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(J.J. in WA) wrote:

>One time on Usenet, (Derek Lyons) said:
>
>Maybe the owners of some homes that Susan toured had their books
>packed? When we sold our old place, I boxed up anything I could and
>put it in storage before we started showing. And there's the kind of
>folks who read yet own few books -- they're usually rabid library
>patrons.

True. I know several folks that are rabid readers, but have few books
about. They tend to haunt paperback exchanges, exchanging as well as
buying.

I do pretty much the same with my fiction. My house is however filled
with books, mostly of the non-fiction kind. These are research
material, not reading material.

>I'm just saying that it's hard to judge whether or not people read
>by how many books and/or bookshelves you see in their homes...

<nods> Good point.

D.
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