I keep almost all of them. I usually only buy books that I’m fairly sure I’m going to enjoy (based on the synopsis, reviews, recommendations or because they’re written by an author whose work I’ve previously enjoyed) and I’m lucky in that I like – or even love – most of the books I buy. I know I’ll probably want to read them again one day, so I keep them on my bookshelves.
I don’t have any particular method for disposing of the books I don’t want to keep. A few examples: I used to have a beautiful 26-volume set of encyclopedias, but with Google and Wikipedia taking over everything, it had been years since I used them so I gave them all to charity. I also sold all my Sweet Valley High books on eBay, and gave away my Babysitter’s Club books to someone whose daughter wanted them, but there are a lot of other books from my childhood and teens that I can’t bear to part with even if I never open them again.
I really don’t like having to get rid of books just because I don’t have space for them – I know if I ever have a house with a spare room I’ll regret not keeping them all!
What about you?
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wow, sweet valley high… haven’t hear of those in a while!
i definitely agree about getting rid of reference books. i don’t own any anymore.
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I only buy books that I know I will like a lot. Sometimes I am not always right in my choices though but I still keep them around unless a relative wants it.
I keep the books I enjoy the most and the rest get donated to the local Planned Parenthood book sale, an enormous annual sale in our town. I also pass them on to friends or donate them to my school’s library if I think they are appropriate
I keep all my books too! I’m a chronic re-reader and a bit of a collector, so I find it really hard to part with mine.
I used to read Sweet Valley High too! It was frustrating though as my local library never had very many of them 🙂
‘Sweet Valley High’ – wow! Haven’t heard of those in quite some time. I used to read the ‘Boxcar Children’ and ‘Trixie Belden’ as a kid, too. Loved those books. To this day, if I see one of them, I buy it!
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