Building a home library

I moved overseas a few years ago, and had to get rid of all my books. I've decided to start a new physical library.

I plan to build a home library that will encourage my kids to learn English and to read the classics, both Western and Eastern. I want to raise readers. I'm going to collect classic children's, young adult, genre, and literary fiction, as well as standout comics and manga. I'm going to read the ones I never got around to. I'm also going to buy books in the local language.

Remembering all those battered paperbacks I got rid of, I know I want to go about things differently this time. I'm going to go with hardcover books mostly. Paperbacks fall apart way too easily and don't look as good.

I know you guys probably think they're gaudy, but I like the designs of most of the Barnes & Noble hardcovers. I think they'd appeal to kids' imaginations. Folio Society books are nice but I'd have to buy those used.

What's the difference between Barnes & Nobles Leatherbound Classics and Collectible Editions?

I'm going to make a room in my house with a fireplace into a study. Luckily we live in the country so our relationship house is pretty big. I'll have the walls all shelves loaded with books. I'll have an executive desk with an offline computer for writing, and some comfortable armchairs with footstools and a couch beside the windows. Basically I can work while the kids read, and we can be all cosy. I talked to the wife and we agreed not to get TV and to limit their video/game time to an hour per day, so they'll mostly have to read or play outside for entertainment.

I'm going to get an eReader or two for portability so weight isn't a concern.

I can invest a couple of hundred dollars per month into the library. I read at about a novel per week so I think that's what I'll buy.

Why are you not introducing them to quality film too?

>quality film
HA

Probably because he's worried it will make them apathetic towards reading.

Movies take up too much time. We'll have family movie nights on weekends. If they want to watch a movie on their own they'll have to split it between two days.

>take up too much time
>as well as standout comics and manga.
>to limit their video/game time to an hour per day

This. I have a media room and I keep the key in a timesafe so I concentrate on writing.

Start by actually having kids, otherwise it's a risky investment.

You'd be better off limiting them to one movie they watch themselves a week and allowing them to watch it in one sitting. It's a legitimate art form and one designed to be watched in one go. Just make sure they're watching quality stuff.

DESU the amount of restrictions you're placing on them, I can't help but feel you're going to make them resent reading. Limiting games ot an hour a day is good though as they still get a daily fix without it being too much.

Huh. Is t-b-h censored? Let's test it.

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