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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 19, 2014 20:22:40 GMT
I keep almost no books. Only the ones that I know I will reread (because they are my favorites and I've reread them before).
I buy paperbacks at a thrift store, where I can fill a plastic grocery bag for a buck. After I read them, I just put them out with the recycling, sitting on top so anyone who wants it can pick it off the top.
I love the idea of having tons of books on bookshelves, but the reality is that it is just more stuff to deal with.
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Post by 1lear on Aug 19, 2014 21:17:31 GMT
I have books in every room in the house-probably thousands. I'm trying to purge some now and have a donation scheduled for pick-up. I used to take books I didn't want to keep to the used bookstore and get trade-in dollars, but the store is about an hour away so I don't get there often anymore. I LOVE looking at my books on the bookshelf, so I'll never get rid of all my books.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 21:34:40 GMT
I have one tall set of bookshelves. All books have to fit on it. When it's full, I take a bunch to the library for the Friends' sale. I love having books around, but I don't have enough space to keep that many. I also have an e-reader and get most of my books from the library. I also have a set of shelves behind my desk for work related books (and copies of the textbooks I've worked on.) But those don't count since they're for business.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 19, 2014 22:19:08 GMT
Every book? No. But I adore books and reading. So does DH. I also read books over and over again because I have a poor memory. So we have lots of books in our home. That said we do donate quite a few and are lucky to have www.bookthing.org near us in Baltimore. About 4 times a year we load a few grocery bags full of books after combing our shelves of books we no longer want to keep. We then spend about 3 happy hours in the free store selecting about 3-4 grocery bags worth to take home with us Decluttering is a fine thing, as long as it doesn't pertain to books in my opinion. But then I haven't joined the digital revolution yet as far as books are concerned. I still prefer the real books. My idea of a perfect house is one filled with bookshelves in every room. Debbie in MD.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 19, 2014 22:27:41 GMT
We used to keep every book but it got a bit ridiculous with many bookcases dotted around the house absolutely packed with books - and then still some books piled by chairs etc. We had a huge clear out and now only keep the books we really can't bear to part with. We also now buy a lot more Kindle books.....at least we don't have to find physical storage for those!!
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 19, 2014 22:50:23 GMT
I have the hardest time getting rid of books... I have two copies of my favourite series in case someone wants to borrow them - I just give them the second set... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Penny, What is your favorite series?
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Post by mallie on Aug 19, 2014 23:13:22 GMT
Good god, no. I used to hang on to every book, couldn't bear to part with it unless it was lousy. Then we had to move and move and move, so I got over that idea! Plus over time, I've found that even books I absolutely love, give it a few years and I wonder what I saw in it. There are exceptions, but I've learned to regularly winnow my books down.
These days, I've gotten even more stingy with space. I bought a Kindle in large part so I would not even bring real books into the house if possible. I have one bookcase and that's it. I have to absolutely love a book to keep it. If I want to keep a book, another one has to go. I give them away all the time.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 19, 2014 23:15:14 GMT
I used to hang on to books back in the day when there were fewer ways to find books and nothing was available electronically. Now, I can pull up just about anything I want to reference at any time. So what is on our bookshelves are older, special hardbacks. And frankly some hardcover books that just look pretty and decorative on some of the shelves (like the alcove type bookcases in the formal living room/parlor type room).
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 19, 2014 23:44:10 GMT
I absolutely love books. I have at least 2,000 at my house. There are less than 10 adult books that I've reread. There is just so much out in the world that I still haven't discovered yet. Unless it's a keeper for the kids, fiction books leave the house once everyone has read them. I participate in a once a year book swap and swap between 45-90 books each time. I also give boxes of books to school for individual classrooms and libraries. After the last family tag sale we had my sister donated 5 copy paper size boxes of books to charity. If I had the room to store them until next Spring I would have saved them for the book swap. Another sibling just gave me 40 paperbacks last week. We have 2 Kindles at my house but I feel like I need to read and get books off of the shelves first.
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Post by withapea on Aug 20, 2014 0:10:17 GMT
I have no room for books. I keep coffee table and a few beloved books but otherwise I Goodwill, trade, pass along my books. I love my Kindle because I have a library that doesn't take up a ton of space. ( I was a late convert who swore I would hate readers )
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Aug 20, 2014 0:16:56 GMT
Self help type books (decorating, realtionship, spiritual), yes. Novels, only the ones I really loved and might read again. Coffee table books, yes.
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Post by mari on Aug 20, 2014 1:40:38 GMT
I used to hang on to every book. I moved hundreds of books 250 miles to my new apartment even when I didn't have furniture. My books filled 4 6-shelf bookshelves.
Last winter, I went though all of my books and gave away over 300 books. I kept all of my favorites and books that I hadn't read yet, but it felt great to cut back. I now purchase most of my new books electronically.
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