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Jan 2018
3:42pm, 8 Jan 2018
940 posts
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WtnMel
I was already despairing of my over-full bookshelf which has a dozen books on top and others crammed into every available spot. After xmas I find myself with another dozen books to read and nowhere to put them (sigh ..) 
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Jan 2018
5:19pm, 8 Jan 2018
18,906 posts
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Meglet
I find books very hard to get rid of. However with a lack of bookcases at the moment I did send a lot to charity and the rest are packed away. I’ll be careful what I keep I think.
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Jan 2018
8:56pm, 8 Jan 2018
12,515 posts
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EvilPixie
Books are meant to Be kept!!!
Whilst looking for loaf tin I realised how much cooking stuff I have unused
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Jan 2018
8:56pm, 8 Jan 2018
4,884 posts
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WA
What is it about books? I'm exactly the same- I hate getting rid of them. They almost as personal as photographs. And yet there are already oodles of editions of everything I own. I've a few 1940s Famous Fives that belonged to my mum, but the girls haven't shown much interest and they're pretty old and moth eaten so of no value. And yet. There is something so personal about any book that makes it hard to discard
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Jan 2018
10:13pm, 8 Jan 2018
18,908 posts
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Meglet
Books take up a lot of space. They may look nice but mostly they sit there. I’ve kept favourites, classics and box sets. But did give away a lot that I won’t read again. Teen 1 reads but has a kindle now so reads a lot from that. Even the children’s sets we decided not to keep too many, as the teens pointed out, it will be years before (if at all) I have grandchildren to read them, and we can get them again. And as I’ve found, the teens didn’t read many of my old books, and almost none of my mum’s.
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Jan 2018
10:14pm, 8 Jan 2018
39,434 posts
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
Books are meant to be read! If you're never going to read it again or would love someone you know to read it in the future, set it free
I've kept a lot of children's picture books though, some were mine or my sisters and things go out of print. Other than that though I've only kept books I'd love to read again.
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Jan 2018
10:16pm, 8 Jan 2018
18,909 posts
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Meglet
I have kept the favourite picture books. And all the Roald Dahl and Narnia (even if it was old hat when I read it)
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Jan 2018
10:21pm, 8 Jan 2018
39,437 posts
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Fierce and Focused Fleecy
I gave my cousin the picture books that'll still be around when my kids have kids (Mog, other classics). The ones I thought might not be easy to get I kept (Curtis the Hip Hop Cat is a classic but little known!)
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Jan 2018
10:31pm, 8 Jan 2018
4,886 posts
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WA
Agree Fleecy. Books are meant to be read and shared. I guess I'm sentimental about this. I feel as though I've been entrusted with things from my and their histories. It's not just books, but furniture too. Oddly, I don't feel the same about music though.
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Jan 2018
10:35pm, 8 Jan 2018
26,327 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
I used to keep all my books just in case I wanted to read them again, nowadays I pass all novels on, I would rather someone else has the pleasure of enjoying them rather than they sit on my bookcase.
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