A restaurant I used to deliver to in the 80's had the walls lined with books. Very quiet and well-insulated. Sounds like your house.
Today, rapid visual and text overload trains the mind to engage in cursory examination as well as lack of retention. Like as seeking God and Divine Truth prepares the heart for appreciative, valued reception, versus of little value, so the ease of seeing images as well as text cheapens it, and fosters reducing life to an easily accessed smorgasbord of largely superficial interactions.
Google search now restricts search results to just 10 per page, and of usually insufficient responses.
Disagree with the connection to images. For most books, the occasional drawing is a wonderful surprise when you turn the page and can compare your imaging with that of the artist assigned the book. The color illustrations in books by George Barr McCutcheon at the turn of the 20th century are collectibles that are my especial favorites.
As for comics, ADORE THEM! Superman! Batman! Wonder Woman! These were the most marvelous supplementary materials to the Great Poets in mother's library and never moved me an inch away from appreciating As You Like It or Comedy of Errors.
When I began writing fiction, I was THRILLED when the editors arranged for illustrations. Later, I illustrated the poetry of my 5th great grandfather and made the pages into little comic books of my own.
To Master Timmy Dwight, son of Yale President Timothy Dwight
When I came to write biographies of my ancestors, I was lavish with illustrations as frequently as I could fit them. That's the wonderful part of an e-book. You can be lush with color and it doesn't raise the price as it does with a soft cover version.