Comments on: Simplifying My Books

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:17:46 +0000

Its hard for me to let go of books as well. I do it by remembering four key things.

a. I live on the 3rd floor. No elevator.
b. This book and its friends are heavy.
c. I’m going to move again one day.
d. I have a library card.

By: Auntie Claws

Auntie Claws — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:31:22 +0000

Okay, I’m going to be a shill, here for a minute. Our branch of AAUW, like many others, holds a used book sale as our primary fundraiser. Here in the Star City of the South, we typically give away about 7 – 8 scholarships that are generally in the $1000 – $1500 range. That’s a lotta books. Our scholarships are strictly for young women heading to college for the first time, or for non-traditional students – the ones who took time off to raise a family before getting their own degree, for example. Because I am giving my books to AAUW, I have a much easier time of letting go. But I do offer the discards to friends and family first. After that, off they go to the book sale.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:51:23 +0000

Thank you for your post!

Going through my book-case and getting rid of books has always been a production for me, since I get really attached to my books.

One thing that recently helped me in getting rid of old books was my kindle. I went through all of my worn and ratty classics which I’ve picked up from the free cart at the library over the years and meant to read someday and downloaded them for free onto my kindle. I was able to get rid of a tooon of books that way.

I also like your idea of thinking about what the books mean to you as a means of sorting through them and will try it 🙂