Book it

[zophos]

After I finally shoehorned the book collection back into the bookshelves, I did the thing I always do - try to cull the herd. It sounds like a good idea, but it never works out. First I decide that I can't get rid of the butt ugly books I got at a library sale for $.50 because I haven't read them yet. Then I decide that I can't get rid of some

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[roninspoon]

I avoid this dilemma by refusing to get rid of the books I own, regardless as to whether I've read them, as well as continuing to purchase new ones.

It works.

[zophos]

If I owned a house (or lived in >800 sq ft of space), I'd probably continue on my merry way as well, but right now the name of the game is limiting collections of things (books, games, cameras, jackets, teapots, etc.) so that we can live here comfortably for a few more years.

[cleahpatra]

I am a rabid proponent of getting things at the library. Especially because I can request them online and just pick them up the next time I work (2x weekly, so not much wait).

Soon I will try to cull the herd more - swaptree.com is actually being helpful because I can weigh the option of owning *something else I want* in return for getting rid of this book. (Swaptree is only USA right now, though, boo).

Though I still have trouble getting rid of books I actively dislike if I have several by the same author (I hate Palahniuk's "Lullaby").

Some of the librarians and I had a long conversation about how their generation (the one before us) refuses to get rid of ANY books, almost viewing it as a sin. (I had noticed that the old guy at Barnes & Noble was appalled when I said I had cleared a bookshelf).

WHOA THAT WAS LONG SORRY!