As the daughter of a librarian and history buffs, I am of the opinion that one can NEVER have too many books! 📚📚📚📚❤

@nancytestani1470

3 ай бұрын

Yeah…my sentiments exactly from bookworm ..history

I LOVE BOOKS! 📚📚📚I have about 2,000 in my library room (originally a bedroom) and in my living room. I also have a blanket with a bookcase design that says “THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MANY BOOKS”, a sentiment with which I heartily concur!

❤ love your collection. All like old friends. I turned my kitchen cupboards into bookshelves as I'd rather see books than dusty china. Thank you for the tour!

🌬️📖🪡🍲🛠️⚗️🪴🔤🕰️🦕🗺️🏰💞🚀✨ So many wonderful things come from books. Thank you for sharing part of your collection with us, and your reorganization.🥰

I spent months in spring going through every book I owned. Ended up donating or gifting 60+ boxes of books but still retained everything I really wanted. I'm left with about 2-3 thousand volumes. I think! After a certain number, I don't believe most people read/consult more than that many books. 📚 Happy Holidays, Dr. Kat!

I loved seeing your copy of the Jolly Christmas Postman. I read it so many times with my children and my students. 📚📚📚📚🎄🎄🎅🎁

Feeling quite smug that so many of my favorites are on your shelves; I'm off to search for Bill Bryson's Shakespeare book! 😍📚📚📚

When my siblings & I were packing up our late mother's house in order to sell it, and dividing up the furniture & things, no one , at first, wanted the china cabinet that had been our grandmother's. Then I thought about it and said " I'll take it. More room for books". So my grandma's china cabinet, that my grandpa made for her, which she displayed her china, now houses part of my book collection along with family photos and knickknacks

Fascinating tour and lovely to see THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS ON THERE! So many books you read at uni you’re glad to never, ever read again but that one is an utter gem! ❤

Thanks Dr Kat Thrilled with this chance to hear you talk on your library books. Fun !

One of my dreams is to one day have a library room in my home, complete with cozy armchair and dark wood shelves that reach the ceiling. And maybe a fat orange cat to pet while reading. One simply cannot have too many books! Also, a big thank you for telling me that such a thing as "William Shakespeare's Star Wars" exists. I was lucky to find a used set online. "O help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art mine only hope." This is simply amazing! Two of my favourite things, Shakespeare and Star Wars, all rolled into one.

As a retired librarian and history buff, I really enjoyed your bookshelf reorg tour. ❤ A personal library can be organized so many ways but whatever works best for you is ideal. Bill Bryson also lives in my head. Great video. ❤❤❤

No such thing as too many books. The last time my husband & I moved, the movers were fussing about all the boxes of books. I kept them small & manageable for carrying purposes. One of them asked me if I had ever heard of Kindle 😂

We have books all over the house too. There can never be too many books in your home. What a terrific example you're setting for Gabriel. I'm sure he will grow up to love learning and reading too. My granddaughter is 18 months now and we spend hours every day reading books together, at her request. I'm so excited to see her enjoying them too, 😀

We had a teacher in 9th grade middle school who introduced us to Lord of the Flies and then took us to see the film. I still shudder to think how real it felt! She also introduced us to Tolkein’s Tetrology, Dicken’s Great Expectations, Hugo’s Les Miserable and (my favorite) several Shakespeare plays. Thank you Miss Sonja Nelson!👩‍🏫❤

In my long lost youth, when I was a lonely, awkward teenager living in a small village, books were my gateway to the world, my solace, and my friends.

I used to shop at a particularly well run Thrift store for books of interest. Often there were really great books I was able to buy when I was raising my children and couldn't afford to buy new ones. But going through the titles - even within a particular subject, was daunting. However, one day I noticed someone had rearranged the book nook and now all the categories were divided between male and female authors. So, if you were looking for a particular book, or author within a category, now you only had to go through half the titles. It sounds absurd, but it really worked, and I decided to arrange my books at home like that even though I kept the categories too. So for the Category HISTORY - Tracy Boreman to the left of the shelf - Dan Snow to the right. It really helps me find a particular book for reference much faster, without having to worry about arranging them in alphabetical order. 📚

Oh goodie! I've always wondered about your books.

The first time I saw The Princess Bride, I was an adult. It’s still one of my favourite movies. Love S J Parish’s books. Hilary Mantel - favourite author by leaps and bounds. Can’t wait to get The Palace. I have so many books in common but was able to get lots of ideas for future reading - like I need more books ,😅

I have gone through many a book downsizing. It's never been a pleasant process. We used to have bookshelves everywhere in my childhood home, and everyone contributed. My brother became a historian, and my sister became a library assistant in Bethesda, Maryland (quite large). WHOI and MIT, which caused an explosion of family books, never mind my contributions. I have four feet of shelves of cookery books these days. Behind a rolling rack, they are in the kitchen, and I keep pulling them out. I have a foot-tall stack waiting on a stool for me to put them back on the shelf. My bookshelves downstairs hold a thousand volumes on everything from how to fix a sink to what to do with gesso to all about Kabuki theatre. We are fortunate to have tall ceilings and an acceptance of industrial-style bookshelves. I have four feet of tabletop game books by my dining table and a five-foot stack of pattern-drafting books I haven't even gotten to on a spine bookshelf in the same area. I have a mere fifty books on Medieval European history, only three on Elizabeth the First and none on any of the Henrys, so you win. But many of the books you own ( the kind of junky ones) I do as well. 🥴Never mind about the Kindle books; I don't mind, neither should you. Never mind, they are primarily romances or sci-fi or Mary Beard books, coming out to 847 books on Kindle at the moment. Look. if these are too many books for you, then buy them on your Kindle, and please, please, please offer them very loudly to students for free. All of these books should be free.

While a lot of my books 📚 are still in the garage, you have inspired/reminded me to go see what IS on my bookshelves and what is missing. 😱 Cool to see another history nerd’s (scholar’s) book collection. 📖

I love your tutor ducks. They flow very well with the book collection.

Sad that I missed the Premiere. I always look at a person's bookcase if I visit their house for the first time. When Dr Kat was talking about the fiction on the lowest shelf at 7.00, I wondered what the large book with the black spine was, next to Paradise Lost?

📚 📖 📕 I love books.

Dr Kat, as a LibriVox reader we read a lot of older historical books. We are also free and take up none of your shelf space! 😄

There is nothing like a good bookshelf shuffle to remember all your treasures. Thank you for sharing! 📜✨️

I love your videos. The fact that you have Hamlet in the 'original Klingon' and the works of 'Richard Castle' makes me love your content even more.❤😂❤

Problem with bookcase? It’s gorgeous! Outside of your gorgeous fun personality, the bookcase was what drew me in! Love the interesting knick knacks! Have been watching for ages, and driving poor hubby crazy with Tudor history!

Yay! Bookcase tour day!!!

There is no such thing as too many books. One must have a sufficiently large and complex collection of unread books so that one is always prepared for every mood and circumstance. One must also maintain a strong library of the classics and old favorites which will be consulted and reread from time to time. This is, of course, the personal library- a mere adjunct to public, and if one is so fortunate, academic libraries.

Hello Dr. Kat, Love your channel and never miss a post. My husband has been dying for a tour of your book shelves. So he was very happy to see this post. I do have a suggestion. The History of Cannibalism you could get some interesting reactions if you move it to the kitchen and put it with the cookbooks for when you have guests. I have the Tutor book from the Met show in NYC too. We did get to see that show it was very well done. Got to see many painting in person that I have only have seen in books and online. Last, I have a book suggestion. I know your main history focus is of the English Tutor period. But the book The Adams Women: Abigail and Louisa Adams, Their Sisters and Daughters by Paul C. Nagel. This is the family of John Adams and John Quincy Adams who became the 2nd and 6th president of the USA. They came from very humble beginnings and ended up the First Family of America. The book centers on the letters that were written to and by the women of the family to each other. I found it fascinating the challenges that women of the 18th century faced. The other fascinating part for me was it being set in the area I was born in and still live. So I have a deep intimacy with the area that you wouldn’t. Part of it talks about when John Adams was Minister to Great Britain. So it does have a London connection too. The book it our of print, but you can find inexpensive copies for sale online. Hope you are having a great holiday season, Scott

I feel your pain, lmao! I got a giggle when you said you had books in your kitchen, mostly cook books but not exclusively. I'm just the opposite. I've got cook books in 4 rooms of my house with a sprinkling of other books like history books, prepper books, home school books, biographies, mysteries and finally romance novels. That's not including all the books I have on audible and other electronic book sites those are in the thousands! I have been told by all the people in my life that they refuse to ever help me move out of my house unless I get rid of my books... guess I'm never moving! Lol the books must stay!!!

Wow what a collection!!! Terrific reference points. My brain is now ticking….📕📙📘📚📒📓📖

Wow , thank u so much for the tour ! I'm sure when your little boy is old enough to read he will appreciate them just as much as u do ! 📚🤔🤓

📚LOVED ❤the bookshelf tour! Brainy is beautiful! 🧠

The way I *gasped* when i got the notification about this video. ❤

Loved this! Between him and me, we have a rare old mixture of books- including boxes in the loft. The childhood books that are gradually appearing again as the grandchildren grow. It's such fun and brings back so many memories reading them again. I was always the child who managed to sneak away and find something to read when I was supposed to be being well behaved and polite..... 📗📘📙📚📜

As someone who recently had to empty all my bookshelves to deal with mould on the wall behind, and lived among terrifying book canyons the while, my profound sympathy 😂 I'd really recommend the work of Emma Southon if you'd like something else for the TBR shelf - I'm currently reading A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women, which I'm really enjoying 📖📚

Wonderful!!! 💖 To me, a personal library needs to make sense to the person whose library it is and not necessarily to anybody else beyond that, lol. And how the books are organized can certainly continue to change over time. Thanks so much for taking the time to share this with us. 📖📚😍👍

Thank you, thank you, thank you!❤

Another excellent video. I had to keep pausing the video so I could go to Amazon to buy copies of the books on your shelves that I don't already have. A Christmas present to myself. 📓

Thanks Dr. Kat! Fantastic Video 👌🏽

You can never have too many books! I can attest that I had amazon open so I could add some of your selection to my overwhelmingly large wish list. I did, however, already own the Castle books. :)

Quite a few I will seek out, a few i also own. Twice in my life I've been forced, by interstate moves and downsizing, to cull my book collection and i find myself grieving their loss eventually. Now i have more ebooks than hard copy 😢. Thank you for sharing your collection of 📚

Now, how much does my daughter need to know the story of Inigo Montoya? loved this 💃💃👸

Oh, Dr. Kat - I think you and I must be kindred spirits. I have bookshelves - overfilled - in my dining room and two bedrooms, plus various volumes scattered here and there, depending on what I'm reading at the moment. During the several times I have moved (which I hate doing) some exasperated friend who is helping will inevitably ask, "Do you have to keep ALL these books?" Yes. Yes, I do. They are my friends and like human friends, they anchor my life. So, no - I don't think you can have too many books!

I love seeing other people's bookcases and the books that live there. No there are not too many. But you will have to tell us how often over the next few weeks you reach for a book, where it use to be!, and then have to go look for where you have moved it!

What a nice collection!

📕📗📘📙📖📚📓📔Thank you Dr. Kat! That was fabulous!

Another justification for books: I live in a cold climate. Floor to ceiling, wall to wall books add insulation!

Love your collections. I have a Kallax unit in my computer room/office, some wire cubes in my reading nook and 5 bookcases in my basement- almost all full. I do try to keep them in some order, French and English history, biographies, fiction, etc. There is no such thing as too many books!

Love seeing your library and you have done wonders for my understanding of British/Tudor history. I religiously watch your channel and will continue to do so. I watch you so much, I think my son thinks your his aunt!!!LOL. Have a great holiday- PS I had all the books you had from middle/high school- so nice to see!😅

Done a great sweep.

Dr. Kat, you are quite the treasure for all of us who love history, literature and books.

I was delighted to see some my own purchases in common with you.... Really enjoyed this video, thank you 📚

This was really fun to watch! I will definitely be rewatching, hitting pause often, so I can write down the information.

A way of dealing with lots of books is to stack them horizontally, because they take up less room then or rather you use the shelves more economically. You can then also read the titles without inclining your neck.

When we retired and moved to our retirement house I challenged my hubs to downsize a box of books a month....fast forward 18 years and 10 months...he is still slowly parting with the odd outdated tech manual. I have allowed for any Math conversions manuals from school (predated pocket calculators) work well with the slide ruler. So yes, one can own too many books.

No one can have too many books!!📚🥰

📚📚📚 While I enjoy all your videos, this one is one of my favorites! I certainly saw several books I would like to read. As to having too many books, my husband would say yes but I never would. 📚📚📚

Ah!!! This video was such a treat. Major kudos to you, what a project. Also also, you are so bold for sharing your bookshelves with the world! Thank you 😊

Hi Kat... I love this video!! I too haven't quite got around to reading the History of Treason book. I bought after visiting the National Archives' exhibition. I hope you & your books are all safe and sound ! Have a wonderful Christmas with your family.Thanks for broadening my history knowledge over the past year..x📖♥️📚

Oh, lordy, how long have I wanted a close look, and to keep notes on the books I need to own as well!

The cannibalism book sounds interesting. We have travel, coffee table art, skiing, hiking, hot springs, history and miscellaneous history books on our shelves. Forgot about the college and university textbooks

I am so jealous of your collection 📔📕📖📘📙📚📓🔖

Enjoying your work and my vicarious satisfaction

❤Thanks Dr Kat❤

A fantastic collection of books. Thank you for sharing with us.

Wonderful and inspiring book collection! 🤩👏

Thanks so much for this tour of your bookshelves! Some great reads, and you also give me some good ideas on how to organize my books!!

One can NEVER have too many books!!!!

Books are like good friends-you can never have too many!♥️

That was brilliant, thank you, you so clearly love your books! I've often wondered what you thought of Hilary Mantel - personally I think that trilogy is some of the best writing in modern English. I've never counted our books. I know I have at least one hundred poetry books for starters!🎫

Yeah! Nothing more interesting in one's house than their bookshelves. Wanna know everything.. how you organize, what you have, let's do it! Have you and your husband married your book collections together like in Anne Fadiman's book.

Great job sorting your books !📚 I have all sir Terry pratchetts books in order of release then groups such as historical fiction, travel guides etc pleased to spot we have a few in common 😂 Also lots of nick nacks & momentos that remind me of people & places hope your ducks made the cut 🐥🐥

Have you ever seen The Klingon Play? A Star Trek variation on The Scottish Play. It is so cleverly written.

As if i didn't have enough books on my library holds list! 😆 thank you for giving me so much to read! (honestly, i agree about the whole "true crime" thing- it always makes me feel voyeuristic!

The episode I've been waiting for!

This might seem out of place, but I SO LOVE YOUR DUCKS!!! They are extremely cute ❤🦆😍💖

Loved seeing your collection 📚 I am looking forward to the day when I have room to unpack my collection again...moving is the worst 🙄

I love this! Nosy me tries to read the titles on your shelf because if you like the book; I probably will too.

I've been hoping for a bookself tour for quite a while, so I'm so glad we finally got it. Thank you! "A History of Treason" is now on my list of bookmarked audio books 🎧📚 and "The Klingon Hamlet" might either make it to my birthday wishlist or will be next year's Christmas gift for a friend (or both). I loved the idea of putting had-to-study-them-but-dislike-the-subject books in the uncomfortable conversation corner. Those definitely belong there. 😁

7:45 haha this gave me a good chuckle.

One can NEVER have too many books! Thank you for the introduction to some titles I was unfamiliar with. I will be on the hunt for some of the titles you shared. 😍😍😍😍🎭🎭📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📖📓📓📓📓📓📓📜📜📜📜📜📜🖋🖋🖋🖋☕☕☕☕☕☕❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The Tudor Tailor❣

I, too, have A LOT of books. Even after so many moves - and the necessary purging of said books - I've still got buckets of books and getting them better organized, mostly in subject-order. One I saw on your shelf seemed to be titled simply George Boylen; I'd like to read that but don't know if it's available in the States (specif. in Texas!) Hmm, time to go to Amazon!! Enjoyed your Tour and Happy New Year! 😺😺

This gave me a dopamine hit I didn’t know I needed!😂🤗🥰

Great library, thank you! Everything is so clean, no dust. How do you do it? 😊🎉❤

I will definitely check out the paleography titles you have. While doing genealogy research I am referencing a lot of old documents and the writing can be incredibly challenging to decipher.

Hands up if you want to live in an actual library! ✋ I know that I do! Every now & then, an old one will pop up for sale & my mind moves me in with my books!

Thanks for the peak behind the curtain.

Thanks Dr Kat. Wonderful 😁

Fab tour and recommendations. Thanks. 🎄👍🏻

This was so fun! 📕📗📘📙📚📖

This gives me many Tbr ideas. I am surprised, not sure why, how many of these I have read. The Ian Mortimer book is phenomenal

My Mother got me a Chinese Herbal Medicine book. It was very interesting. If there is Chinese Herbal medicine of English plants that maybe a treasure trove to you. She also got me a book; The Child that Books Built. It is a wonderful book sorry I can't remember the authors name but first name Francis seems right. Enjoyed the tour. I'm horribly compulsive about mine. It must go by height always. It makes no sense but, I cannot deal with it any other way. 🤗😢🤗 Take care and have fun!!! 😎😃😎

Thank you for this. Many intriguing books for me to discover. I read "The Five" on your recommendation and it was fascinating and valuable.

@ReadingthePast

6 ай бұрын

It’s a great book! My copy is currently being borrowed (which means I am going to have to find space for it when it returns) 😱

@slj91w

6 ай бұрын

@@ReadingthePast I was astounded by the amount of documentary evidence re: the lives of Jack the Ripper's victims, given that I've always seen them dismissed as "prostitutes", no further information required. Quite aside from the insult to impoverished women of that era, whose lives apparently don't matter, there's the matter of victim profiling and its importance in tracking serial killers (which admittedly wasn't known at the time of the murders, but a lot of ink has been spilled since then). I noticed "Mindhunter" on your bookshelf too :)

📔📕📖📗📘 I'm glad to know other people also have books in all or most rooms of their homes!

Amazing girl!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

Intriguing! I’d read all day! 👍🙌🏽