Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about a keeping books.
Do you keep all the books you ever buy? Just the ones you love? Just collectibles? What do you do with the ones you don’t want to keep?
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In the past I have always kept all my books. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to get me to actually hand them over. I think that this is because growing up, while I never wanted for books, new books weren’t an every-day occurrence.
When I started working I’ll confess to having gone a little book-buying crazy (you mean I can buy a book whenever I want? Really??) which did result in my bookshelves exploding just a little. And let’s face it, ,most readers want a huge home library and are therefore a little loathe to give them away anyways.
However now that I’ve starting buying the bulk of my books through the library or second hand bookstores, I find I’m far more willing to pass them on. I like having a book that someone else has owned, and so like to pass it on so someone can have it for awhile.
If it’s a book I think someone in particular will like I will pass it one (which usually means either my cousin, or Wendy) but for the most part I usually save up a little stockpile and then drop them off at the Blue Dragon, the second hand bookstore/book exchange I like. This week I dropped of some books and ended up with a $25 credit… not that I ever leave the store with any credit left!
42 comments :
My thoughts are here. I have mixed feeling on the topic. I can't keep everything I buy but I don't know what to do with some of it.
I give away!
Here is my post!
Mine is here
Here's mine.
Happy Monday!
You can find my whole response here, at my blog Reading Amidst the Chaos.
In essence, I can't see myself ever NOT buying books. I like letting friends borrow them and I force myself to sell some back every few years, but it's not a perfect system. As I focus in more and more on the genres and authors that I love, it gets less and less likely that I'll want to scale back on the books I make permanently my own. I just don't want to turn into one of those hoarders that you see on TV!
Resale and donation. My musing is up. :)
here's mine...
http://www.cboholst.com/2010/02/for-keeps.html
Here is mine:
http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-monday-february-22-2010.html
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-monday_22.html
Fun question! For me? A little keeping, a little giving away...
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2010/02/monday-full-of-memes_21.html
*smiles*
Kim
Guess I need to make giving away books easier for me :)
First time doing this meme!!
Thanks Rebecca for the post.
Here is mine
It's cool you give so many to the second-hand bookshop. I need to do more of that. For now, my private library keeps growing.
http://www.mswallow.typepad.com/
Here's mine
Interesting musings! Mine is here. Enjoy!
http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/collecting-dust-on-armor/
My Musing.
Here you go!
http://www.michellesmastermusings.com/2010/02/musing-mondays-february-22-2010.html
Here's mine
I can't help but keep most of 'em! http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/musing-mondays-feb-22/
~MizB
Mine is here.
I love having books around me, but sometimes you do have to winnow out the "non-readables", painful as that may be.
My full answer is here: Musing Mondays @ The Wobbly Bookstack
Here is mine
Here's Mine.
I needed extra Musing time today, but, finally, HERE is mine.
I am a thoughtful keeper... I only have so much shelf space!
I keep what I will reread, otherwise the rest go to the thrift store or library :)
here
GREAT question. Here is my response:
http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-mondays_22.html
interesting question.
my answer is HERE.
I'm definitely a keeper. More details here.
Great question this week! My musing is here.
Mine can be found here.
Love this question!
My answer is here:
http://www.jenniferoberth.blogspot.com/
What a fascinating question! I enjoyed writing this post and you can find my response at my blog here.
http://curlingupbythefire.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-mondays-keeping-books.html
It's my first time joining in, my musing is here: http://dragonsbreath.cof-fee.net/2010/02/23/musing-monday-keeping-books/
Cool question, now I've got to go empty out my bulging shelves or go to Bookaholics Anonymous :)
Woops excuse me, I should have been signed in As DelGal's Reviews on the last comment above (A Blog In The Rough) whew, the perils of having two blogs, lol :)
Here's mine! http://carolinebookbinder.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-mondays_22.html
So late in the day I know but it was a very long day.
Here's mine!
http://quitethehuman.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-mondays.html
I love this question!
Here is my answer
http://pageturnersbooks.blogspot.com/2010/02/musing-mondays.html
PS. I lvoe your blog, just became a follower
I give most of mine to my local library that has a very small buying budget-especially in the young adult area. Or I pass them on to friends with the request that they pass them forward when they are done with them.
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