books: good materialism?

I just bought 48 books.

All in one go.

They are Bible commentaries and will be very useful for the rest of my life, and are in boxed sets (which you can only get from the States).

But I feel the need to confess. In general terms I don't really like "stuff". But I have this glaring weakness for books! I love them. I keep them. I don't throw them away. I have them catalogued on an online database, with their ISBN numbers. I am a book geek!

I got most excited by one of these yesterday. Geek I tell you!

Anyway. I should go back to doing something sensible!

Comments

Anonymous said…

That's not geeky! That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. It's pure genius! When you run out of book shelves you can still fit in more books!

Jo

8:05 pm

Anonymous said…

WOW!!! I want one of those!

11:54 pm

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