Big Intellectual Books You Own and Would Really Like to Have Read

[Extollager]

"I lent them to someone in the 90s and have never regretted it."

Well, now, that's something you don't read everyday around here.

 

[Hugh]

I can feel quite irritated with people who do not return books. Maybe less so, these days.

In the case of Jung's Collected Works, I'd realised that I was not going to read them further, and the person I lent them to was very keen to have them. I could still reclaim them. Jung's writing style in his more complex works is not easy, and there's lots of cross-referencing between volumes. A certain dedication is needed.

 

[Bick]

I could still reclaim them.

So it's effectively providing addition shelf space for you. If you could get the friend to lend you a key to their house, and if they're local to you, you could lend them lots of books that take up shelf space and which you don't wish to re-read immediately. Its a concept I've not considered before.

 

[Hugh]

So it's effectively providing addition shelf space for you. If you could get the friend to lend you a key to their house, and if they're local to you, you could lend them lots of books that take up shelf space and which you don't wish to re-read immediately. Its a concept I've not considered before.

What a truly excellent idea!

I'm reminded of those second hand booksellers who quote prices by the foot for stocking your shelves with books. Maybe we could offer a cheaper alternative.

 

[CTRandall]

Hmm, is anyone else getting ideas for a start-up? Air Read-n-Shelve (need to work on the name). For a modest fee, we'll store your books on our shelves. Only high-quality, intellectual type books, mind you. We want to look classy while we're making money.