Tag: The Book Collection

I wasn't actually tagged to do this but thegirlandherbooks recommended anyone doing it so I thought, "Why not!" The tag was created by booksforeverafter.

1. How many books do you own?
After counting the books visible on my shelves I got 262... but that does not include the numerous storage boxes and other crafty places I have squirreled books away in... to be on the safe side I'd double that number for 524.

2. How long has it taken to accumulate your collection?
Since I first started buying Baby-Sitter Club books for 50 cents in the bargain basement of my library. So about nine years.

3. How often do you buy books?
Whenever I see fit. I'm trying to be good right now and skip buying brand new, but get me near a thrift store and I'm bound to come out with a title or two.

4. What is the first book you remember buying?
Bookfairs in elementary school are great memories for me, I specifically remember getting Peter and the Star Catchers, I was so excited about it. And then I never read it. I was more in it for boasting the page count to friends at the time.

5. How do you arrange your books?
On my main bookcase I have series together, two shelves of classics, young adult pretty much on one shelf, hard cover fiction on another, big non-fiction/coffee table type books on the bottom with text books.. and then I have a bookshelf for just paperback fiction. ( Under my bed has become a mess of books as well and are not organized what so ever.)

6. What was the last book you purchased?
I just got The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling in the mail from Abebooks.com (Which by the way is my favorite online bookseller outside Amazon- ALWAYS check with them, same price or better than Amazon in a lot of cases)

5. What is the longest book you own?
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo with 1,462 pages

7. What is the shortest book you own?
Great American Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe with 79 pages.