Wednesday, September 21, 2022
My Book Collection
In many cases, when you think of a book collection you envision shelves of hardback, pristine book covers that contain all of the classics. That is not what you should be envisioning when I talk about my book collection.
My book collection consists of books that I have read (sometimes more than once) and 98% of them are fiction. That doesn’t mean I am not interested in non-fiction books, but when I read, I usually want something that doesn’t require much thought. I read for the enjoyment of reading and there is a list of authors that I am partial to and their novels run the gamut of thrillers, suspense, mystery and novels that take place during historical events. I especially enjoy books that have WWII as the background of the story.
At last count, I have just under 1100 books, (23% in hardback) and as you might expect I have them in a database. I have catalogued them for two reasons. One is to tell me how much money I have spent on the collection (way too much) and the other is to make sure that I don’t buy a book that I already possess. Since the database is online, I use my smart phone to search the database by author or title and I can see at a glance if the book I’m thinking of buying is already in my collection. Go ahead… call me cooky, weird and other names. Sticks and stones etc. I have been called worse and none of it bothers me. For those of you that are interested, here is a list of my favorite authors.
- W.E.B. Griffin
- Robert Ludlum
- David Baldacci
- Tom Clancy
- Wilbur Smith
- Daniel Silva
- John Sandford
- Harlan Coben
- Elizabeth George
- Jonathan Kellerman
- Jeffrey Archer
- Ken Follett
If you are a reader, some of these names may be familiar and as you can tell, they are some of the older novelists. Reading for me is a relaxing past time and I always look forward to starting a good book.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 - 12:07:57
A very interesting read! A subject very close to my heart… as you probably well know already.
I enjoy a good mystery story, too. Like you, I do have an odd attraction to stories written with WWI or WWI as a backdrop. Not too long ago I finished reading “Eye of the Needle”, which was included in a volume of one of my dad’s Reader’s Digest. I enjoyed it very much. I also enjoy the 80s cold war thrillers, too; so Tom Clancy would be on my list of authors, along with Ken Follett.
Our collection of books are probably about half the size of yours, and they’re very well “loved”. If a book comes into our house, it’s going to get read! :)