Do I have a problem ?

[rareboy]

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Dean Koontz?

Yes, I'd say so.

 

[Latimer]

Marie, you should have said, "Ideally, keep FEWER than 30 books." No doubt you learned the correct use of FEWER and LESS when you were in school in Japan. Please don't follow the atrocious grammar often used by native speakers and repeated daily on television, radio and online here in the US.

 

[rareboy]

The irony is, of course, that since having 2 children, Marie Kondo admitted that she has given up her de-cluttered philosophy.

 

[me203]

Interesting piece on downsizing book collections:

On the Difficulty of Getting Rid of Books

The time had come again. The little white bookshelf in the dining room, two shelves, three feet wide, was full. Overly full. The books were stacked in columns, bottom edges rather than spines show…

lithub.com

 

[EJMichaels]

We (two of us) probably have about 120-130 linear feet of filled shelves, plus numerous boxes in storage. We're slowly chipping away at it, taking a bag to the library once in a while. One library has both a giveway shelf and sales to support the library. Then there's the hundreds on the Kindle. A few favs on both Kindle and the bookshelf. There are a lot of reference books in the mix.

 

[EJMichaels]

A few...

 

[Alistair]

I have a JUB member’s book they wrote on my bookshelf.

 

[rareboy]

As soon as my great nephews are old enough, I am handing over the collections of special books to them and their parents.

And whatever they don't want, we will start to sell on-line to collectors and to give all the others away to whoever in the family expresses interest.

 

[EJMichaels]

The doll is a certain singer with the initials JB. Found him at the thrift store, actually 2 of him -- imagine the possibilities!

 

[metta]

BOOKS

Los Angeles
Queer Men’s Wine & Dine Book Club https://bookclubs.com/join-a-book-club/club/31487

Find a book club event at Bookclubs. | Bookclubs

Upcoming events at bookclubs, the community for book lovers. Attend an online event or join a book club.

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Palm Springs
Outbook Club, selections highlight a mix of new LGBTQ releases and influential classics.
www.psculturalcenter.org/outbook-club
Shakespeare Reading Club of America Desert Chapter (760) 324-0348

San Diego
Uptown San Diego/Hillcrest Queer Book Club https://www.meetup.com/hillcrest-based-queer-book-club/

San Francisco
East Bay Queer Book Club www.meetup.com/East-Bay-Queer-Book-Club
Queer Theory Book Group www.meetup.com/queertheorybookgroup

 

[Thad1527]

I really should move to Hillcrest. My first reaction on being there was, "Where has this been all my life?!"

 

[Alistair]

"He buys three other books too, because he wants the bookshop still to be there when he comes back next week."-
Richard Osman, 'The Man Who Died Twice'.

Hey, so now I have a good excuse.

 

[rareboy]

Reading Osman right now.

 

[Alistair]

 

[Peloso]

 

[Alistair]

 

[Alistair]

I’m not even going to say how many books I’ve bought since I started this thread

 

[Alistair]

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Koontz. that name always tickles me, it sounds like a dirty slang term:
Met this guy off Grindr, koontzed him real good.
Eat my koontz.
Bruh, you're acting like a huge koontz right now.