My friends wanted to make a bonfire of my books last time I moved.
Sophy Send a noteboard - 29/10/2009 09:10:16 PM
I've got a very strong attachment to my books as well, even though quite a lot of them are novels I wouldnt read today. Still I find it impossible to throw one away. At a few occasions I've managed to give books away, when I felt that someone else really would have more benefit from them, but normally I just cant.
Ebooks isnt my thing at all though. I dont like to read long texts on screens. Fanfic is just about what I can manage.
I dont think you should worry about books being material attachments - in many ways they arent. At least in my mind. And a library? Great idea for people, but less good idea for the books. People dont treat librarybooks well, and you dont want your books to get folded corners and pencilwriting all through them. Keep them instead and let kind people borrow them. People that treat them with respect.
Ebooks isnt my thing at all though. I dont like to read long texts on screens. Fanfic is just about what I can manage.
I dont think you should worry about books being material attachments - in many ways they arent. At least in my mind. And a library? Great idea for people, but less good idea for the books. People dont treat librarybooks well, and you dont want your books to get folded corners and pencilwriting all through them. Keep them instead and let kind people borrow them. People that treat them with respect.
Sophy
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On possession of books.
29/10/2009 07:13:44 PM
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Re: <sings Madonna>
29/10/2009 08:06:13 PM
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My friends wanted to make a bonfire of my books last time I moved.
29/10/2009 09:10:16 PM
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No.
29/10/2009 09:28:11 PM
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i always keep the books i think are worth it
29/10/2009 09:38:38 PM
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If I kept the books I felt worth it, I would keep them all.
29/10/2009 09:46:57 PM
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yes but i have a habit of re-reading my books at some future point -- except the textbooks
29/10/2009 10:03:04 PM
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I'm at an interesting crossroads myself, now that I've got an eBook reader.
29/10/2009 09:56:19 PM
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A failing you say?
29/10/2009 10:07:34 PM
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To quote my wise grandmother, "There's a difference between sentiment and sediment."
29/10/2009 10:22:31 PM
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Re: On possession of books.
29/10/2009 09:59:04 PM
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I wouldn't worry.
29/10/2009 10:19:10 PM
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Ok. I won't worry.
30/10/2009 01:37:18 PM
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Are you truly trying to claim that none of the knowledge you've learned from your books
30/10/2009 02:51:35 PM
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I think you may have failed to read the original post or have misunderstood it
30/10/2009 03:00:48 PM
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no
30/10/2009 03:06:53 PM
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Re: On possession of books.
30/10/2009 01:05:25 PM
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People seem to lend books! I am in a distinct minority. I don't lend books. Or give them to people.
30/10/2009 01:46:25 PM
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Library donation is a good idea; you might check around with some local schools, too.
31/10/2009 02:49:48 PM
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