Taken from soundlesswind<3
Rules: books you physically own only.
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Most Expensive:
- Biology and Psychology textbooks (~200$), some I’ve never cracked open once and could not sell the following year because they’d changed editions. T__T
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Cheapest:
- $3 book from BMV. I worship that store.
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Longest volume set:
- Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett. (Currently own 27 volumes.)
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Most frequent book type:
- Horror/fantasy novels and graphic novels.
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Any books created by you?:
- None as of this moment, but I’m planning to make one soon. *v*
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Currently collecting:
- Bonobono by Igarashi Mikio and Ray Bradbury novels.
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Most books by a single author:
- 30 something books by Terry Pratchett.
- 20 something from Tove Jansson and Igarashi Mikio.
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Any rare books?
- This beautiful little book hand crafted by an old co-worker about a deformed caterpillar with big dreams. Each chapter is folded ornately in an envelope. http://yigichang.com/object/hideous%20herbert%20chapter%201%20contents.html

- This beautiful little book hand crafted by an old co-worker about a deformed caterpillar with big dreams. Each chapter is folded ornately in an envelope. http://yigichang.com/object/hideous%20herbert%20chapter%201%20contents.html
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Any signed books?
- Postcard book signed by James Jean
- Femina & Fauna signed by Camilla D’Errico
- Beartato and the Secret of the Mystery signed by Anthony Clark.
- Some novels by Canadian authors.
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Book type you have the least of:
- Dictionaries I guess?
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Least addictive book or series:
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult. Everybody was raving about her rad writing skills so I got one book to try. It put me off her writing forever.
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Most addictive book or series:
- Discworld, Bonobono, and horror series by Takahashi Yousuke. (I always have a soft spot for Hamster’s Research Report ハムスターの研究レポート, a manga by Ooyuki Shiwasu. The last volume came out in 2007 so I don’t think she’s making manga any longer. ;__; )
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Thinnest book:
- The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
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Thickest book:
- Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora. (~1000pg)
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Most oddly-shaped book:
- Rift by James Jean (Accordion book)
- hideous herbert by Yigi Chang
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Incomplete book sets?;
- Countless. Gotta hoard them all.
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Special editions?:
- There probably are some, I usually don’t pay attention.
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Least all-time favourite:
- The collective edition of Reader’s Digest. It was free…
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All-time favourite:
- I love most of them.
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Most re-read:
- Terry Pratchett.
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Largest (dimension) book?:
- Coffin: The art of Vampire Hunter D.
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Smallest book?:
- XOXO by James Jean. (4x6” postcard book)
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Most attractive book cover:
- The Dangerous Journey by Tove Jansson
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Most common genre in book collection:
- Horror/Fantasy
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Most memorable book:
- ハムスターの研究レポート Just because I started reading it in Grade 2 and still adore her to this day. I’m really pining for new series by her.