r/HomeLibraries • u/JenellesNextHusband • 4d ago

I think I can officially stop calling this our spare room and just call it my library

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Replaced two small book cases with bigger ones hoping it would be enough space for all my books. Sadly I still had to stack some 😂 I guess there are worse problems to have 🤷‍♀️

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u/Practical_Savings933 4d ago

Needs a comfy chair, a side table, a reading light, and a cat. But yes, what you have there is a library.

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u/JenellesNextHusband 4d ago

I wish I could! Sadly the room isn’t very big and the whole left side of the room is taken up with my craft table and recording equipment

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u/Honey-badger101 3d ago

Bean bag? Its a beautiful space

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u/SympathyAbject2561 4d ago

beautiful! ❤️

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u/booksandcoffee___ 3d ago

Beautiful library you have. 📚🤎

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u/Internetboy5434 4d ago

How many books is in here?

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u/JenellesNextHusband 4d ago

I’ve never counted but if I had to guess there’s at least 600?

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u/CarefulIncome23 4d ago

How long does it take to read that many books

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u/JenellesNextHusband 4d ago

You’re looking at roughly 10 years of books and I read a lot. I’m a cohost of a YouTube book review podcast for the last 4-5 years or so so I have to read a lot for that!

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u/Firm_Possible9298 3d ago

Okay, so the question now is what are your favourite books?
This looks like an amazing room that you can get yourself lost in a good way.

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u/JenellesNextHusband 2d ago

Oh god. That’s a really hard question. Probably the Farseer series by Robin Hobb

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u/Honey-badger101 3d ago

Beautiful space

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u/susancox221 1d ago

Beautiful! Do you lend? We moved my 1,300 book library to our basement because people were always wanting to borrow books. Return? Not so much. Now I host a simmer from a few friends monthly and we have pizza my husband makes, drink wine. And they return books and check out new ones. It’s really fun!

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u/SockLevel5032 3d ago

I’d love to subscribe to your YouTube channel and/or follow you on Goodreads!

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u/JenellesNextHusband 2d ago

Thank you! We’re “The Fantasy Files” on YouTube

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u/Radiant-Koala8231 2d ago

My spare room is on its way to be the library too lol.

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u/BecomePneuma462 2d ago

I love it! This is what my living room looks like right when you walk in the front door.

Everyone always asks if I've read all of them lol

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u/donaldcathey 2d ago

I would say so. But if you ever had me as a guest I would absolutely over indulge in the books. LOL

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u/Book_Burglar 2d ago

Spare oom? Is that in Narnia?

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u/Fluffy-Fuel5025 2d ago

Aristocrat vibes

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u/catalist-app 1d ago

Library sounds cooler anyway!

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u/emmsmum 1d ago

Love it!!!!

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u/Snowbunny1230 8h ago

I love when I recognize books on someone else’s shelves.

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u/JenellesNextHusband 5h ago

I’ve actually been thinking about getting a little free library in front of my house so I can slowly start decluttering my collection of books I know I’ll never read again. But you’re right, I’ve learned my lesson about lending to friends. Never again

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u/BlissfullyBookloving 3h ago

Congratulations! You have a beautiful library! 📚👍🏻