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Letting go of books..Find it hard?
Terribly. Even books I don't like I find it hard to get rid of. Sometimes I can lend them to people and forget to ever get them back, but it's painful giving books to second hand stores and such.
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So I'm doing it a bit at a time, and I can actually get a credit from my local second hand book shop, so I can get some more for my money...haha! But it's so difficult, especially the ones I think 'oh, I'll probably never read it again, but...' :)
I keep them all. Every one Ive read, I will never throw out. I like having a large collection :)
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Ah, but Jessica, you are only 15!!! Wait till you reach my age..if you continue buying books at the rate you are buying them, when you reach middle age you'll have nowhere to put them all...you'll need to marry a very rich man, who buys you your own library...;) LOL
LOL! Yes, I agree with Brenda on this on Jessica.I once sold the majority of my comic collection just for some 'pocket money'...I've since collected every comic back! But gosh that was a mistake but I was young and silly.
I dont know.....I've been having to let go of stuff since I was young (we moved alot). But I still find myself getting sad over the books I've parted w/ voluntarily or not. :(
I also used to hang on to every book, but now I find it much easier to part with them. With less room on the shelves it became a necessity. Every so often I would have a huge cull, but now after reading each book I decide "Will I ever read it again, or lend it to someone?" If no, then it's off to my book exchange where I get credit towards other books. I keep my favourites, and plan to re-read them. Some I do, some I may not.
I also seem to have developed a skill for stashing books in places other than my bookshelves. So really I own many more books than it may seem!
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HA!! :D
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Carmel, you can't get rid of those!!!! You have to keep them for Sheldon & Bianca's babies...your grandkids!!!! I have plastic tubs of books in the garage, and Jarrah is LOVING his Dad's old books. I also have some from when I was small!!!! lol
The only books I'm happy to let go of are the bad ones. Anyone want a copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover? :P I'm running out of bookshelf room and I might need to get some more bookshelves but I'm running out a space. I need a library room. That would be sweet.
Brenda wrote: "★ Jessica ★ wrote: "I keep them all. Every one Ive read, I will never throw out. I like having a large collection :)"Ah, but Jessica, you are only 15!!! Wait till you reach my age..if you continu..."
ORRRRR I could publish my own book and become rich and have a library room in my own house :)
ORRRR I could just buy a normal house when Im older, and make one room a 'library room'.
BUT im never letting go of my precious books :(
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Ah, but Jessica, you are only 15!!! Wait till you reach my age...."
OK Jessica! That's fine...lol
BUT...WHY ARE YOU ON HERE...YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS WAITING!!! LOL
I know many men who have their own COMIC ROOMS!! I even see pictures of them. Some of the guys have a pretty fricking sweet set up. Could imagine having a comic/game/books/vinyl toy room..ZOMG..aaaahhhhh~!!! *faints*
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Could imagine having a comic/game/books/vinyl toy room..ZOMG..a..."
I can just see you swooning over comics Laura...haha..:D
lol Speaking of...I'm currently bagging and boarding a whole bunch..i think around 30 x_x
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Speaking of...I'm currently bagging and boarding a whole bunch..i think around 30 x_x"
Oohhh!!! What do you do with them???
they go into my comic boxes for modern comics..man that is so comic geeky..lol
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But they still stay at your house?
oh yes! i dont sell them or anything like that.
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Okkaayyy..but you'll run out of space for them too one day...oh dear, we all need bigger houses for our addictions...;)
how many of them are hanging on the wall? I want all the guild comics on my wall, since I order both covers of each comic :)
Eeek, sunlight on comics :( I've nothing on my walls. If i was going to hang comics up on the wall, it'd have to be photocopies..ehhehehe.Have you bought the Vork or Tink off spins?
No sunlight getting to those comics, I've got Vork, no Tink yet :(
Vork was good :D! Considering Tink was only released a week or 2 ago..I guess it'll turn up in Australia soon :) I'll just purchase it online soonish.
I'm used to moving, so I don't have *too* much trouble letting go of books. I love libraries, so anything I'm confident is likely to stay in their collections is especially easy to let go of. I do have about one banker's box of books that are hard-to-find and worth a re-read.I register my books at bookcrossing.com and then they have tracking numbers. Then I release them so other people can pick them up and enjoy them. Sometimes those people even go online and use that BCID tracking number to let me know they've found the book.
The most trouble I had letting go of books was when I realized my 14-son was never going to get around to reading all the juveniles I had set aside for him. For example I had a copy of almost everything by Katherine Paterson, who is really interesting and is popular among teachers, and one of my favorites... and my son didn't read *any* of them. Argh.
★ Jessica ★ wrote: "ORRRRR I could publish my own book and become rich and have a library room in my own house :)"You'd have to be really lucky, Jessica. And I think Brenda's point was that you'll need a library, not a library room.
I used to have a lot of trouble. I carried my uni text books around the world with me, but had to leave them in Belgium when I realised that I hadn't opened even one in ten years. Now I don't have to worry about giving up my ebooks, but I have to struggle with the idea of giving up my paperbacks so that I can buy ebook versions to take with me when I travel again.
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You'd have to be really lucky, Jessica. And I think Brenda's point was that you'..."
And uni text books are very heavy..:( It sure is hard to give up the paperbacks, but they are certainly a lot heavier to carry than ebooks!! lol
Yes, I did mean library..;)
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Michael wrote: "Unfortuently im in a situation with my place were i simply dont have the space for all my books. Ive got them in boxes under the bed, in suitcases ontop of the wardrobe in boxes in the spare room. ..."Sound like me actually. Majority of my books are boxed up :/ Then I've those cheap plastic tubs that have wheels on them filled with books downstairs.
One of my goals for this year is to go through them and make a choice to keep and throw..waah x(
and Carmel I turned up for the counselling but it said 'Out to lunch' :p
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Haha!!! Oops Carmel..lol
Let us know when you get to the goal for going through them Laura...hard job!!! :(
will do! not looking forward to it either ><;;;Oh and i forgot to say to Carmel, NOOOOO don't throw away the books your children loved..They can come in handy if you girls decide to have children of their own sometime in life. I'd move those books to some place in the house where you can sorta forget about them.
My Mum still owns the books I loved as a child/baby. Some she even uses with her class..haha.
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Oh and i forgot to say to Carmel, NOOOOO don't throw away the books your children loved..They can come in handy if you girls decide to have children..."
Definitely can't throw them away Carmel...lol
I havent given away or sold a book yet, i love them all even the ones i didnt like so much...
and i plan to keep them all and yes i also plan to be very rich with my own library :D
or if not a 3 bedroom with only me and every other space occupied by my books haha :D
and i plan to keep them all and yes i also plan to be very rich with my own library :D
or if not a 3 bedroom with only me and every other space occupied by my books haha :D
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Oh and i forgot to say to Carmel, NOOOOO don't throw away the books your children loved..They can come in han..."
At least you arrived home safely Carmel, that's the main thing :)
Also glad you're going to keep the kid's books, oh you would sooo regret it when the grandkids are old enough to be at your house, and you don't have a lovely 'old' book to read them...lol
Oh Carmel you are excused then :p Happy to read that you are going to keep the children's book :D!"Fun" time driving huh?
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"Fun" time driving huh?"
Certainly sounds like there was fun involved Laura..lol
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You guys have no idea!! In the morning I missed the turno..."
Train is soooo much more relaxing!! We do that now when we have to go to Sydney for any reason...lol
Awwe..now that does sound like a 'fun' trip Carmel :x Atleast you are back safe and sound though :DHaha, you never rely on public transport here :s
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Haha, you never rely on public transport here :s"
Don't you have any Laura?
Oh yea, we do. Just not that good. It can be late a lot more than people wish.
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Oh, that's not good!!! :(
gold coast public transport is the biggest joke
we should just can it all together and spend the money on something the might actually work!
we should just can it all together and spend the money on something the might actually work!
Melanie wrote: "gold coast public transport is the biggest jokewe should just can it all together and spend the money on something the might actually work!"
Ah, same prob huh -.-;;;
I find it incredibly difficult to get rid of books, but have been considering doing the Bookcrossing thing to get rid of some of them, as both my husband and I are bibliophiles. I'm sure you can imagine the piles of books. My father-in-law made us a lovely bookshelf a few months back, and we filled it right up, with books to spare! That's probably not a good sign. It's just a matter of getting off of my backside to do it. That and, you know, overcoming the psychological barriers between me and getting rid of them.
The most difficult ones for me are the complete series. I find so many loose series' titles in secondhand stores and it's frustrating. Once I've done the work of collecting all the books that go together, I'd like some assurance they'll stay together. I have a complete set of the Animorphs, all 60 or so books, and nobody special to give them to. Katherine Applegate
I have no trouble at all collecting books, that's the easy part. Birthdays, Christmas, give me a book or three and I'm happy. Then there are all those sale tables, some of them not even in bookshops, but out in the middle of the shopping centre, so many irresistible bargains. Then sometimes you might happen upon a school fete, and if it's near closing time they might decide you can fill a plastic bag with books for a dollar. Now I haven't read all these books, but I own them. And cherish them. Not for me those dog-eared, scribbled pages. When I finish a book (yes, I have read at least half of them) you could scarcely tell it had been opened. You see, the lost books of the world need someone who'll appreciate them and take care of them. They are my valuables. But my bookshelves are overflowing. If you remove a row of books, you'll find another row behind.....and in some bookcases you'll find a third row of books in behind that! I have more than a hundred recipe books. I don't have a freezer next to my fridge, I have a bookcase. There's even a shelf of recipe books in my pantry. My university textbooks occupy a linen press, there's a stack of books without a shelf by my bed, and more in the family room. There are eleven bookcases throughout the house overcrammed and overloaded with books. And now piles of them are mounting up in various corners of various rooms.So I had a good idea. I thought I would join one of those online places where you can list all your books. I joined Goodreads. And started listing them. The idea being that the list would suffice. I could keep the list, and discard some of the books. Sounded like a plan. Then I noticed some groups. I joined a few and soon rediscovered my love of novels. I started buying a few classics to keep up with the reading in some of my groups. Soon I was browsing the bookshops again... And I keep buying more. My name is Jan. And I'm a bookaholic.Somewhere around here I even have six books on decluttering!
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Oh my Jan...that is amazing! Eleven bookshelves!! You need a bigger house, or just purchase yourself a library!! I'm the same with my books, and I have taught my kids the same way too...look after them, they are treasures! Mine look like they haven't been read either, but that's the way I love them. I lent one out, a long time ago, and it came back tattered and torn. I was devastated. I vowed to never lend my books again!!!! :) (I have but not often, and only to people I trust!)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Histoire d'O | Story of O (other topics)Strange Meeting (other topics)
Lady Chatterley's Lover (other topics)
Authors mentioned in this topic
Katherine Applegate (other topics)Katherine Paterson (other topics)
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Who else finds it hard to let go of books once they are read?
I'm like this, I've books I know I'll probably never read again, yet, I can't let go of them. But I've gotta do it otherwise I'll run out of room especially since joining GR my book collection has JUMPED..lol
Just wish it wasn't so hard to sell/give away books that are no longer needed >_<;;;