works of Joseph Campbell. This has its connection to Jung, which in turn leads to Erich Fromm and others.
The works of Will Durant and Arnold Toynbee and recently of Samuel Huntington throw interesting lights on world history.
American Constitutional history , especially its origin with the insight that men are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights is a source of great inspiration. Though this vital discovery is now downplayed by a distorted liberalism, the earlier historical accounts are so good. So I have quite a few volumes on American history.
I am not an admirer of much of modern literature. Among modern writers I only like a select few like Nevil Shute, A.J.Cronin, Helen MacInnes, Hammon Innes. I am a huge admirer of Louis L'Amour and have almost all his books, including his volume of poetry and autobiography. I have his entire collection of short stories in hardcover. I think he is hugely undervalued. He does not advocate or exalt or celebrate violence, and his nature descriptions are so detailed. Among recent American fiction, I only like To Kill a Mocking Bird. It has a certain civilising influence. I stopped reading fiction about 40 years ago as I found life to be more interesting than any fiction. A series like Chicken Soup For The Soul has so much interesting material drawn from real life.
Nature writing and animal stories interest me. We have remarkable writings by American authors. We have James Herriot, Gerald Durrell, Horse whisperers like Monty Roberts and Elephant Whisperers. I have a huge collection on animals and birds and flowers, Jim Corbett from the British India has contributed some remarkable chronicles, India's very own. The latest addition here is The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young. This is as remarkable as Born Free was fifty years ago.
Often I am attracted by the very format of some books, like Everyman's Library or the Library of America. For a foreign student, they are an invaluable source of refined reading. I have an aversion for paperbacks and like the delightful little volumes of P.G.Wodehouse in Everyman's. I have many of their classics.
I am a conservative by political persuasion and like the works of Roger Scruton, Gertrude Himmelfarb and other modern interpreters, besides that old idol, Edmund Burke.
But, poetry and philosophy occupy pride of place in my reading. Recent books like The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday, Classical Philosophy by Peter Adamson ( and its two companion volumes) are so delightful. Annotated anthologies of poetry interest me. James Kellogg's two volume on the Greek and Roman Search For Wisdom are very good. Being a student of economics, I cannot ignore a book like Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth. Thus my interest in reading continues, in a broad range of subjects.
Much of my time is also devoted to reading Sanskrit and Tamil works, mostly related to religion and philosophy.
Your collection is such a source of inspiration to me. I now live in Bengaluru.(Bangalore)
@@nanjappa42 That was a very long detailed answer to my question! Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
old diary entry History of Reading from my online diary Croookedfingers-
crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/history%20of%20reading
Impressive collection
I heard Kalamazoo! I used to live there! Great place!
No way! I have not been to Kalamazoo in years!
Omg I CAN'T ELUCIDATE MY EXCITEMENT WHEN I SAW YOUR BOOKSHELVES!! IF ONLY I HAVE MONEY I COULD HAVE BOUGHT BOOKS THAT MANY!! I'M A BOOKWORM TOOO ❤️
Yes I am a Book Worm. I have loved books since I was a boy. Books are to be treasured. Thank you for the comment. Where do you live in Brazil? Stay safe. peace
@@saintonfire77 hello, my surname is Brazil and I live in Philippines. Haha I have such trouble with that surname!
I can tell you truly love books! Thank you for sharing!
This is so cool!!! To have amassed this much knowledge by yourself in one lifetime is amazing!
The more you read you realize you know hardly anything. What is important is holy wisdom. Stay safe. peace
Amassed books does not necessarily mean amassed knowledge.
Thank you, great presentation, and enjoyable.
Thank you for your gracious words. peace
I am Dr.Sajeewan Hatangala,a university lecturer in Buddhism and founder of Hirusa childhood development center and library in Sri Lanka.I mostly appreciate your collection of books.Your presentation is also very nice.Thank you.
Thank you for your gracious words. peace
Geoff = 'Jeff' Ryman like Rye-man. :)
Nice books. You must have great thrift stores!
I do! there are nice thrift stores around here where one can find interesting used books. peace
I can identify. Nice group of books. My wife would say I was on those psychedelic drugs if I bought that many, but it is headed that way.
Try hiding them. I do.
I've had Savage Beauty on the shelf for awhile that I found at a local used bookshop. Been meaning to read it for a few years.
The Lower Level is even more packed with books 2020! It is out of control. Since this virus has caused thrift stores and libraries to shut down I have only bought a few books online. This last couple of months have caused me to question buying books all the time. What I wish I could is get rid of a couple thousand books. But at the same time I can't determine what to get rid of. Last year I donate boxes and boxes of used books to our local library Used Book store The Book Nook/got rid of everything I did not want or thought I would never get around to reading. So all that is left are the books I want to keep. Like you I mainly read nonfiction in all areas so what area do I want to get rid of is the problem. I love empty space though. I feel trapped when I see all our books down in the lower level! What I need is another house to store our books. Anyway beware of book collecting because there is no end! I should add my wife and I will soon be on a fixed income so that will cause us to slow down buying used books. I could never get rid of any of our Christian books/my Beat Collection/on and on it goes. Plain torture.
my LibraryThing site Bookmountain-
www.librarything.com/profile/bookmountain
amazing !!!! i love books ... i am starting up a lil library. ur inspirational. .
I also love books. Having a personal library is a blessing in this intellectually barren world. peace
Love your library. That's my dream of life :)
Me too! private libraries and public libraries are wonderful because they take you to dreamlands. peace
I would love to read The Memoir Of A Puritan Bum if you ever publish it. 😁👍🏻
I do not remember what I said in this video about my private memoir 'The Memoir Of A Puritan Bum'. When I left Calif. to go to Bible College I burned all my diaries and I wanted a record of all that I could remember from my birth up to when Carol and I got married May 1978. So over a period of Time I wrote down all that I could remember. Sad to write most of my early memories were few. My memory can recall mainly from the egg 13 years old till the Present Time 1/26/2021. It continue to amaze me what I can not remember. My mother was killed in a car wreck when I was 16 year old (long sad story). I can not recall for example my mother cooking a meal or giving me a hug. Complete blank. I never knew my birth father. My mother was divorced for the second time when she died at 36 years old. To make this short my Life is not interesting or has been profound. I am sought since becoming a Christian (Summer 1970) to live simple Christian existence/life in a world gone insane. So my private memoir will remain buried/a memories fade and in the end does it really matter. We are here for a moment and then we are gone. Thank you for stopping by. Here is an old diary entry from my online diary Crookedfingers-crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/mother%20was%20a%20party%20girl
Also this old online diary entry Time Line from Crookedfingers-crookedfingers.livejournal.com/tag/time%20line
@@saintonfire77 I will check out your online diaries. God bless!🙂
Now I think you should stop going to book stores and asking them to visit you, they may find a new book which is missing at their book store 😅 you truly have an amazing collection 😊
Yes books are amazing! I am thankful for old used books. peace
I thought I had a bad clutter of books until I saw this video. My books are probably 5% of what you got lol!!! I’m 30 and I hope to have acquired as many books as you when I reach your age. But I hope I also will have the space to put them all on bookshelves.
Yes make sure to have bookshelves. I constantly dream of having big house with bookshelves in every room. I have this pain/longing for bookshelves. I constantly daydream of having a house where ALL our books are in bookshelves. What kind of books do you collect/like to read? peace
Jonny Keen I have a lot of history books. Most of them are on WW2 and the civil war. I got some Christian religious books and several bibles with different translations. I’m currently reading Starship Troopers. After that I want to read Master and Commander because I really like the movie. I’m also a big movie buff. And after that I want to read The Count of Montey Cristo. I also read graphic novels and manga.
I have to tell you I recently subscribed, and love listening to someone with similar interests. If you haven’t read it yet, The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas, you mentioned was the best book I read in 2017. I think you would love how it mixes science, religion, philosophy and great writing.
I will check out the book 'The End of Mr. Y' by Scarlett Thomas. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow! I want to have a place like 1:38 :D So many books!
man you have so uplifting books :D
Wow this is the ultimate goal. Your library is so big. Have you thought of getting shelves running through the middle of the room? Your library looks more rectangular so it might work
Yes I have thought of shelves running down our lower level and plan to work on that in the near future. peace
I need books😭
Can you do a video showing us and going over all your Puritan and commentary books?
I have over a couple thousand Puritan reprints. I think in the past I have filmed vides showing some of my Puritan works. I will think about showing some Puritan sets in a future video. Have any favorite Puritan?
John Owen Collection video
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Love that okay computer poster.
The Radiohead poster was put up on the wall by one of our sons many years ago.
I'm new to this channel. Just subscribed today, Great video, I have been book collecting for years, since I would say the 1950s as a young lad. Can I ask, how long have you been collecting? Also, how old are you? 😊👍
I will be 70 years old this month. In my videos I stated I first started collecting books because I was going to be a Gospel Minister-conservative Reformed Presbyterian theological tradition. Among Reformed Calvinistic ministers they tend to have large libraries-due to being highly educated and have to have a lot of books on many different subjects. I started used books around 2005 meaning non-Christian books. I did have some old Beat books like Ginsberg and Kerouac but not much else. When I left the work world in 2007 I had time to read outside the Christian world-mental energy etc. . . I started collecting writers from my Youth and then it branched out-I like biographies-history-Art-certain writers etc. . . I have over the years found many used books at thrift stores and at used book sales-I also have volunteered for many years at our local library used books store The Book Nook where I bought many used books over the years-Friends of the Library used books sales etc. . . Around where we live there are many places-thrift stores where on can find interesting used books. I also buy books from Amazon and book publishers. I have a very large Christian library because I read like a educated Presbyterian minister even though I never went into the gospel ministry-I should state I mainly read the Bible and Christian literature but collect books on all kinds of subjects-I have many interests outside the Bible. I am also a Book Lover-I love books-all kinds of books. I love to read. Thank you for the comment. peace
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50 shades of grey lol
If I ever become a millionaire I’m going to publish those diary’s 😂
I think folks would be bored reading my diaries.
Impressive collection! By the way: What is the title of the song played in the background at the beginning of the video?
Idaho 'The Broadcast of Disease'
I would love to have a library like u
I am thankful that we have a library. What would the world be like without books?
@@BilaL-us2yv My life would also be very miserable with access to books. My world centers around books.
@@saintonfire77 yes and I May say I like that very much and I wish u have found what u really like hope for more success for u and us and don't hesitate to share more ideas or books with us thank u very much sir
That's remarkable, how long have you been collecting books?
I have been collection books (Primarily used books) for 13 years. Before I started collecting used books I had a large Christian library. I was educated to be a gospel minister, but was never ordained but I still read and study like a Teaching Elder. peace
How many hours a day do you read? Thats a library forreal... Thats impressive
How many hours a day do I read? I tend write in my paper diary as I read throughout the day. I think maybe I read altogether each day maybe three to four hours a day. I read throughout the day till I go to bed around 11 o'clock PM. I do not do anything except read and write. I do talk to my wife and do other normal activities throughout the day. I am a hermit type. I have always been a loner. I collect old used books mostly found in thrift stores or used books sale. Thank you for the comment. blessings.
Hello Jonny. How are you? How many books did you read in your library?
I am a book collector first and a Reader second. I am always reading. Do not know how many books I have read in my life time. Do you know how many books you have read in your life time. I am 66 years old presently.
If you don't mind what I want to know is have you ever counted how many books you have in your library? If so how many books you've got? And how long it took you to amass those tons of books?
+Nasha Naufal I have in our library around nine thousand books. We have been collecting books for 38 years. Do you collect books? Thank you for watching my video-peace
+Jonny Keen Oh wow that's a lot of books and a long time well spent devoted on collecting books! Yeah I started collecting books in 2013 and only has in my estimate roughly 300 books to date mostly on German military history of WWII as pure hobby and my private passion, till now I've began to venture into some varied topics into my collection such as U.S. foreign policy and goth horror bits of economics as well. I love watching what others are in to and what genres they collect I'd say you read so varied topics more than I but I've seen others on UA-cam that's seem weird to me but hey we all collect what appeals and interest us the most right as fellow bibliophile or a bookish person.
Hi, greetings from Sarawak. Good video. My 9-year-old daughter says that you look like Santa Claus. Would you like to give her some advice on reading?
My advice on reading is read. Sit down and think about what interests you and then locate a library or a bookstore and get some books.
I've read and translate for her. Trying to get her to read English books. She says "Thank you, uncle." He could not believe seeing the number of books you have. Thanks! Take care.
I suppose in some parts of the world books are hard to come by. I am very thankful for books and being able to own them. I am also thankful I know how to read and have a brain that is functioning. I am richly blessed. I am also blessed in that I have gone to college for fours years and graduate school for three years. It is all amazing! But due to people having computers all over the world there are a lot of books online one can read.
What is the effect of reading all these books????
What is the effect of reading all these books? For me reading books is a meaning way to kill time as I go through existence in this howling Wasteland.
That is such an amazing collection of literature. It would be such a treat to just spend a few hours -or days- looking at everything. Haha. Just curious, may I ask why you have an interest in LSD? Is it just a random interest, or is something based on your life? I hope the question isn't deemed as too nosy, but it came to me while I was watching. If it is invasive, then please don't take it the wrong way.
I have an interest in LSD because I am interested in different states of consciousness.
Pronounced, souls-zen- neets- zen
Very nice collection. Do you ever count, how many books you have? I once tried to count books on my own bookshelf, but I lost count of 400 and something after the book. 😁 I don’t try count again.. never.
I catalogue my books in LibraryThing. Right now I have around 12,000 books. I do not know how many books my wife has. We think we have altogether 15,000 books.
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where do you buy your books?
I buy most of my books from thrift stores like Salvation Army, Bibles For Mexico, and Goodwill. I buy our new books from Amazon.
the lower level, The Inner Sanctum.....
Can you do.......best books to read in fiction genre
There countless Fiction books/novels one could read. Check out novels by Saul Bellows or John Updike.
@@saintonfire77 Thank you sir
I am looking at my future.
What does your future look like?
@@saintonfire77 The books, the beard . . . I showed your video to my children and they said, "Yep, that is you." I have quite the collection, but nothing compared to yours. But at the rate I am going I might catch up. Enjoyed your video. Please take what I said as a compliment.
@@mn7392 Oh see my old gray beard and our library. I am an old man and it took us many years to collect the used and new books seen in my videos. Also remember there is no end to collecting books. Thank you for the comments. peace
@@saintonfire77 I also have kept my notebooks and calendars for at least 20 years. Good to see a fellow lover of books. Hard to find those who share a deep love for print.
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Who is Andro Guile? LOL
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Andre Gide
Funny
And what is a liberry?
Do you have any biographies on Leo Szilard?
No I do not have a biography on the life of Leo Szilard. I will check him out.
Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb by William Lanouette
I wonder if your memoirs are any good. You should publish them!
My diaries are the ramblings of an average Evangelical Christian wandering the Empire. I have written nothing worth publishing. I have instructed our children to burn all my diaries when the Lord calls me up yonder. peace
I really like you, I really wish to meet you oh I hope one day 😢😊😊🥺🥺🥺🥺
Maybe someday we will meet. Where do you live? What kind of books are you into? Have a good new week. Stay safe. peace
Sir have you read all the books there ?
No I am a book collector. If you have been following my channel you will know we have been thinning out our libraries. I am narrowing down to books that I want to read the next 30 years. I am primarily a book collector but love to read constantly. Books lovers love books.
Why do I see alot the older books first edition books covered in grean alot ?
Do not know why First Edition books are covered in green. peace
You are buying too many books. You need to slow down.
I basically buying used books to add to same writers. I have really cut done buying books since dehauling my library last Summer. I got rid of a couple thousand used books. I am still getting rid of used books. peace
So sieht es aus, wenn man sinnlos Bücher anhäuft, ohne jede Struktur ohne jede inhaltliche Relevanz.