Your pride of reading?

[Deniseburdette1994]

I take pride in having more books then shelves lol...after all if i have space for 1 book on a shelf i buy 4 because i know there will b times when either i cant find something to read or have no money to buy a book with and need to read...yes i said need i feel naked if im not reading or carring a book around lol.

[Jojowrites4All]

Five bookshelves over a big house any day. #Books 4 Life

[SparklingOne]

I could live in a tiny house as long as my kindle was there.

[TrishaAnn92]

Can we pick both? I would need a big house to hold my growing collection.

[Eponine]

Definitely bookshelves!

[Richard Falken]

I would take the bookshelves if my current house wasn't already full of them. I am planning to expand the house in order to have room for more stuff...

These sort of things don't make me proud, to be honest.

[rachel_bruhn]

I'm not really sure that one would ever have to choose. Even if I added up all the money I spend on books each year, I still couldn't afford to buy a bigger house. Our house is the perfect size for our family and our budget. I wouldn't buy a bigger house just so I had a big house to show off to people. I don't need anything bigger than what I have right now. Therefore, I will spend my hard-earned money on things that I enjoy...like books....which need bookshelves to go on.

[DATo]

I was raised by a father, who had certainly seen his share of hard knocks in life, to believe that security trumps entertainment. In other words paying the heating bill is more important than buying a new video game. At the top of his list of security priorities was owning one's own home so that no one could evict you if times got hard and you were unable to pay the rent. Today we seem to take for granted that everything will turn out for the best because most of us have not experienced the extremities of want or privation.

I have personal knowledge of a man who, though normally frugal and resourceful, was led to ruin by a spouse who's mantra was "Tomorrow will take care of itself." They indulged in purchasing high dollar items which they didn't even need at the expense of putting away money in the event that any emergency were to surface. Then the 2008 economic debacle occurred and he was out of work. They lost the house, the marriage deteriorated, they divorced and he remained out of work (existing on word-of-mouth handyman jobs) for the next five years while living with his parents.

So to answer the question, and I mean no disrespect to anyone who has answered differently: I certainly don't need a "BIG" house but in my mind it is a no-brainer. Though I love my library (3000+ books) the security of owning my own home FAR surpasses the value I hold for my books. Minus the home I would look pretty silly sitting under a highway overpass as a homeless person surrounded by 3000 books.

[Gravy]

I was raised by a father, who had certainly seen his share of hard knocks in life, to believe that security trumps entertainment. In other words paying the heating bill is more important than buying a new video game. At the top of his list of security priorities was owning one's own home so that no one could evict you if times got hard and you were unable to pay the rent. Today we seem to take for granted that everything will turn out for the best because most of us have not experienced the extremities of want or privation.

I have personal knowledge of a man who, though normally frugal Andrew resourceful, was led to ruin by a spouse who's mantra was "Tomorrow will take care of itself." They indulged in purchasing high dollar items which they didn't even need at the expense of putting away money in the event that any emergency were to surface. Then the 2008 economic debacle occurred and he was out of work. They lost the house, the marriage deteriorated, they divorced and he remained out of work (existing on word-of-mouth handyman jobs) for the next five years while living with his parents.

So to answer the question, and I mean no disrespect to anyone who has answered differently: I certainly don't need a "BIG" house but in my mind it is a no-brainer. Though I love my library (3000+ books) the security of owning my own home FAR surpasses the value I hold for my books. Minus the home I would look pretty silly sitting under a highway overpass as a homeless person surrounded by 3000 books.

[gali]

I was raised by a father, who had certainly seen his share of hard knocks in life, to believe that security trumps entertainment. In other words paying the heating bill is more important than buying a new video game. At the top of his list of security priorities was owning one's own home so that no one could evict you if times got hard and you were unable to pay the rent. Today we seem to take for granted that everything will turn out for the best because most of us have not experienced the extremities of want or privation.

I have personal knowledge of a man who, though normally frugal and resourceful, was led to ruin by a spouse who's mantra was "Tomorrow will take care of itself." They indulged in purchasing high dollar items which they didn't even need at the expense of putting away money in the event that any emergency were to surface. Then the 2008 economic debacle occurred and he was out of work. They lost the house, the marriage deteriorated, they divorced and he remained out of work (existing on word-of-mouth handyman jobs) for the next five years while living with his parents.

So to answer the question, and I mean no disrespect to anyone who has answered differently: I certainly don't need a "BIG" house but in my mind it is a no-brainer. Though I love my library (3000+ books) the security of owning my own home FAR surpasses the value I hold for my books. Minus the home I would look pretty silly sitting under a highway overpass as a homeless person surrounded by 3000 books.

[rachel_bruhn]

So to answer the question, and I mean no disrespect to anyone who has answered differently: I certainly don't need a "BIG" house but in my mind it is a no-brainer. Though I love my library (3000+ books) the security of owning my own home FAR surpasses the value I hold for my books. Minus the home I would look pretty silly sitting under a highway overpass as a homeless person surrounded by 3000 books.

I mean with 3000+ books you could just build a house out of books right? :-p

In all seriousness, having a roof over my head trumps buying a "new" book, as do other life necessities. We could tighten our "play" money and buy a bigger house if we wanted too, but as I mentioned before: my house is the perfect size for my family and our budget. It allows us the space we need and still gives us extra money to spend on entertainment, while still putting money away into savings and retirement accounts. I would rather have a small house with all my books than a large house with none or no house an nothing but books.

[Jenzizcool]

Well as much as I would love a big house (to fill with books of course!) I would have to say the 5 bookshelves! Filled with great authors and thrilling books.

[smittycaitlin]

I would take the bookshelves. I actually enjoy sitting in a tiny room surrounded by books. It helps me focus and gives me motivation to succeed.

[adria_charles]

I would take more pride in owning 5 bookshelves of books, which I do, than owning a big house.

1. Books are more educational than a big house
2. 5 bookshelves are easier to clean than a big house
3. I've never wanted to own a big house
4. A big house can get boring where as books never do
5. Think of all the money I could have spent on books instead of on a mortgage of a big house!

[SparklingOne]

Would choose books over a McMansion any day. I am quite the book buyer, but if I'm going to feel proud, it would be for the amount of them I've read over the personal reading goal I set for myself each year. Merely having the books isn't enough for me.