tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post255185024637221717..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: My Future in a Shelf of BooksDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-35175328348894754732014-04-06T18:13:29.080-04:002014-04-06T18:13:29.080-04:00My thought was the same as Rebekka's. Right no...My thought was the same as Rebekka's. Right now I average a handful of books a month. But before children I might read several in a week. I suppose I'm banking on a time when the kids have grown up and moved out when I will once again have leisure to sit and read. <br /><br />Though if I look at my dad enjoying his retirement... he seems to fall asleep over his books an awful lot.<br /><br />And yes, many of the books I own I hope to bequeath to my children so that they too may enjoy them. Divided up among five kids, it doesn't seem like I own quite so many books now. <br /><br />And yet... Amy Welborn wrote something similar as she was having to deal with the death of her husband, who was a book collector, and that of her father and the disposal of his estate. I don't like to think of these books as being a burden instead of a treasure, but I suppose that is a possibility. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-73949370403527572262014-03-14T23:06:39.855-04:002014-03-14T23:06:39.855-04:00O tempora, o mores! I used to read five or six boo...O tempora, o mores! I used to read five or six books a day. Kindle has helped me up my speed a bit again, but an adult with responsibilities can't read as much as a kid incarcerated in school.<br /><br />Oh, and <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4482730" rel="nofollow">here's a book Darwin might like!</a> Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-91532538625303391142014-03-14T15:53:55.851-04:002014-03-14T15:53:55.851-04:00Maybe I'm not being ironic enough, but I think...Maybe I'm not being ironic enough, but I think these calculations overlook the fact that people may read more/less at different times of their lives. Right now I have a 3mo and a 2,5yo, and it feels like I will never read anything not on an illuminated screen, or with more words than pictures, ever again. At this rate I have maybe three books left in me. But I really hope that's not the case. Rebekkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-88345303539731367272014-03-14T12:23:45.252-04:002014-03-14T12:23:45.252-04:00I stopped counting my books back when I had only 7...I stopped counting my books back when I had only 7,000. Although I got rid of some after my husband died, I doubt if I've dipped below that number. He went through a period of wanting to get rid of books because he realized that he'd never be able to read them all. I persuaded him not to because I was four years younger and had not yet begun to feel my mortality.<br /><br />Now I do. But instead of feeling like I should get rid of my books, I wonder if I should perhaps limit myself to reading only books I already own. At other times I just tell myself that building a library is like planting an olive tree. Those who come after you can enjoy its fruit.Catholic Bibliophagisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697706672495544901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-46048896914261891952014-03-14T12:21:50.513-04:002014-03-14T12:21:50.513-04:00This was a most unpleasant way to encounter "...This was a most unpleasant way to encounter "memento mori" this morning.bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.com