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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Words about book-lovers #3401 06/12/2000 5:02 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 142 Wordsmith member Wordsmith member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 142 So many books, so little time! Do you find yourself muttering these words as you browse the shelves in a library or a bookstore? Rest assured, you are not alone in your love of books. It was the Dutch writer Desiderius Erasmus who once said, "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." This fondness for books subsumes a wide range. At the extreme, books have been ascribed as the motive behind murders (Don Vicente, a Spaniard killed as many as eight people to acquire a book in 1836), and there have been thieves who steal only books (Stephen Blumberg of the US, stole precious books worth millions of dollars from hundreds of university libraries during the 1970s and 80s, all for his own pleasure, not for resale). While we can't arrange them in a scientific table reflecting severity, this week's progression presents words in increasing order of affinity for books. Finally, to round things out, at the end we'll feature a couple of words for people who don't share that love. So leaf through this week's words and feel free to talk about where your bibliomania falls within this spectrum. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Words about book-lovers #3402 06/13/2000 12:10 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Anu, to complement this week's theme there's a wonderful quote by Sir Francis Bacon which appears on a poster which has been hanging in our house for many years: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested …" We're almost kneedeep in books here; both my wife and I were librarians and the kids caught the reading bug as well. Here's to books and the words in them! Long may they prosper! paulb Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Words about book-lovers #3403 06/18/2000 5:54 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Amen! There are some authors I will be eternally grateful to. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,270 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 6 John Flex 1 John Fox 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 handymanhome 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,129 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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