The first thing that came to mind when considering what I may have more than a hundred of in my house right now is books.
Even sitting here in my living room are well over a hundred books, some on bookshelves and some in cupboards. Big books, small books, old books, new books, hard-backs, paper-backs, fiction, non-fiction, serious books and funny books.
There are recipe books, psychology books, self-help books, yoga books, colouring-in books, blank books for writing in, filled-up notebooks, philosophy books, books about crochet and drawing and calligraphy.
In the loft there are also three boxes of my most precious paperback novels moved from London to Inverness a year ago and still to be unpacked – I did well only taking three, by donating the rest of my collection to charity.
Virtual volumes of anything are great in their place, but I also like the old-fashioned reality of touching books, the smell of them, curling up on the sofa with them and the sound of manually turning their pages one by one.
Books have been a constant in my life since childhood, first reading with mum then by myself. Between the pages of books I’ve discovered a wonderful world of imagination, a font of knowledge, a portable personal place of learning and of leisure… ❤
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I recently came across a book of childhood books in the loft. When we move (hopefully soon) I’ll be finding shelf space for them.
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My childhood books are still at my parents’ house – read by my generation, my children’s generation, and now my grandchildren’s generation 🙂
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I once thought that I could happily spend all day in a bookshop. Then 10 years ago we had a weekend in Hay-on-Wye and I realised I was wrong 🙂
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I love this and sometimes regret giving mine away except for the handful of super sentimental books
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Books have a way of making a space feel fulfilled. They almost surely will be as valuable as gold at some point in the future. Philosophy books have a special place in our hearts.
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