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I've boxed up 12 Banker's Boxes to donate to the library's book sale. It's hard to do.
Update: At 25 boxes, some to donate for book sales, some to build libraries on specific subjects, I'm out of boxes. I've also de-accessioned a big volume of clothes. I've faced it: I'll never be a size six again, unless I get really, really sick. And besides -- the clothes are out of date.
Note: one reason I bought this house is that it had three full walls of bookshelves. It is a bit like an alcoholic buying a bar.
I like the metaphor. I think we're down to (estimating here) < 100 linear feet of filled shelves at home. However, that doesn't count the stack of current (inaccurate adjective) reads that are on a stool in the dining room. Nor does it include the ~60 linear feet at the office (which I purge frequently, much to students' delight).
I should post images.
Posted by: John Wills Lloyd | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 05:00 AM
I donated 3 banker boxes of books to Salvation Army, mostly my kids books but I still had a hard time letting go...
Posted by: Liza's Eyeview | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 06:52 PM
Have you discovered BookMooch yet? www.bookmooch.com
This inspires me to clear out literary clutter because I can trade books in for points and it notifies me when anything on my wishlist is available. It also definitely cuts down on the impulse buys.
Posted by: naomi | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 08:24 PM