owns 12,000 books, mostly fiction, kept in 19th-century wooden cases with glass doors in her New York apartment
Maybe I should write it from "privilege" point of view. Many people do not have their own rooms, sleep in their cars, or stay with abusive partners just for housing. They do not haul around any books, but that does not mean, they are any less educated.
I really do not see why people expect congratulations or sympathy, for their book hoarding. Rich people problems!