Another milestone.

[katster]

I have entered more than a thousand books into my LibraryThing catalog. I still have a dozen and a half boxes of books to go through. Maybe more.

Just when does a book collection become 'too many books', anyway?

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[whytraven.livejournal.com]

When?

When you have to move, and there are only one or two of you.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

"Just when does a book collection become 'too many books', anyway?"

Never!

[katster.livejournal.com]

No, that won't be pleasant.

I'll make sure to borrow Dad's handcart. It'll help, anyway.

-kat

[robotmadder.livejournal.com]

When they crush you. ;)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

when you have to move :)

[meekorouse.livejournal.com]

thank you for adding me! =)

to answer your question, I agree with the other folks about too many being when you have to move & there is only one or 2 people. I was going to add:

too many is when you move into a smaller apartment that doesn't allow for 8bays of books and have to donate (or store) your books in boxes in a closet. We lost a LOT of our books (seanyoda especially when we moved to our present apartment, I'm still looking to pair down since we live near the Central Library. It might help but I doubt it.

also:
too many is when you have a bad back and have to pack your boxes lighter than you are used to so you don't hurt yourself picking them up. =)