I used to have so many books. too many books. I was unable to walk by a bookstore without buying a book. The used/books for sale shelf at libraries was a curse. Amazon was originally a bookseller...and I bought so many weird books from Amazon (Check out Wisconsin Death Trip some time).

I spent so much time reading and longing after books I didn't have time to read. I kept stacks of books near my bed and wouldn't go anywhere without at least one book (probably two if I was going to be gone for more than a few hours).

And of course they were all in a great big beautiful bookcase. First it was a bookcase I made out of pallets and beer bottles, then in metal shelves in a garage because the house was too small, and finally in a huge bookcase I built into a stairwell which required a ladder to access.

I don't have very many books at all now. The ones I do have are kid books.