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Depends on the book Danu Send a noteboard - 28/10/2017 12:46:40 AM

I only buy books that I intend to keep in my personal library because I love them or they are classic or good for reference.

I use the local library and if I happen to check out a book that I feel that I have to have in my library (and I have to really love it) then I will go out and buy one for my own.
The local library has a place where people can drop off books they own and others can take them home to keep. I was delighted to pick up a bound volume of The Golden Bough for my personal library this way.

My parents left behind a bunch of paperback Mysteries and Westerns as well as other books that I am planning to either take to the same drop off at the local library or taking to the Salvation Army. I have 6 big boxes of books so I might just take some to each place.









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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?


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What do you do with books once you've read them? MrFarstrider - 14/10/2017 07:07:17 PM 1664 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 559 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 632 Views
Bookshelf, loan out, forget who I loaned to, buy again, repeat. TyrReborn - 15/10/2017 02:42:50 AM 1001 Views
Hold onto them until my house burns down, then get new ones Cannoli - 15/10/2017 06:03:19 AM 1046 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 660 Views
Carry them from house to house... forever. *NM* aerocontrols - 15/10/2017 04:24:32 PM 587 Views
Nothing. My Kindle can hold thousands of books. They're always waiting for me. *NM* LiterateDog - 15/10/2017 05:50:34 PM 557 Views
I treasure them *NM* Tom - 16/10/2017 12:43:37 AM 651 Views
I keep a few but give most away random thoughts - 16/10/2017 02:50:46 AM 1033 Views
excalibur is not allowed books. Aviendha - 16/10/2017 01:12:51 PM 1042 Views
I keep trying to donate them, but the other half is a book hoarder. nossy - 16/10/2017 03:10:31 PM 1036 Views
You make "book hoarder" sound like a *bad* thing... Tom - 16/10/2017 07:56:38 PM 1040 Views
Not intentional. nossy - 16/10/2017 09:17:39 PM 1076 Views
Amen Aviendha - 17/10/2017 02:37:25 PM 1267 Views
Moving is just an opportunity to spend days rearranging them!!! Tom - 17/10/2017 08:38:38 PM 1036 Views
Rearranging I can dig. nossy - 18/10/2017 09:00:23 AM 1085 Views
That's why you hire movers Tom - 22/10/2017 02:20:47 AM 946 Views
I read eBooks primarily. The Shrike - 16/10/2017 06:51:50 PM 1016 Views
They grace my living room/library and home office. Vodalus - 16/10/2017 09:09:55 PM 934 Views
Some I give to students, some I trade, some I keep Larry - 17/10/2017 02:12:28 AM 993 Views
Use them as toilet paper *NM* Deadsy - 17/10/2017 03:42:11 AM 702 Views
Really? MrFarstrider - 18/10/2017 12:07:07 AM 1009 Views
Replaced them with the e-book version mostly. Dakaling - 18/10/2017 06:20:16 AM 1013 Views
Depends on the book Danu - 28/10/2017 12:46:40 AM 1400 Views
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