In all honesty, I LOVE MY BOOKS. Lovelovelove them. Loooooove them. HOWEVER, the addendum to this is that I really only own the books that I truly enjoy and have read several times, and intend to re-read more over the years to come. You might think this would curtail my collection, but actually I like a lot of stuff and have been lucky enough to grab a lot of good stuff either at great prices or free. My husband finds it quirky in that I-don't-get-this-but-you're-my-wife-so-it's-kind-of-cute way, but he has expressed more than once that to his mind, once you've read the book, what's the point in keeping it?? Re-reading is NOT something he computes.

I have very few books right now that I would consider giving away or selling. Most of those are books that have been given to me by others and while I've read them all at least a couple times, I wouldn't cry over the idea of removing them to make room for others I like better. It's not at all a huge number - probably 75 or so - and they all fit on one shelf. And I READ them. So why would I get rid of them? That's basically the opposite attitude of my hubby, funny huh?

More than the reality that I have few books and read them, however, is the fact that I paid money for those books and I intend to KEEP THEM. I have worked my ass off for a long time, and we get along well finanacially, but a long time ago I developed a real stinginess with my money that I can't shake from my personality. And don't want to. Even if I only paid a quarter for a book at a garage sale, dammit it was MY QUARTER. So, I keep them.