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frozendaisy · 07/06/2022 23:12

If you know, because there is so much new to read always, so if you know you won't read a book again, or you have obtained all the information to you, as in non-fiction you have studied or your interests have changed, do you donate, lend, get rid of the books?

For instance there is so much information now on the net, do you get rid of older instruction manuals.

Or can you not bear it and keep them.

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Basilbrushgotfat · 08/06/2022 01:15

My attitude has always been books are for life, but as long life long bookworm I'm drowning in them.

Last couple of years I've decided to try and reduce the size of my library but I've only managed to do so by 2 a year so far...

TottersBlankly · 08/06/2022 00:51

Books are for life, not just for … information. Ideally.

I sold all my undergrad text books after finals because I needed the money. Coincidentally, they wouldn’t really have been worth hanging onto for years with regard to content as the subject was constantly evolving, but I might have kept them for sentimental value.

I have, too many times, been forced by accident or circumstance to abandon lovingly collected books, ranging from a few to a whole library. Their loss will still sting me on my deathbed.

So, on the whole, left to myself, I would never, ever evict a book once it crosses the threshold. And I’ve learnt my lesson over lending books to people. Books are family …

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