I just had a moment where I downsized my RPG book collection. Do you ever weed out your collection? I find myself becoming a bit of a headless chicken, sometimes more interested in what the promise is that a book might hold, rather than diving in deep into the ones I already have. This superficial engagement with many books I find very unsatisfying. The books I cherish most are the ones that I have really sunk my teeth into, and I have a feeling that there is still a lot to discover in some of those that I haven’t revisited in a while. Master the tools you have, rather than acquiring ever more barely used tools. Just wanted to air my thoughts, quite happy right now with my smaller collection of things I really cherish.
I agree, but I’ve also always been tickled by the parallel images between a player with multiple sourcebooks open figuring out how to advance their spellcaster; and a spellcaster poring over tomes for their next spell!
(Edit) Personally, I’ve got a little over a dozen sourcebooks; and a lot more PDFs. I like browsing books better, but PDFs integrate with other tools so much more nicely…