Jay Doubleyou: books, libraries and librarians

Tuesday 28 February 2023

books, libraries and librarians

Do you have your own 'library' at home?

Here's a great story or two from Charlie Connelly writing in the New European:

The joy of texts
Are bulging bookshelves really “smug and cultish” – or sources of much-needed tranquility?
CHARLIE CONNELLY
9 FEBRUARY 2023 12:00 AM
On January 13, the owner of Broadhursts Bookshop in Southport tweeted: “I have just had a customer in the shop who does not have a TBR [to be read] pile, he reads a book and when he finishes it he buys another one and he never keeps them so he has no books at home bar the one he is currently reading. I’m having trouble believing him.”
The tweet has received more than a million views and nearly 800 replies, mostly along the lines of “This is deranged behaviour”, “What madness
is this?” and “That’s not a bit disturbing.”
The tweet has received more than a million views and nearly 800 replies, mostly along the lines of “This is deranged behaviour”, “What madness is this?” and “That’s not a bit disturbing.”...
Watching the debate rage – fiercely enough for the Guardian to change the column’s headline to something less confrontational – I couldn’t help thinking about Bruno Schröder.
A retired mining engineer, Schröder lived quietly in the small town of Mettingen in north-western Germany until his death in November at the age of 88. He had no close family, his wife had been in a care home for some years and while he was cheerfully polite to neighbours, he kept himself to himself. His unassuming life in an unassuming town would have been unremarkable were it not for the discovery after his death that his modest suburban home had been converted into a personal library containing more than 70,000 books...

The joy of texts - The New European

The joy of texts - Charlie Connelly - New European - 9feb23

Here's the Tweet:

Broadhursts Bookshop on Twitter: "I have just had a customer in the shop who does not have a TBR pile, he reads a book and when he finishes it he buys another one and he never keeps them so he has no books at home bar the one he is currently reading. I'm having trouble believing him. 🙃" / Twitter

And here's more on the book hoarder:

Hoard as many books as you can; let them be your life’s companions

70k Books Found In Hidden Library In This Germany Home!

Late Bruno's 70,000 Books: Germany's Largest Private Library Discovered

There are all sorts of stories around books, libraries and librarians

The Greatest Books about Libraries and Librarians - Beyond the Bookends

50 Best Books About Libraries or Librarians - The Bibliofile

And there are lots of films featuring books and libraries: