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Some I give to students, some I trade, some I keep Larry Send a noteboard - 17/10/2017 02:12:28 AM

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Do you donate your books, try to sell them at your next garage sale, or do you hold on to them on the off chance you might want to reference them again in the future?

What is your reasoning for why you do whatever it is that you do with your books once you've read them?

My wife and I have a ton of books that we have read, intend to read, or have acquired but will likely never read. So I've always got this drive to get rid of old books but there's also something in me that just likes to keep old books around. A library or second hand book store would undoubtedly get more use out of them. So, what's your thoughts about your dusty old tomes?


But lately, I haven't bought much besides the latest Library of America editions, which I obviously keep. Have only 85 or so missing volumes out of 301 to date.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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What do you do with books once you've read them? MrFarstrider - 14/10/2017 07:07:17 PM 1383 Views
I never return the books to the library, or they remain forever on my kindle. I guess I am evil *NM* Roland00 - 14/10/2017 10:30:17 PM 404 Views
I need more characters, preferably 280. That earlier comment is supposed to include after the *NM* Roland00 - 14/10/2017 10:31:22 PM 474 Views
Bookshelf, loan out, forget who I loaned to, buy again, repeat. TyrReborn - 15/10/2017 02:42:50 AM 726 Views
Hold onto them until my house burns down, then get new ones Cannoli - 15/10/2017 06:03:19 AM 804 Views
I hoard them, which is ridiculous in virtually all circumstances. I should be donating them. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/10/2017 07:34:35 AM 508 Views
Carry them from house to house... forever. *NM* aerocontrols - 15/10/2017 04:24:32 PM 429 Views
Nothing. My Kindle can hold thousands of books. They're always waiting for me. *NM* LiterateDog - 15/10/2017 05:50:34 PM 390 Views
I treasure them *NM* Tom - 16/10/2017 12:43:37 AM 498 Views
I keep a few but give most away random thoughts - 16/10/2017 02:50:46 AM 763 Views
excalibur is not allowed books. Aviendha - 16/10/2017 01:12:51 PM 771 Views
I keep trying to donate them, but the other half is a book hoarder. nossy - 16/10/2017 03:10:31 PM 774 Views
You make "book hoarder" sound like a *bad* thing... Tom - 16/10/2017 07:56:38 PM 771 Views
Not intentional. nossy - 16/10/2017 09:17:39 PM 797 Views
Amen Aviendha - 17/10/2017 02:37:25 PM 983 Views
Moving is just an opportunity to spend days rearranging them!!! Tom - 17/10/2017 08:38:38 PM 781 Views
Rearranging I can dig. nossy - 18/10/2017 09:00:23 AM 806 Views
That's why you hire movers Tom - 22/10/2017 02:20:47 AM 692 Views
I read eBooks primarily. The Shrike - 16/10/2017 06:51:50 PM 766 Views
They grace my living room/library and home office. Vodalus - 16/10/2017 09:09:55 PM 690 Views
Some I give to students, some I trade, some I keep Larry - 17/10/2017 02:12:28 AM 714 Views
Use them as toilet paper *NM* Deadsy - 17/10/2017 03:42:11 AM 521 Views
Really? MrFarstrider - 18/10/2017 12:07:07 AM 765 Views
Replaced them with the e-book version mostly. Dakaling - 18/10/2017 06:20:16 AM 769 Views
Depends on the book Danu - 28/10/2017 12:46:40 AM 1017 Views
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