When’s the last time you weeded out your library? Do you regularly keep it pared down to your reading essentials? Or does it blossom into something out of control the minute you turn your back, like a garden after a Spring rain?
Or do you simply not get rid of books? At all? (This would have described me for most of my life, by the way.)
And–when you DO weed out books from your collection (assuming that you do) …what do you do with them? Throw them away (gasp)? Donate them to a charity or used bookstore? SELL them to a used bookstore? Trade them on Paperback Book Swap or some other exchange program?
Or do you simply not get rid of books? At all? (This would have described me for most of my life, by the way.)
And–when you DO weed out books from your collection (assuming that you do) …what do you do with them? Throw them away (gasp)? Donate them to a charity or used bookstore? SELL them to a used bookstore? Trade them on Paperback Book Swap or some other exchange program?
I would say that the last time I really weeded down my library was when my mom moved out of the house I grew up in and all my stuff had to either fit in my and my husband's (then boyfriend's) 600 square foot apartment or a handful of bins in a storage unit. It was rough. Most of them ended up in a garage sale and some went to my sister (without my knowledge...ugh...don't even get me started. Her bookshelf full of MY books that she won't give back just makes my blood boil). So, for a couple years I really had to keep my book collection in check which was a little easier than it is now because I wasn't reading quite as much and space was an issue.
Once we moved into our house, a little over a year ago, I really got to enjoy having books again. I've now dug all my books out of storage and have collected new ones from library sales and other (more expensive) means. I still try to keep the collection in check though. I post ones that I'm not in love with on PaperBackSwap (so I can get new ones), pass others around to friends and family, and have sold some duplicates. I don't think that I've ever actually thrown a book away though...Even the horribly water damaged copy of Middlesex is still hanging around!
Only two times ever have I actually thrown a book away- one smelled so bad it gave me headaches and nausea to read it, and the other had gum sticking the pages together. I couldn't salvage it.
ReplyDeletei can't stand the thought of getting rid of my books! i love them all too much. i really only buy books that i love so i don't jam up my shelves. i do pass ARCs to my mom sometimes, though. :)
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ReplyDeleteI recently cleaned out a bunch. I gave some to the library book sale, sold some to a used book store, and posted a few on PBS. It was a good purge.
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ReplyDeleteOh I just can't bring myself to get rid of any of my books - even the entire Twilight series is still sitting on my shelf ;) ebooks are really staring to help my shelving issues though!
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I think for me I've kept all the books that I really really love. I like a lot of books and those I tend to pass on to friends or family. If I don't like a book then I donate it to a used book store. There is just something about having a copy of a favorite book though. I have a copy of Charlotte's Web that I have held onto since I was a child. It's probably one of my all time favorite books.
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