Though I have never thought of myself as a book collector, there are shelves in our house browsed so often, on so many rainy winter nights, that the contents have seeped into me as if by osmosis.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Digital texts are all well and good, but books on shelves are a presence in your life. As such, they become a part of your day-to-day existence, reminding you, chastising you, calling to you. Plus, book collecting is, hands down, the greatest pastime in the world.
I collect books - a lot of books.
I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
I do like having books on my shelves. I do value that life.
I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.
I am a big book collector. I love books.
I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all the books I haven't read yet.
I don't collect books just because other people collect them, and I'm not going to have books in my collection if I think it's badly written.