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Published: 2015-08-09 09:13:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1358; Favourites: 118; Downloads: 14
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95% non-fictionIt's kinda embarrassing I know...
But those are the books I bought and still need to read... unfortunately this huge pile doesn't stop me from buying new ones...
I just love books
Often I stumble across topics I'm interested in, and then I buy books about it... I prefer having a book in my hand over researching in the internet ANY TIME. Even though books are quite costly (I bought books about medical science and history for about 50 bucks), and the internet is free. I just can't help it
Makes me think I'm like one of these women who obsessively buy shoes even though they can never wear them all, just that my shoes are... books. Oh well. I guess I have OCD.
I haven't counted them by the way, that would probably be... discouraging
You could count the books yourself I guess if you'd wanted to know the number 
They are from all kinds of branches, like history (post-war, Egyptian culture, medieval times, Japan), medical science, quantum physics (one of my favourite subjects), buddhism, philosophy, sociocultural/political (I guess Howard Zinns "a people's history of the United States" belongs here rather than into the history branch), and so on.
There's too much stuff on this world that interests me
When I know what I want I always order from Amazon. But about once a year I walk into a bookstore (there's a nice three-story one in a city nearby), and walk out of it with at least 10 books because I want to KNOW... well what do I want to know? A lot I guess. I don't wanna die dumb and ignorant
I would like to read some more fictional literature, too, but I just can't get into contemporary authors. After "The Vintner's Luck" by Elizabeth Knox and "As Meat Loves Salt" by Maria McCann, every other stories and characters seem so... trivial
Those two books had a very deep emotional impact on me and I can't find other stories that would touch me as much, which often leaves me empty and disappointed with most contemporary literature. ...
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I know the feeling. I've been getting books from Amazon, a local book store, and from the thrift store I've been working at for at least four years. Lately I've been adding a medium of five books to my pile every week, but I'm a slow reader; I read when I'm either on break at work, in the bathroom, or waiting for a pizza I ordered. I have a eight shelves and my pile getting so overflowing, I might get storage unit to hold the books I'm haven't read yet.
I've been getting books about history (I have yet read this one book about an American military project to train soldiers to fight on camel back), politics and government, religion (I've' never been very religious, but I've been curious and Harold Kushner has wrote some things that made me ponder and plan to find the time to read the Bible, Koran, and Bhagavad Gita), self-help (much of what Robert Greene has written has been the slap-in-the-face I needed), some thought provoking subjects on sins and ghosts by Corey Taylor of Stone Sour and Slipknot, cooking (I recently got this one book that has multiple recipes that all require package ramen), some that make me giggle (by chance or the random grace of God, I got one by one of my favorite comedians, Jeff Dunham), some books by Dr. Phil (. . . . . . Yes, I watch Dr. Phil and I will kill anyone who questions his work ), and I've getting interested in some mystery and suspense. For fictional literature, I would highly recommend the series that me, my dad, and my uncle are hooked on; the 'Ranger's Apprentice', by John Flanagan.
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I think my pile would beat yours by a long shot...
I have...I think 90+ books to read. XD
The Vintner's Luck is SO GOOD!!
Elizabeth Knox made a second part to this book called The Angel's Time.
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We need to get crackin' I beat myself about several games these past 4 months & I will get to the rest of my collection this year I swear!
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I wish you the best of luck! As for me, it may take years because I have a job that sucks 35 hours of my gaming time per week!
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Dang, I just have college to deal with.
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I have this same problem. Trust me, there's no help for us. But at least we're not alone, right? :3
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I love books as well!
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I need to do this so I can get a grip on which ones I actually still want to read & which ones I can bear to part with. My collection has gotten a little out of hand...
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Talk about biting off more than you can chew.
On the bright side, you'll always have a book to read if the mood strikes you.
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same here. gotten soooo much worse with the acquisition of a kindle reader. 😅😅
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I bought a kindle when it was new and was dissatisfied with the battery life, also you weren't able to highlight text, which I do a lot, especially with non-fiction books.
But my kindle paperwhite is supposed to arrive today, which I will mainly use for fiction. And you can highlight text now!!
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that is really weird. i am using the official kindle app, but on a crApple iPad, and I have always been able to highlight text o.0 (ipad 2)
however, the crApple gets too hot, making me hot, so I was thinking of breaking down and getting an official reader. If you think of it, please let me know how you like the paperwhite 
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50 books?! Wowza, well happy reading.
(Only fifty? To my book lover in me that is not a lot. But it is a lot since I can't find anything to read 
Also Three story book stores exist?! I need to find this!
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Whyyyyy didn't you rotate these stacks just 90° anticlockwise??? I can't even read the top covers!
Which reminds me, I have literal bookshelves of tomes I still have to read.
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Lol i have an 18 book series in my work space still haven't finished it in the 8yrs I've had it
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I have a pile need to read books too.
It's a smaller pile, but if I don't stop buying books it'll catch up haha
THERE'S A THREE STORY BOOKSTORE????????????
We don't have anything like that where I'm from (TT^TT)
I'm so envious!
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I am the opposite when it comes to reading; I can't focus on non-fiction most of the time because it's too real. We already live in this world and somehow reading of things that take place/have taken place/actually exist here doesn't hold my attention the same way a well crafted fiction about fantastic things that don't/can't exist in our world does.
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Maybe I don't feel the need to read that much fiction because I spend most of my time daydreaming, even on the job
I constantly make up scenes in my fictional worlds and interact with the characters (sometimes as myself, a form of alter ego or someone completely different), so my need for fantasy is well satisfied
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I'm one of those that, since I was quite young, injected myself into the fantasy worlds created by others. Sometimes I would be my true self, other times an idealized version or even just certain aspects thereof; fiction has been my life's blood for longer than I can remember.
Truth be told, I should probably make a greater effort to read non-fiction to fill in the gaps of my real world knowledge that causes me to stumble when trying to craft my own stories...but I my attention span always peters out before I absorb anything. ~sigh~
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hahaha same with me, except I buy new books anyway
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I am kinda the reverse. I have so many books that I want to read (currently around 200 on my Goodreads shelf) but that I haven't yet gotten around to buying and reading yet. Once I've got the books I get through them in a week, two tops, and spend another month before buying another two or three, while finding about 10 or 20 new books.
The world of literature is too large and yet we book-worms, of whatever genre or themes, wish to devour all of our chosen areas. Good luck to your endeavours of learning
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I know that feeling. I made the mistake of starting "Les Miserables" at the end of last summer, was too busy for it all school year, and now I'm still not even halfway done. The other books on my reading list have been kept waiting for over a year.
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I don't like pirating, I want to support the authors.
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lol i'm not talking about pirating. i meant i don't read any books at all
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Same here... For the last 5 years I bought 3x more books than I am able to read... And I still can't resist to not by more...
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Well...you are doing better than I. I have a total of 646 novels, guides, graphic novels of which I have only read 411...leaving 235...and I keep adding to the list! I'm like you - I found a book shop that offers discount and I was hooked! I might not get to them straight away but it is nice to know that on a rainy day I have options.
I count 50 in your picture so if that's all you have to read...compared to my outstanding number you're doing very well!
There is no substitute for a real book.
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Have you read the Inheritance Circle?
I just have to recommend it
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No... is it fiction or non-fiction? *googles*
Edit: Oh, Eragon... I know it's a popular piece of fantasy, but I explained why I rarely read contemporary literature in the description ^^
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I just went to my local book store and got $50 worth of Japanese comics, American comics and a copy of A Game of Thrones, I am so going to be sure to read all of my books, in order
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Electronic media is great, but not a true substitute for a book. I have my great grandfather's "The Calculus," and it with the dog-eared pages, underlined parts and slips of paper tucked in make a priceless window into his mind... HOW he thought. Just amazing.
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My (physical) yet-to-be-read books would probably stack up to this degree, too!
And I have sooo many non-fiction books waiting for me to get to them, as well...
I just love learning new things. ^^
And then I have like 1,000 e-books on my Kindle on top of that... XP
I recognise myself in what you're saying - this need to just know things, about
dozens or hundreds or thousands of subjects... And having a book to hold is much
more satisfactory than scrolling in a browser! My dream is to have my own in-home
library in the future... X3
One can never get too much knowledge. ^^
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i wish i was like you, to have a passion for useful stuff.....
i only know fiction....... whut is life?
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Reminds me a lot of my own stack of to-be-read books! I think I'm a bookoholic...I can't stop buying new ones even though I haven't read the ones I just bought!
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