I don't trust people who don't have any books in their houses.

[WayHarshTai]

I think they are a bit evil.

My sister and her DH only have a couple of Jamie Oliver books and THAT'S IT. Freaks.

I get a bit twitchy if I visit someone and I can't see their bookshelf, I have been known to snoop on the pretext of finding the loo or something to put my mind at rest.

I think it shows trerrible character and possibly criminal leanings to not have hundreds some books around the house.

AIBU? I know i'm not really, it's just common sense.

grumpy - I have no idea whether you're a 'scummy shit' or not. I don't even know you. My comment wasn't even directed at you, it was just a bit of silliness.

Was it the bit about Misery Porn that did it? Do you have shelves full of books called "No, Mummy No - a sad tale of how I never was allowed a biscuit" and other stuff like that?

No one on this thread has called you scum, or evil, for example.

My bookshelf is in my bedroom because some of them are norty and I don't want DS making towers with them.

Lying about what? Everything is what.

My bookcase would reveal me as a complete mentalist, possibly stuck in some terrifying Victorian adolescence. There's all sorts in there, ranging from all the Anne of Green Gables sequels to little-known Little Women sequels, to mad woo sci-fi to old-lady romance novels.

I read all the trendy books on my Kindle :P

I like books in a room. But I also like photographs, bits and pieces from the owners' childhood or holidays, things bought because the owner liked them and not because they exactly matched the curtains or sofa or whatever, a slightly odd looking vase in the corner because Auntie Margaret gave it to us and we love her to bits etc.
Basically a lived in room full of personality and not a souless place carefully designed and matched and perfected. Books can be a part of that but so can lots of other things and while I love books anyone looking through my music collection would certainly dismiss me as some kind of tasteless criminal

Might I add I have books and I'm a criminal - I stole them all.

Jeez.

I think it's pretty obvious that the OP means, people who can obviously afford books but don't seem to own any.

There's no way to say this without sounding patronizing, but I feel sorry for people who don't read. I likewise feel sorry for people who don't watch TV, to be fair. TV & reading - what else is there?

Tediousfool

You are SCUM, I tell ya, SCUM!

Mumsnetting.

Mumsnetting should def count of reading considering some of the creative writing that goes on some times

Reading opens you up to new experiences without the hassle of having to go places and find out for yourself! Finding out about other peoples' opinions as well is fascinating.

Surely people who don't read or browse forums but solely rely on the opinions of Heat magazine and their friendship group must be at least a little narrow-minded.

It's mumsnet fault I don't read much.

Is reading Heat actually considered reading?

Well I do read a lot on here.

But not actual books.

I read at least 2 books a week, usually 3 buy don't keep any except cookery books. They get read and passed on or straight to the charity shop or they're on my kindle.

We moved with 600 books and got rid of them all.

Ds is 12 and has a big book shelves in his room.

I haven't lied about anything, no matter what you think. I do have a tendency to automatically think the worst in what people say and sometimes it's hard to remember the good things in life. Bad memories tend to be stronger. I have not however lied. .

You're going to have to learn to be a bit more robust, you know, if you want to train as a nurse: you certainly need a sense of humour, to understand banter, and to not take things personally when patients get agitated and upset.

Did you look at that online CBT course I posted for you (twice)?

I've looked, yes.

Good Lord

Great, I hope it helps. It's hard to turn things around when you are in a pit of negativity, but if you can equip yourself with the tools to influence your thought processes, you can get into a virtuous circle rather than a vicious one, IYSWIM. They are great techniques to learn for study too.

Or if the only books they own are '50 shades of Grey' and a Katie Price novel.
I don't expect everyone to have the complete works of Dickens but c'mon!!!