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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When I was living at home, it was a lot easier to store my books without them taking up a lot of room. I didn't have any bookshelves in my room, but I did have the use of a big linen closet outside my bedroom. I used that closet to store my books. I have pictures somewhere that I'll have to post sometime.
I would also store the books I was going to read soon by my bed in a big pile on the floor.
Needless to say, with a big closet with room for lots of books, I bought a lot and kept a lot. In fact, I have kept every book I have ever bought unless someone has borrowed it and I haven't gotten it back.
Now that I am in an apartment, I have come to realize just how much room over 1200 books takes up. While I don't really want to part with any of them, I do think I need to go through them and be honest with myself about what I want to keep. I love to reread books, so I am always afraid that I'll want a book and it won't be there.
Just can't keep all the books I read.
ReplyDeleteI keep my books. Here's Mine.
ReplyDeleteOf course, one must find room for the TBR books. The problem is the ones I have read and know I will never have the time to re-read. I am not a re-reader and yet it is so hard to part with them...
ReplyDeleteI don't have a lot of room for books and I have some plastic storage totes that are stuffed with my older books. I periodically go through and donate books I know I won't read again to the library book sale. I take good care of my books so a lot of them still look brand new. The only thing I haven't found a cure for is the eventual yellowing of the pages :(
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