tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post5890814507572217703..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Monday MusingSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-64671997160851341032010-02-25T07:57:23.133-06:002010-02-25T07:57:23.133-06:00Jenclair, I really like the idea of giving to reti...Jenclair, I really like the idea of giving to retirement/assisted living homes. We have several of those within 10 miles of my house...need to pay them a visit to see if they are interested.<br /><br />Thanks for the idea.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-61612112133568908282010-02-25T07:55:59.517-06:002010-02-25T07:55:59.517-06:00Kayo, I sort of envy your attitude about books...l...Kayo, I sort of envy your attitude about books...life would be so much simpler that way. I'm a born pack rat, so I have other massive collections of stuff like CDs, DVDs...even a collection of important newspaper headlines that goes back to the early '70s. Don't get my wife started...Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76951382397008353752010-02-25T07:54:04.548-06:002010-02-25T07:54:04.548-06:00Annie, saying you'll get rid of books is easie...Annie, saying you'll get rid of books is easier said than done...learning the hard way right now. I'm starting to stack up the ones I want to move out of the house but I find myself having second thoughts about some of them the longer I keep them around.<br /><br />Good luck.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-52176169198481512232010-02-25T07:52:47.760-06:002010-02-25T07:52:47.760-06:00I hear you Gold Digger - in one sense, it always c...I hear you Gold Digger - in one sense, it always comes down to money...for more shelving, editions worth keeping forever, or money to buy more suitable space to keep a home library. And, these days, who has spare cash?<br /><br />Hey, maybe one day I'll have one of yours on my shelves, too.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-747893516203973912010-02-23T07:12:14.421-06:002010-02-23T07:12:14.421-06:00Having just moved, I've pared my books down ag...Having just moved, I've pared my books down again. I give away a lot of them every year anyway, donating to the library and retirement homes. That still leaves me with more books than space!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60527597175988588502010-02-23T07:09:18.465-06:002010-02-23T07:09:18.465-06:00I guess I dont feel much ties to my books. Oh yes...I guess I dont feel much ties to my books. Oh yes, I love them, UNTIL I read them.. and then they need to go bye bye.. so I can get more and more books. I'd rather see a new book(or used) on my shelf.. than see a book I've read before on the shelf.<br />(I will say that I have all the Little House books on my shelf. And those I will never sell or give away.)<br />Other than that, Kayonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-53302455926524836032010-02-22T23:01:05.964-06:002010-02-22T23:01:05.964-06:00Having just moved, I've pulled all my books fr...Having just moved, I've pulled all my books from storage and finally have them all under the same roof for the first time, and there are over 1,000 of them. The bad news is I'm daggone close to having to get rid of some. I have no clue how I'm going to do it.Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-38030818504707699562010-02-22T19:27:04.080-06:002010-02-22T19:27:04.080-06:00I keep only a few (as I cannot afford everything I...I keep only a few (as I cannot afford everything I read and have moved so many times): my very very favorites, like "A Wrinkle in Time," books written by friends (Jeff Abbott, who writes thrillers, and Jon Burnett, who wrote a book about flash floods in Texas), and cookbooks, which I read for fun and also use because food is my main hobby. <br /><br />Someday I hope to see my own up on the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.com