How do you feel about your bookshelves? Anything you want to work on? Any interesting stats?

@laurenschenck5355

Жыл бұрын

I feel great about my bookshelves and I always clean them every few weeks and I am trying not to buy to many books as my goals ❤ only buy new books once a month or something

@gabrielag.2030

Жыл бұрын

after this video I'm planning to check how many books I owe vs. read but I'll wait till after Christmas cause it may be messy 🤣

@leticiatoraci9855

Жыл бұрын

I have a lot of unread nonfiction. The fiction is not so much the problem. Even though I want to focus on unhauling fiction books I didn't like.

@denlillefinefisk

Жыл бұрын

Currently, my books are on the floor (just moved), and as I unpacked them, I did notice that many of them are non-fiction, which I like collection, but not reading, apparently. So, my goal is to participate in the "read it or unhaul it" challenge next year. 😅 I read mostly sff and the odd romance, but I do love me a good niche non-fic, so it should be fun. 😊

@xmilax96

Жыл бұрын

I'm working on the books i've had on my bookshelves for years thanks to you! Just now i was reading the first chapters of 6 books to decide which one i'm reading next

My new year's resolution is really go easy on library and read the books I bought. We'll see how it works out.

@Marie45610

Жыл бұрын

I need to do that as well. More than 90% of the books I read in a year I read through my library. I keep not reading the books I have on my shelf, some of them I've had for 3-4 years, and still haven't read. 😬

@Nixx0912

Жыл бұрын

@@Marie45610 youp same

In early 2020 when the pandemic started I counted my unread books for something to do. Ended up with 562 unread vs 200 read so just about what you have. I decided to try and read them and I’m down to 52 today. Some I read, some I read and listened to the audio from Libby, and some I DNFed because they didn’t work for me. I was ruthless because I also wanted to keep reading new releases and my TBR was stressing me out. I’m hoping to keep my TBR to 30ish. I think if it doesn’t stress you out having unread books is great (especially when there’s an unexpected pandemic and you’re trapped inside 😂) but if you decide to tackle the pile I can tell you it’s doable 👍. You got this!

I love book stats! I owns approximately 687 books (I’m sure there are more hiding somewhere lol). Out of those 121 of them are unread the rest I have read. The genre I own and have the highest percentage read is Fantasy with historical fiction coming in second. I primarily read from my shelves so I’m really happy with it. ♥️

@mintyxx1

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Congratulations! I wish my unread numbers were that "low." I keep getting distracted by Kindle Unlimited books. Haha

@jenniferpeterson530

Жыл бұрын

@@mintyxx1 Thanks! It’s taken me 2 years to get it down to that. A couple years ago I had 400+ unread and I found it overwhelming lol. I do still get quite a few books from the library and KU probably 25% of my reading lol.

I own almost 2,200 books at this point. I really should do an unhaul, probably. But seeing books all around me makes me happy!

@blancajrodriguez

Жыл бұрын

Girrlllll, same!!! I love seeing my books on the shelve! It brings happiness to my life!

My yearly fee for access to a larger library will always be one of my best purchases. I've saved hundreds of dollars on buying books that I didn't enjoy, so that I could curate my physical library to be filled with books that I found I loved

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

100%! Paying the fee gives me access to a lot more books (and 20 more spots on the waiting list!) so it's absolutely worth it!

This is making me feel much better about the accumulation of books that is happening in my bedroom. I have enough books to spend all of 2023 reading. But maybe that’s not so bad it seems! You’re representing book goals here.

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

Some people feel overwhelmed with piles of unread books but for others (me included!) it just makes us happy :D

I’m relatively new to your channel and I really enjoy your videos. I’m looking forward to watching what you do in 2023! ❤

I hope to use the library more in 2023!

Those fairy lights are the cutest

Love the background✨ and thank you for your videos you are the reason I started reading again

You've helped me learn to unhaul books I didn't particularly like or want to re-read. So, you've helped my house not become a disaster area and I'm grateful for that.

I love a book stats video😊. I definitely own more read books than unread since I usually read books from the library first then buy them if I really like them, so I'm probably around 90% read, 10% unread. I do want to work on actually reading that 10%, since I tend to prioritize the library books (since they have due dates) and never get around to the unread books I own😅. I highly recommend both Ancillary Justice and Ninefox Gambit, which I spotted you had unread. Those series are two of my all-time favorites.

I get rid of books I didn't enjoy or wouldn't reread. I give them away to family and friends, donate them, or put them in little free libraries. I currently have a very small library because a few years ago I moved to work overseas. As I settle back down (in Canada), I know my library will grow again, but all the books I love I always put in storage back home in Ontario :) I have less than 100 books in total. I mostly own literary fiction but also have a lot of plays and short story collections. My brother-in-law works for Chapters Indigo, so it's always tough to control my book buying. But most often I use my library (which is connected to Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga & Ottawa's libraries), get books from little free libraries, or buy them from thrift stores/secondhand.

Do you have little libraries in your neighborhood? There’s quite a few in mine. People build a little library on a post in their front yard and swap books through them. If you have a front yard, I think you should put one up. 😉

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My nerdy heart really loved this! :D I don't own a lot of physical books as I mainly read on kindle/audio. But I have slowly started buying the books I've loved to build a library that reflects me just like you :) I also own a ton of art books, which were the only books I bought for a long time. I couldn't justify buying books I already had digitally lol. My kindle has over 500 books now. Then I discovered booktube and the old desire to own many books came back. I blame you, you were my first booktube channel 😂

This was so interesting! I really need to go through my tbr shelves and organize them better because I'm loving these stats!

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

Having to move them all made me realize I have quite a few "forgotten books" I need to get to :/

My favorite shirt says "It's not hoarding if it's books" 😂

Love this set up and the video! I own about 80 books and have read 70 of them. I actually don't like owning unread books, because I tend to just use my library I totally agree with booktubers needing to use their libraries more. I also have gotten into scifi because of you. Haven't found that many I have loved, but trying next year to find more favorites

Oh man. Those BookTube YA book outlet buys! I took all of those KZread-inspired YA books and brought them to a local Girl Scout troop. I know myself, I know I’ve outgrown that genre & unless it’s something I’m super excited about, I won’t reach for those over other books. The girls loved it! I’m not really acquiring books any more. I needed the shelf space for my daughter’s growing library, so I donated almost everything & now I mostly use Libby, and occasionally buy a book I’ve read that I rated 5 stars!

Ohhh I’m really looking forward to the physical tbr challenge!

Next to your Bookshelves video, this is my fave video of the year. This was so interesting to listen to.

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear it!

love the way it looks , really pretty x

I was about to post and ask about the video of SciFi for beginners, but you read my mind. Thank you!

You did amazing beautiful job organizing ur bookshelves Emily! 🎄💚❤️❤️💚🎄🎄📙📙📚📚📖📖❤️❤️🎅🏻🎅🏻🎄💚❤️💚🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❤️💚🎅🏻📖📖📖📖📙❤️❤️🎄🎅🏻🎅🏻🎄💚❤️❤️💚🎄📚📖📖📙📙❤️💚

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I have a little over 700 with about the same ratio read. But I also enjoy all genre of books

I have a lot fewer books than you but probably a similar ratio of unread to read. I also plan to get rid of any I don't like and buy library finds that are new favorites! I love the idea of my bookshelves reflecting my specific taste.

I am also going to try to read through my physical tbr in 2023!! I don't have that many books since I tend to read books digitally or through my libraries, but I still have quite a few physical books I need to read. I find that I tend to prioritize library books since the loans are temporary and then forget about the books I actually own lol

I am a library?! I love it. I have well over 1500 books. Classics are my worst read, but that's just because I have like every classic and they take awhile to get through. With the exception of classics, I get rid of books I have no intention of re-reading even if I enjoyed them.

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

Classics are definitely slower!

Great video. I used to have a lot of books but I moved apartments a few times and decluttered a lot. I now have one bookshelf and I still try to frequently declutter before I run out of space. I could get a second bookshelf but I think if my one bookshelf is not enough than I have too many books, when the majority I won't read again even if I really loved them. I also got a kindle to try and save space, and I have bought less physical books. The problem is that I have even more unread books on my kindle than on my physical bookshelf because of deals, and because they don't take up space, it's easy to accumulate them. After decluttering, I have about 60 unread kindle books and 20 physical books and it really stresses me out.

I think watching you sort and expand your library is helping inspire me to finally tackle mine. I only buy books my library doesn't have, and fortunately have free access to two different library consortiums (so, like 20-30 libraries), and even more for audio and ebooks - so it's mostly books not in English and books from independent publishers - which is helpful in keeping the sheer number down, but I've also been reading over 100 books a year for the past 5 years, so it's still crept up quite a bit! I think I'd also like to have my shelves reflect my tastes more, and even buy some favorites I'd read as library books, but also get rid of the stacks around everywhere... I also need to purge even more kids' books and craft supplies from the bookshelves, since there are no more kids here! I have a super-hard time getting rid of books.

@BookswithEmilyFox

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I definitely try to do the same... sometimes I'm impatient though and buy them because of the 6 months wait lol I found it hard at first but now I see it as more free space for other books XD

This year for 22,I am in a huge major reading slump because my new year resolution for 2022 was not to buy any books. I’m currently sitting at 1330 books and almost 200 books on audible. 23 is almost here.

Hey! There’s a new SA Cosby book coming out next year and I know you really enjoyed Razorblade Tears. Great video as always!

@BookswithEmilyFox

Жыл бұрын

The book I had just finished was Blacktop Wasteland by him!

I‘ve also turned around my read books. Even though I love my bookshelves, when I‘m stressed it‘s too much visual clutter sometimes and turning them around helped with that. I also hope that it will stop me from buying more books, because it helps visualize the unread books I have on my shelves.

Wow, I love this video. The dedication to do all this work/math 😅

I DIDN'T SEE THE NOTIFICATION omg, but it feels like I'm opening a surprise gift now.. So I'm not complaining

I don’t know why but hearing about book stats is sooo satisfying 😌😌

I have three goals for reading this year: 52books (avg. 1/week is manageable), I am finally going to finish Lord of the Rings (& tack on the Silmerillian if I have time), and out of 24 gifted-to-me unread books I would like to read 12. I also have 2 “read it or unhaul it”s. I have 52 physical TBRs total but the gifted ones are this year’s priority. My friends and I also spontaneously started a book club of 2 books per month to get some of our other TBRs done (will all be library or digital, no more bringing books in lol)

For thrillers that are so much better than Goodread's Choice nominees, I highly recommend Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton and Mrs. March by Virginia Feito. I feel like you would enjoy these because I feel like they have a similar vibe to Razorblade Tears, which I know you've mentioned a lot!

I love the statistics videos! so interesting

Ahhh, happy found this video! Just yesterday I was worried about my book shopping habits,. Keep buying although at home I hve enough books to read for next year^^. I m from Indonesia, so I hve books from local authors and some international authors too. I counted 19 local books and 23 import best seller books new and not read yet. The feeling of hving more than enough books next year to read is so peaceful .

Loved this!! I personally own somewhere between 1000 and 1100 books, and obviously absolutely love it haha. It's 6 billy bookshelves stuffed to the brim, with various other little stacks throughout my tiny studio appartment (don't ask how it fits, and yes, moving is an absolute nightmare). I have read about 50% and I'm quite happy with that, though I would like it to be more like 60% read. But tbh I buy too many books for that to ever happen and quite frankly I'm fine with that hahaha. Genre wise, I would say we're quite similar except I have more literary fiction and I own more non-fiction, but we do read on the exact same non-fiction subjects haha.

I really enjoyed this video! I honestly want to do the same, own the books that I've rated 5⭐️...because I feel like my current look does not reflect my taste. I TRULY have loved Libby! Never knew what it was until I came back to the States. It is a life saver for sure! My current most read genre has been YA, only because of the amount of series I began and finished this year. My second is Fiction. I have to do year calculations, but just quickly glancing, it is accurate. I've mainly read ebooks this year, so I just started buying books again. I mainly owned informational books, like astrology, herbology, and magic. I do have some unread books, but not many. Doable to read next year for sure! ✨️🖤📚 I love your library btw!

Fun fact I started good reads in 2016 and I’ve read 662 books, I was nicely surprised how close I am to your read books 😊

I think mystery/horror/thriller is your highest bc you combined three genres into one 😂😂 The Long Walk I read bc of you and it’s the only Stephen king I’ve read, I loved it 🤗 (except the last two pages) tried reading Cujo but was bored to tears

I counted 76 unread owned physical books on my shelf. I’m committing to buying MUCH less, and reading my TBR!!!

I use the Book Catalogue App to keep track of my books, mainly to try not to buy duplicate books. It will convert to excel spreadsheet. Very useful.

Oooo! Really late to this game, but guessing. 😂 1) 49% read books 2) Fantasy/Sci Fi (If they're separate, Fantasy) 3) Mystery/Thriller YES! Put books on the taxes! Made me laugh. So satisfying.

i'm the same as you about using the library a lot so i don't own as many as i probably could. if i love what i've borrowed, i almost always want a copy for my shelf tho! according to the app i use, i have 380 books on my main shelves (and that's not even counting the ones i have in boxes for donation!), and i've read 65% of them. my most shelved genre is horror with fantasy being a close second. :) also, you did a fantastic job with your library and shelves! it's so beautiful + has me lusting after my very own home library. lol

I've been keeping track of my bookcases for 7 years now, and I find that I'm still learning about myself as a reader. For instance, I read and KEEP only about 1/3 of the books I buy. A third! With that realization, I instituted a system where I try to read it on Kindle Unlimited or borrow from my library first (as much as possible). I'll only "blindly" buy a book if it's free (gift card or store credit) or if it's a special edition (which I can make my money back in resale). This will help slow down the book count. I do allow myself to buy books that I've approved (ebooks/library books) or are continuations of a series. But even then... I try to limit myself to doing that only when I can get them heavily discounted or free. With that said, I own 623 books in physical form (that aren't reference books, religion/mythology books, or classic literature). I refer to it as my "general reading" versus "reference". Of my 623 general reading books, I still need to read 436 of them. I do feel alright with my numbers though, because in October and November I unhauled around 100 books from my physical collection and then removed about 150 books from my TBR lists for KU and the library. As you can tell, I'm a big numbers gal, so I LOVE when Booktubers do this! Thank you for the video

I unhaul a few every so often so I don't have to get another shelf, but I can't seem to make big unhauls. I try to make goals to where I might be able to unhaul a lot more but I kind of fail at that.😁

1. %35 percent read 2. Sci-fi for most own 3. Non-fiction for most unread I constantly unhaul books and I try to keep my collection confined to two billy bookshelves because my apartment is small. My dream is to have a big library though!

Yay book stats! Guesses: 1. 45% 2. Sci-fi (just coz master works and thinner books than fantasy) 3. Hmm fantasy? Mostly coz of the YA ones. This is difficult

I love my physical books. I have about the same amount as you do I think. And I haven't counted my read v unread, but I imagine it is somewhat similar. I should really do that! If I read a book and I don't love it and I either don't feel like it represents me or will be reread, I will unhaul it. I have a stack of about 75 books at the moment ready to go out the door! I need to, cause I am running out of space!

I prefer new books! I love the smell of new books and the smooth clean pages 😅

My personal library has about 50% read. I always unhaul 1 and 2 stars 3 stars I keep depending on if I think there is something I would recommend to someone else or it’s a classic etc. The only time I keep buts I dislike is if they are part of a set.

Glad I got 2 out of 3 right but Sci Fi and Non Fiction were pretty safe guesses 😂

Hi Emily! I love your videos. I don’t own a lot of books any more. I keep my all time favorites (maybe out of print) and that’s about 10. I keep what I call “reference” books (devotionals, poetry, etc) and that totals about 20-25. And then there’s my physical unread: maybe 30-40. I buy used. But mainly I use the Library, Scribd and Kindle. Mostly I listen to audio. I’d be interested in your non-physical stats for this year.

@BookswithEmilyFox

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I'm curious too because I have not been very diligent and I'll have to enter them all in my excel sheet before I post my video in January haha

I had to click because of the beautiful lights in the background! ❤️📚

@BookswithEmilyFox

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cozy vibes :D

I definitely have more read than unread books on my shelves, simply because I rarely buy books I haven't read. That had changed, however, this year. You inspired me to read non-fiction and now I'm a bit obsessed and my country's bookstores have such interesting books to choose from. Anyway, my book-buying got a little out of hand (more books bought this year than the previous 5 years) so that even my reader friend is concerned for my wallet

@BookswithEmilyFox

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Definitely check out your library if you can! I'm planning a video in January mentioning a bunch of non fiction I'm hoping to read and a lot of them I found by looking at what audiobooks my library had in their non fiction section!

I do not own many books (maybe 3/4 of or a full billy bookshelf) as I live in a very small studio but I read most of my books from my library! I also tend to buy used books and give them to friends/people from my master as we don’t have a lot of money as students lmao

I have around 250 books. I do unhaul a lot, specially with books I don't like/ DNF or isn't going to read again. I have right now 20 unread books. In 2022 I read 16 of my own books of the 47 books I read so far.

I started collecting books during the major lockdowns in 2020. Went from 1 bookshelf to 5 in under 2 years. I'm honestly shocked that I've read 30% already (though a number of them were from re-buying books I loved as a child)

I have a couple shelves on Goodreads that I use to track some of this, although I haven't truly updated it since I moved this past summer. But at last count, I have 445 physical books and I've read 64% of them. HOWEVER, this doesn't include duplicate or special edition copies, some books from childhood, or the majority of school textbooks I've hung onto, so I would actually predict I own closer to 500 books and maybe read/studied closer to 70%. I'm sure fantasy is the biggest genre, but I really want to figure out the difference between my YA and adult books (since I've hung on to so much). I actually have a big organization project in January, and I'm hoping to do a big overhaul of my books (in terms of tracking and unhauling).

Happy Sunday Emily hope you have a great day xoxo 😚 ❤️💚🎄❤️📙📙📙❤️🎄📚📚💚🎄❤️📙📙📖📙❤️🎄🎄❤️💚📚🎄🎄❤️📖📖📙❤️❤️🎄💚❤️💚💚📚📚📚💚🎄❤️📙📖📙❤️🎄💚💚📚📚❤️❤️

I recently went through my books and discovered I’ve only read about 30%. I think this is due to me previously buying a lot of physical copies and switching to audio once I became a mother. So I pick up whatever is interesting/available on Libby! You seem to read more of your physical books than I do, so I’ll guess 1. 43% 2. Sci-Fi 3. Historical Fiction / Nonfiction

I have around 280 unread books. Not sure how many of them are physical books but probably less than 100. I've been reading a lot more ebooks in recent years because they're much cheaper than physical books when they're on sale (I usually only buy them when they cost up to $2). Trying to buy less books in general though and focus on my unread books but I've also been thinking about getting a library card and reading more from there to save money and space. 😂 I have to check how many books I own in different genres. As for my bookshelves I've started reorganizing them and created a little reading nook. Going to continue working on those a bit more.

I get rid of books! I don’t have a lot of space haha so if it wasn’t an all time favorite I pass it on. And I mean of all time, I get rid of 5 stars too if I don’t think I’ll re-read them (I RARELY re-read anything). That being said, I have more unread books on my shelves too which I don’t mind, but I definitely want to get some read and moved out so there’s space for new books!

My predictions: 1. 35% read books total (this is loosely based on the fact my bookshelves are my TBR hahaha. LOOL if I’m way off 😅😂) 2. Sci-fi, the most physical books owned (I was back and forth w/ fantasy here. But I think that SF Masterworks collection gives you more sci-fi books) 3. Fantasy, highest genre of unread books (they’re so big and take a while to finish!)

I used to have hundreds and hundreds of physical books. I don't know the exact number but it is close to what you have (maybe a bit less)... then I moved across the country and didn't think to protect my books. They got infected with booklice. I tried everything to save them but in the end I ended up getting rid of more than half my collection, then vacuum sealing the rest and put them in storage. Now I have about 7 physical books. I get all my books through my kobo/kindle now. I only have 300. I'm trying to get as many of my books back as possible digitally. Gotta say, the whole thing was a nightmare and broke my heart. My book collection was my pride and joy.

I have read all but one of the books I have brought into my apartment, I went hardcore minimalist in 2015 and am still minimal-sh. I utilize my library a lot and have only in the past year and a half or so started acquiring my favorites in physical form.

@BookswithEmilyFox

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That's impressive!

@roserobb

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@@BookswithEmilyFox When you realize I only own about 30 books, it's not haha

I hope ob expanding my selves next year. And do a good declutter. I have many books in boxes in the basement due to lack of space and many not listed on Goodreads. Because there I have about 400 unread books but I’m pretty sure I don’t own some of them anymore. And also read many that aren’t on that list. It does also include picture books and things like that. Basically everything book shaped 😂 But also most books I read this and last year were ebooks or ebooks from the library 😅

I think I want my read books to be 70%, it’s around 50% right now but I only own around 200 books. I like having a few choices that I haven’t read yet 😊

oooh this is fun. i think you have read 40% of the books you have. i believe the genre you own most is horror/ thriller and lastly the highest 5 of unread genre is SFF

My worst genre is definitely fantasy because they're ALWAYS part of a series and I just don't like committing to being in the mood for 4 books in the same world

OMG I now feel better hahaha ;D ...To be honest I own 850-ish books which around 30% of them are read (I'm surprised I thought that the % were less, now I'm so proud of myself), and since two years ago (2020) I stopped about getting worried or anxious about my physical not read tbr because lets be honest, it will never end (there's a lot of books!!) and with the pandemic I had time to read a ton. Now my NYE resolution is to be more critical with the new releases because OMG I've been very disappointed specially with Good Reads and ther'e not cheap!! and after read them I ended up giving them to someone else or just donating to libraries (which I don't mind but I expect to like them right?). My worst genre is definitely classics I own 130 and read only 40 so I have to do something about it, but the editions are so pretty that it's difficult for me to get ride of them but I need to declutter them. Anyway thank you for this amazing video It's a great idea to realize how many do we like, and to see how our reader tastes evolve :).

My guess : 1- 50/50 // 2-Fantasy // 3-Non-Fiction ... In the recent years, I've been moving quite often because of my studies, so I stopped buying physical books. I only own some special editions that were gifted to me. Otherwise, I became an ebook hoarder 😅

I have 102 unread books. Now you inspired me to count my books owned that I have read...

Without counting the totes full of books in storage in my parents' basement and the books piled to donate I counted 924. So I definitely have a library. The majority is definitely unread. I'm also working on buying copies of the books I got from the library for my own shelves.

534 😯😯😯? Emilyyyyy ahaha this is so much! 😂I feel bad with my 40 something unread books. 😅😅 Of course it's just funny, tell me if you ever need someone to raid your shelves, i could add to my unread piles without any shame now LOL

@BookswithEmilyFox

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I get to pretend it's all "for work" XD

très bonne vidéo comme toujours, j'adore les stats 😅 je commente jamais mais je regarde toute tes videos et à chaque fois que je cherche des nouveaux livres à livre je cherche dans tes ancienne vidéos puisque j'ai l'impression qu'on a un peu les mêmes goût même si je l'avoue la fantasy me fait un peu peur 😬

@BookswithEmilyFox

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Je dois faire une video ou je recommende des livres fantasy... j'ai toujours tendance a vouloir attendre d'en avoir lu plus lol

I think I need to do what you did. I own around 700 books. But I haven't broken down what I've read in percentages. Recently the books I've read has been fantasy. I may try this, thank you for doing this.

I don't know how much I own but I expect it to be something like 400 books. I have approximately 100 unread give or take (aka most of one Brusali bookcase from Ikea) and that's a happy number for me. So long as all my unread books fit on one bookcase, I consider it manageable. I would like to read some of my older unread books next year though, since I'm much better at reading the new ones coming in.

I also unhaul books after I read them if I think I won't read them again. So I mostly only keep 5-star reads. This means my bookshelves are filled with mostly unread. I also read a lot from the library and I like the idea of going back and purchasing 5-star reads that I originally borrowed -- because my bookshelves don't currently reflect my taste -- they reflect the books I'm interested to read.

I know I have about 460 unread books but I’m like you and read from the local library more than from my own collection. That being said, I don’t get rid of any really, I did a few years back before I acquired my current stash, but I haven’t really bought any new ones recently because I have so many to read. Hopefully next year I will read my own stash.

@BookswithEmilyFox

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Maybe you can try your own version of read it or unhaul it!

It's been a while since I've counted, but I think I have maybe around 200 physical books. (no idea how many on my kindle) And I think I've read just under half of them. If I kept all the books I've read I would have closer to 400 but I frequently unhaul as well if I don't plan on re-reading or if I didn't like it.

To answer your questions, I'm guessing : 1. 40% 2. Fantasy 3. Fantasy After the answers: I didn't guess too badly. I don't wanna talk about Classics... I have a whole list I'm dedicating 2 months to (to finally read all the classics I've ever been interested in) and it's not going well at all (lots of DNFs). I don't own a lot of books at all, just purely because I moved countries and my visa still isn't stable and I refuse to settle down properly (i.e build my library) until I have a perminant visa, so most of my read books from the decade are ebooks from the library. I own maybe 80 books max (most are still at my parents' house) with maybe 60% of them read? I buy like 5 new books every two years when I fly back home (an english speaking country with english bookstores).

I usually get the pocket editions you have to wait a bit but most things will eventually get a pocket edition in France. The differences in prices are quite high, for the premiere edition in big format you get price range between 21 to almost 30€, the pocket edition go from 7€ up to 13€ for the really long ones. We also have the exchange places where you can leave your read books and take some in exchange. For the English ones I usually go for ebooks, easier access and for Polish ones I have monthly abonament on some applications, also easier and quicker acces. I try to support the temathic and independent libraries here. I love the ones runed by people who have acctual passion, and we have book shops only consacreted to selling "imaginaire" in all it forms. There are also ones for crime novels onyly.

@BookswithEmilyFox

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I want to preorder the prequel for "the priory of the orange tree" (a day of fallen night?) but it's like 42$ for the hardcover here... I prefer paperbacks too so I might wait because that's so expensive :/

@Nixx0912

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@@BookswithEmilyFox wow 42$ and I was complaining about 2nd part of Cixin Liu's short story collection for 26€.

@Nixx0912

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@@BookswithEmilyFox and pocket edition also feet in moste of my bags, very important thing 🤣

I almost exclusively read ebooks, most of which are from the library, then I buy books that I love and want to own. So I'd guess that I've read like, 70% of the books I own!

I think the whole of booktube and all subscribers need to go on a #backlistreadathon in 2023. Katie from Books & Things ran a backlist readathon 2/3? years ago.

I own a lot fantasy books amd I dont mind it but I do need to read more owned books. And read the books I buy

Ooooh ok this is what I think if I compare it to my own bookshelves 😂: 1 % of read books: 40%. 2 genre: sf. 3 genre of unread books: fantasy. I do own a lot of unread books, mine is about 30% read 😅

In an ideal world, what would be your dream percentage of "read" on your shelves? Just curious! (I do think 33% is fine, lots of potential on the shelves!) I find this a super interesting thing to figure out! I haven't tried it with my shelves. Really interesting video! =)

1. 42% 2. Adult Fantasy 3. YA is my predictions :)

My guesess: 1. 30% read/70% unread 2. Fantasy 3. Sci-fi

I literally neglected my ebook tbr which is split between three reading apps. While, my physical tbr is at 80books unread from my personal Library. Next year, I am prioritizing my digital ebook tbr more than my physical tbr.

My guesses 1. 60%, 2. Sci-fi/Fantasy, 3. Contemporary/Literary Lit

I own 496 books, I've read 222 (45%) but I unhaul a lot of books if I don't absolutely love them. I'm a librarian and I usually read 80% of my books from my library :) but I will buy a book if I really love it.

I unhaul books I don't like to didn't finish. Also some books I did finish but don't want to keep. I have a unread shelf on my bookshelves.