Describe your book collection

[carmilina]

my books...


mostly nursing books, fiction,non-fiction, romance, self help, inspirational,series etc, as in super dami, half of my space sa room (which i share with my aunt) kalahati nun libro, I invest in books, andami ko hardbound, pero madami din un softbound

linda howard,stephenie meyer,mina esguerra,martha c,sandra brown,virginia henley,etc. andami ko libro...andami ko aayusin pa!

needed ko na din talaga i catalogue sya/.hehhhe

[Myealexis21]

Physical Books - as posted previously wala akong masyadong books, I think I have around 40 back home sa Pinas. But not sure if ok pa ang condition nila. Been moving a lot kase before.  Most of them are Psychology Textbooks, and a few Fiction books that was given to me or bought from Booksale.

the ones with me now ay less than 20 siguro:

YA Books (5-6)
Self Help Books / Inspirational (5)
Cook books (2)
Fiction (6)

Ebooks - I think I have more than 500 in my kindle.

1. most of them are YA haha! Addict na talaga ako sa YA ngayon.
2. Chic Lit
3. Fiction - Medicine-Related-Thriller (Ala Robin Cook); Romance-Thriller (Mary Higgins Clark); Courtroom Drama-Thriller (John Grisham) - These books I've read when I was in Highschool and College. I want to reread some of them but I don't have the time kase ang daming YA books na gusto kong basahin

[ladychris17]

I own less than a hundred at this moment. I do borrow books, and I also lend (a.k.a. Give away na never to return ) and Officially give them away too, sometimes. Haha

I have lost my interest in novels throughout my college years and am just slowly regaining my interest, thankfully. My taste has also totally changed. Well not totally but I'm more picky now as my selections widen and as I slowly run out of time.

I used to devour Coelho books like he would never write again, but now I didn't even know he had a new book released. Used to grimace at the sight of Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie, but have now found the courage to dibe into their complexities. They do take longer to read and absorb though. I also used to prefer Meg Cabot over someone like R.R. Tolkien before, but I am ashamed to admit this now.
Now, mostly, philosophy books got the best of me.

Sinusubukan ko bumalik sa novels to relax, though. Gusto ko mag venture more into sci-fi and fantasy ngayon.

[killbill]

Puro self help, inspirational at new age

[candy_tone]

i have more than 100 books kulang pa sa bookshelf ko if you look around my room you will see that there are lots of books everywhere some of them are covered in plastic. Once i read them  i sell my books at a cheaper price at  ebay.ph. Currently nasa 100+ book titles pa yung stock ko....
Author include:


AHERN CECILIA - IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW

AHERN CECILIA - LOVE ROSIE -

ALLEDE ISABEL - PORTRAIT IN SEPIA (HB)

ANONYMOUS - THE BOOK WITH NO NAME -

BANK MELISSA _ GIRLS GUIDE TO HUNTING & FISHING

BRASHARES ANN- THIRD SUMMER OF THE SISTERHOOD


ECO UMBERTO- THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE

ESQUIVEL LAURA- LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

FIELDING HELEN - OLIVIA JOULES

GAIMAN NEIL - STARDUST -

GIFFIN EMILY - SOMETHING BORROWED

GREEN JANE - DUNA ROAD (HB)

GREEN JANE - MR. MAYBE

GREEN JANE - THE LOVE VERB, SPELLBOUND, SECOND CHANCE LOT OF 3 BOOKS

GREGORY PHILIPPA - FALLEN SKIES-

GREGORY PHILIPPA - THE WHITE QUEEN (HB) -

GREGORY PHILIPPA - VIRGIN EARTH (HB) -

GREGORY PHILIPPA - THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE (HB)

GREGORY PHILIPPA - THE OTHER QUEEN (HB)

GUHRKE LAURA LEE - THE WICKED WAYS OF A DUKE

HADDON MARK - CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN NIGHT TIME -

HADDON MARK - A SPOT OF BOTHTER (HB)

HORNBY NICK - ABOUT A BOY -

KEYES MARIAN - THIS CHARMING MAN (HB) -

KIDD SUE MONK - THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES -

KINSELLA SOPHIE- CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET

KINSELLA SOPHIE - CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC -

KINSELLA SOPHIE - REMEMBER ME -

KINSELLA SOPHIE - SHOPAHOLIC & BABY (HB)

KINSELLA SOPHIE - TWENTIES GIRL -

KINSELLA SOPHIE - THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS

KLEYPAS LISA - BLUE EYED DEVIL (HB) -

KLEYPAS LISA- SUGAR DADDY -

KOSTOVA ELIZABETH - THE SWAN THIEVES -

LAURENS STEPHANIE - THE ELUSIVE BRIDE -

LAURENS STEPHANIE - THE BRAZEN BRIDE

MARR MELISSA - INK EXCHANGE (HB) -

MAYES FRANCES - UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN -

MCLAUGHLIN EMILY & NICOLA KRAUS - NANNY DIARIES (HB)

MCLAUGHLIN EMILY & NICOLA KRAUS - THE NANNY RETURNS (HB)

NASH SOPHIA - SECRETS OF A SCANDALOUS BRIDE

NAYLOR CLARE& MIMI HARE - THE SECOND ASSISTANT (HB)

NIFFENEGER AUDREY- HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY

P.C CAST + KRISTIN CAST - CHOSEN -

P.C CAST + KRISTIN CAST - MARKED -

P.C CAST + KRISTIN CAST - HUNTED -

PICOULT JODI - THE PACT -

POWELL JULIE - JULIE & JULIA -

RALEIGH DEBORAH - SOME LIKE IT SINFUL -

SCHREIBER ELLEN - LOVE BITES VAMPIRE KISSES NOVEL

SCHREIBER ELLEN - ROYAL BLOOD VAMPIRE KISSES NOVEL -

SEBOLD ALICE - THE LOVELY BONES, LUCKY ALMOST MOON - LOT OF 3 BOOKS
STROUD JONATHAN - HEROES OF THE VALLEY (HB) -

WEBB, SARAH- IT HAD TO BE YOU -

WEISBERGER LAUREN - CHASING HARRY WINSTON -

WHAT TO EAT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING - EISENBERG, MURKOFF & HATHAWAY -

[Prunella]

I have close to a thousand. I bought 4 (6 ft) tall book shelves. Most of them fiction and history books.

[MaitaOfMakeupOnDemand]

My book collection is full of  Health and Wellness, Recipe Books, Business Books, Fiction -- but more non fiction than fiction now. It used to be the other way around

[sexyladyyy]

Guys, question lang, what type of books do you mostly have? The real paperback/ hardbound books? Ebook? Audiobook? I looove the real book, i want to cover, smell the pages and put book plates in it.... I just dont think i cant do the ebook thingie......  Im beginning to worry about My shelves, should i start doing the ebook?

[lavieenrose]

Used to read a lot of fiction when I was younger, so most of my physical books are of that genre. In my mid-twenties I bought more of travel & food literature. My bookshelf is mostly for display now.

This might sound terribly corny, but finally purchasing an ebook reader changed my life haha, so much that I have separation anxiety with it even if I'll be away for a couple of hours.
I have close to 600 lovingly curated books in my e-library, no random stuff or trashy romances. I have been more interested in non-fiction as I grew older, specifically travel narratives, cookbooks (even if I don't really cook ), food memoirs and food literature. I trawl the net for all the food-related books that I can find, Ruth Reichl, Grant Achatz, Jeffrey Steingarten, Molly Wizenberg, Jay Rayner, Bourdain, and the like. I hope someone else out there is like me, looking for a kindred spirit.

[iwannabeasupermodel]

i wont include my academic books (puh-lease, i deal with them, awfully heavy things that they are, everyday for 2 semesters a year) 

basically my collection si only female-friendly dahil puro chick lits. hahaha. though i do have bdb, etc i still consider them romance kasi romance naman talaga, i mean the romance in it is what attracted me to those books. hahaha.

i also have neil gaiman of course, and hps, but those kinds of books are a minority. i really want something totally different from my academic books. i'd say my most treasured one is the compilation of arthur conan doyle's sherlock holmes, i have it in ebook though. the first time i read those books (bantam ed) eh highschool pa then after graduating i asked my sister to borrow them again when i was in college. i never get tired of reading sherlock holme's adventures.

[Prunella]

Guys, question lang, what type of books do you mostly have? The real paperback/ hardbound books? Ebook? Audiobook? I looove the real book, i want to cover, smell the pages and put book plates in it.... I just dont think i cant do the ebook thingie......  Im beginning to worry about My shelves, should i start doing the ebook?

Depends on your preferences, sis.

I have close to a thousand paperback + hardbound books. I don't usually count ebooks kasi I still prefer going oldschool.

[iwannabeasupermodel]

Guys, question lang, what type of books do you mostly have? The real paperback/ hardbound books? Ebook? Audiobook? I looove the real book, i want to cover, smell the pages and put book plates in it.... I just dont think i cant do the ebook thingie......  Im beginning to worry about My shelves, should i start doing the ebook?

ebook readers opened up my access to a lot of ebooks since everything has a free ebook copy if you'll have the patience and dedication to look for them  most of my books are ebooks. and a point against the real deal is that usually they get molds/anay if they got stuck too long and then you wouldn't to touch them ever again. my encyclopedias as a child were pretty much devoured by those pest and and i could barely stand one of my favourite books of childhood (almanac of the uncanny) kasi inanay na siya 

Depends on your preferences, sis.

I have close to a thousand paperback + hardbound books. I don't usually count ebooks kasi I still prefer going oldschool.

wow sis, you should have an opac or something. dami mo books. you got them all with you in your house? it's like book-gasm pala sa library niyo. all of them fiction/leisure reading or may mga acads din?

[Prunella]

^ Yes, sis. Bookshelves, mini shelves everywhere: dining room, home office, home studio, guest bedroom. Mostly fiction. I do have several ancient civilization textbooks for consumption when I'm bored or feeling extra geeky. My school books I left in the Philippines.

[Heatherette]

Books (paperbacks, hardbound, etc...) - 700+

Law school books - 50+ ata

Audiobooks - 51

Ebooks - di ko alam pero 1.86GB lahat eh

If I have a choice, books pa rin ang gusto ko pero kasi wala na talagang space sa room ko. Nakalagay na nga yung iba sa closet ko haha Kaya eto, I resort to ebooks.

[iwannabeasupermodel]

^^wow ang saya-saya pala sa bahay niyo. i want to have a house with a lot of shelves filled with books too! it says a lot about the owner of the house

anyway, pagdating pala sa mga academic books bumibili talaga ako kasi iba pa rin ang totoong libro. at least yun man lang gusto ko idisplay pag nakatapos na ako tapos makikita ng mga anak ko mga medbooks ko. hahaha.

[CebuGem]

I have less than 80 books on hand. I currently live overseas so i try to limit my purchases.
Most of my books are fiction and not hardbound.
Since leaving teen years, I'm not into love stories but i have the whole Twilight series -- not a proud moment there.

[BlueAlmond]

Used to read a lot of fiction when I was younger, so most of my physical books are of that genre. In my mid-twenties I bought more of travel & food literature. My bookshelf is mostly for display now.

This might sound terribly corny, but finally purchasing an ebook reader changed my life haha, so much that I have separation anxiety with it even if I'll be away for a couple of hours.
I have close to 600 lovingly curated books in my e-library, no random stuff or trashy romances. I have been more interested in non-fiction as I grew older, specifically travel narratives, cookbooks (even if I don't really cook ), food memoirs and food literature. I trawl the net for all the food-related books that I can find, Ruth Reichl, Grant Achatz, Jeffrey Steingarten, Molly Wizenberg, Jay Rayner, Bourdain, and the like. I hope someone else out there is like me, looking for a kindred spirit.

Grabe sis! Di ba bumabagal yung ebook reader mo? Do you use Kindle?

[lavieenrose]

^ I use an ipad (ibooks) Hindi naman bumabagal, except if I just added books via Calibre, nagre-reload yata sya ng entire library kaya I have to wait a few seconds. It's up to 700+ books now I love that I can read magazines and other pdf-format books as well.

[BlueAlmond]

^ Pwede pala masync Calibre with your iPad? Nice. Sana pwede rin sa tablet ko

[TysLolakins]

all fiction.
-sci-fi adventures (mostly about outer space)
-robots
-light humor set in africa
-most (if not all) of agatha christie (miss marple and hercule poirot)
-early people of earth 
-conspiracy theory