Question for everyone. When you finish a book, do you keep it or give it away or sell it?
Question for everyone. When you finish a book, do you keep it or give it away or sell it?
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My den and 3 floor to ceiling book shelves say i keep my beloved books. I re-read my books every single time i find favorites. I read about 1 300-500 page book every 4 days or so. Insomnia loves books my friends. ?
I don’t really have the room for them so I try not to hold on to a book unless I’m obsessed with it or think it’s super meaningful
Usually trade it in at Half Price Books.
Donate to the local library
I read almost exclusively e-books, so I keep them!
Depends on the book. Some I want to keep, others I donate.
I give it to my reading buddy if it is good, if it’s eh… then I donate to library
I only keep like 5 special to me authors. The others I gift to people or donate to the free library box.
For me it depends on how much I liked or disliked the book. The books I really like I keep. If it just good I pass it on to a friend. The ones I don’t care for I donate to libraries or jails
I keep it now. I gave a few books to the library and have actually regretted it.
Wife and I collect them. There are a bunch in the past I’ve shared and not made clear I want back. I regret that.
I keep them
WELL, THE BOOK I JUST FINISHED MY OLDEST SON WHO IS 34 WANTS IT SO I WILL GIVE IT TO HIM. I ONLY KEEP VERY VERY FEW OF THEM. I USUALLY GIVE THEM AWAY OR TAKE THEM TO A USED BOOK STORE AND TRADE THEM. SOLD A COUPLE ON FACEBOOK.
I keep all mine
Keep the ones I think I would re-read or if I really loved it. Other than that I give them away.
Ones I really like or want to share with friends I keep. Others I donate to the Symphony Book Fair for their sale which benefits the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans.
I take them on holiday with us and swap them over free at caravan parks
I usually keep them cause I flip through them later. Then every few years I do a huge book shelf sort and get rid of a ton. It’s always really sad but I can’t justify horsing books I haven’t read since high school
I have several shelves of non-fiction books that I have horsed for years, never having flipped through them. Fiction, for the most part, goes out the door as soon as I have a stack about 3 feet tall, every 6 months or so (doesn’t include the ones I borrowed from the library or from friends), taken to Half Price Books to get a little of my money back.
@Chris smart
I don’t make friends with my books! After reading a book, it goes to the shelf as part of the library!
It goes back to the library
@Diane that’s just what I was going to say!!!!
i keep them if they are a series. books i don’t read get donated to my library.
I borrow most of the books I read from the library. I keep a few of the physical books I own, but most are donated or traded when I’m done with them.
i also borrow most books from the library too Juli, there is an awesome book website called Fantastic fiction, i check them out to see what they are about, if i like the looks of them, i look up the library website to see if they have it..if you can borrow it, why buy it.
Keep them all! I have my own library. Just over 2000 books.
Keep
Depends
keeptheonesIlikied.
Not going to make my own library if I get rid of my books, am I? Unless I really hated it. Then I get rid of them.
Give them away. I have so many I bought to read later if I kept the ones I’ve read I’d really be a hoarder?
I keep the ones I really liked, but I give most of them away. I’ve never had the time to make the sell back thing work for me so I just don’t bother with that.
I keep the ones I like that I know I’ll reread. The ones I don’t, I put in a pile to trade at a local used bookstore I go to quite a bit.
I used to keep them all. But as I’m older, I keep my favorites that I will reread or use as reference books. I also keep signed copies or ones that belonged to my mom. I also keep favorite authors . I still keep most, I guess. Lol. I do give away some
I usually go to the library but when I do buy a book, I always give it away.
I give them to my sister She reads them, then she donates then to a small public library.
I pretty much only read library books so I return it.
Keep
Give to a friend or donate to a little free library. 99% of the time though, I use my local library.
I keep it
or let some one barrow it
I can’t afford to buy every book I read so most of them get returned to the library. I give away almost all of the rest & only keep about 20-30 really special books. Every year at Christmas, I buy myself a copy of my favorite library book I read that year.
if it is a very good one I keep or try and get the hardback version, if not I either do swaps, or take down to a charity shop
Depends on the book. If its one that has impacted me greatly, I usually keep it to reread another time. Others I either donate to the library, give to a friend, or donate it to the senior living center I work at.
I am the same but tongue in cheek I can beat even that amount! ?
At the risk of getting slated I keep everything, they are my friends, I adore my books and most of them are birthday, Xmas gifts off family or have some other sentimental reason. Hence I have a few thousand but I don’t do anything else “bad” smoke, drugs, drink. Being buried alive by books is a good way to go. ?
I keep it unless it was a library book
It depends. Some books go into the permanent collection, some are passed along in some way.
Give away I don’t like clutter
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I’ve turned over a new leaf after reading Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up… If I truly, deeply, honestly think I will reread the book again, I keep it. If, in all honesty, I don’t think I will, I pass it on to a friend who I think will like it. Otherwise, it goes to the library for its Used Books for Sale shelves or to a charitable organization for someone else to enjoy. I review my decisions periodically and sometimes let go of those I thought I would always keep when I am ready to let them bring joy to others. Mind you, between my husband and I, we still own over 1,000 books. We aren’t hurting for reading material and I am constantly borrowing books from the library, but 1,000 books is too much to hold onto (this is only my opinion of myself. I am not hinting that 1,000 books is too much for another person to own, just he and I)
I usually donate it to a library sale or a thrift shop. I also pass them along to friends.
Depends on the book and the format– I read e-books whenever possible, and that’s a library I share with my husband and some books you can loan out. Print books I donate unless it’s a favorite or collected book, in which case I keep the book or loan it out to friends.
I keep them, I currently have a library with approximately 1600 books
I have been donating books to the Friends of the Library organization–which then sells donated books to raise money for our public libraries in Phoenix,
I pass mine on to my other book reading friends who haven’t read them or I take them to the used book nook at the library and trade them for another set of used adventures ?
I pass them to the friend who I think would most appreciate each book.I used to keep them all,but I’m too old to accumulate a lot of books for my family to have to get rid of.
I’ve got a giveaway-to-the-library pile of books that I’ve read that I didn’t like or that aren’t worth a second look. Someone else might like them. The ones I really like, I keep. There are some books I’ve read several times (Lonesome Dove, Marley & Me, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc.).
All of the above. Keep only the most expensive reference.
It I hated it, I give it away. I’ve only read a few which I really didn’t like. I still force myself to give up some I love just because having over 2,000 books gets crazy.
If I liked the book I keep it. If I didn’t like it or thought it was just okay I donate it. I may have to rethink this as I currently have a ton of books and no spare for them.
Keep it. I want to have a wonderful library full of books I love one day.
I love keeping my books in the bookshelf but whenever anyone sees one they like i love letting them borrow it or just giving it!
Depends on the book.
Keep it.
Keep it unless it wasn’t very good and had no intention of sharing it with someone or rereading it
Depends. If it touched my heart i keep it forever. If it was really good i keep to share with a fellow book lover. If it was so so, i give it away.
give it away..
Keep it.
Book hoarder.LOL?
keep
Depends I have authors that I collect so I keep them but others I pass along
Unless i absolutely love it and can’t bear to part with it (rare) i mostly give it away or donate it to our library.
I donate mine to the library
I keep it.
Mostly keep it cause i reread
Keep it because I reread most of them sometimes 6 times
Give it away to someone or the library so others can enjoy it too!
Give away or keep.
usually keep it might want to read it again
My books are bought in our book club, when the books have been read we donate them to various organizations/ church/ SPCA or whatever
I keep my reference books. My daily reading comes from the library, so I return those.
Give away the paperback then buy the hardback for my collection