chili pepper Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Ms marple, I'm with you, I just love books and cannot bear to part with them. I am 38 years old and still have books from when I was a girl. All my children have read them and tired of them but I still can't bear to part with them. I never borrow books from libraries as I want to buy them new and keep them. There is something so special about opening a brand new book, the smell, the feel!!!! A bit odd I know, but I bet its not just us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chili pepper Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 OOh BOK BOK, we just started our messages at the same time with the same opening, how strange!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 sings: doDOdoDOdodododo - spooky! I know - my MIL is always getting me to take the kids to the library (which IS a good thing - I know that) but all the time I am thinking "buuuut I want to BUY them the books to keEEeeeeeP" - wasteful but OURS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 "book is for life - not just for reading" Like it Bokbokbok Ms marple, I'm with you, I just love books and cannot bear to part with them. I am 38 years old and still have books from when I was a girl. All my children have read them and tired of them but I still can't bear to part with them. I never borrow books from libraries as I want to buy them new and keep them. There is something so special about opening a brand new book, the smell, the feel!!!! A bit odd I know, but I bet its not just us Ms marple, I'm with you, I just love books and cannot bear to part with them. I am 38 years old and still have books from when I was a girl. All my children have read them and tired of them but I still can't bear to part with them. I never borrow books from libraries as I want to buy them new and keep them. There is something so special about opening a brand new book, the smell, the feel!!!! A bit odd I know, but I bet its not just us That 's me too and I'm 48!! We have ALL the books from when the boys were little - for the grandchildren of course! The boys read my Narnia books and Pooh books etc-they have travelled the World too as I grew up in South Africa. Soooo glad I'm not alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 shhhh! it isn't very politically correct at the moment not to recycle I draw the line at books though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 a "book is for life - not just for reading" I thought it was just me I've got boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes and boxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 shhhh! it isn't very politically correct at the moment not to recycle I draw the line at books though. I thought it was recycling! We aren't throwing them away! We are saving them for other generations to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 YES!!! You are soooo right! I hadn't thought that one through - thank you for pointing it out Yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I'm another book hoarder - but not novels. Very rarely I will buy one and keep it, but mostly i read and recycle. I have very few in the house. BUT I have boxes and boxes of reference books in the loft. OH goes mad and keeps asking when I am going to get rid, but I can't - you never know when you might need some info on something! (and then when I need to know something, I go out and buy some new books ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 My favourites (fiction) from younger years I keep like Thomas Hardy and couldnt part with. What I read now I cant help giving to my friend to share the experience. During a long flight the person I sat next to gave me a list of books that can change you or move you. Im working my way through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Anyone want to add to my list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokbokbok Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 "Who Moved My Cheese?" made me understand my husband's attitude to life / lack of ambition etc - it maybe isn't what you are thinking of but it HAS left an impression on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I only get rid of books I haven't liked & I know I will never read again. I am here in my office with a massive bookcase full of books I adore & will always own I read a lot - at least a book a week,often 2, so to keep them all just is not practical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinkychick Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 oh my what did i miss lol. Yes im a bookcrosser, but i have only found one book and none of mine have been reported to be found. So maybe im not such a good one. I also tend not to release too many books as i like to keep mine like many others on the forum! I started putting all my childs old kiddies books on there, but we haven't started setting them free yet ....we need a day trip out! I made her a deal she lets a load go and i buy her x amount of new ones or x amount of second hand ones. Hoping it will inspire her to read more, i so loved books at her age. Still do but kids stories wernt they amazing when you were 9? I also buy cheap books from charity shops to read and release but like i said they may spend quite along time at my house first hehe *runs off to find some to release* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Im awful for keeping all my books I have piles of all sorts of books and also all my old school stuff etc And it does come in useful - my mums friends daughter came over earlier in the year before her exams to collect all my old A level eng lang folders ect as she feels she's lacking in material!!! I'm an avid reader ever since I was tiny but I have the (rather strange) ability to read a (good) book over and over again! When I was younger I read the famous five books over and over and over almost to the stage where I could recite them verbatum(sp?) xXx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ana's flock Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm another of the 'books, like diamonds, are forever' group. I don't even get rid of the ones I didn't particularly enjoy! I must believe books are like family, or pets... weird, I know. I used to have most of the famous five (Spanish translations) when I was a child, but started lending them and not having them returned . I'm still very generous with my lending of books to people, but now I make sure I write my name, address and telephone number in a visible place inside, so they tend to come back... sometimes I love reading, the feeling, smell, seeing my walls covered in books (in every room of the house!). And I rather buy them than borrow them from libraries. I've borrowed a lot from libraries in the past, but always felt a bit sad when I had to return them, specially if I really liked the book. The thing is my boys are following my footsteps so soon we'll need to move to a bigger house, with more wall space... Please don't start recommending good psychoanalists! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janepie33 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yes! I am a Bookcrosser. two of my books were found and I have to admit that when I released my first one last year I left it on a bench outside M&S in Kingston and I lurked behind a display in Boots to see if anyone picked it up! Sad! Your posting has reminded me to dig out my pack and release some more. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Im a book hoarder too! I al currently swapping Rankin for Reichs with my boss. As soon as Ive read one though I want to keep it! I buy all my books from charity shops though. I have found its a cheaper way to read lots of different books and start a mini library! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I must start buying my books from the charity shops as im sure its costing me a small fortune! I think the only reason I've shyed away before now if the fact thay my nana (who obviously doesn't know me very well) knows that I read ALOT so used to but me piles of books from the charity shop at 50p a pop BUT they were all sappy romance and I am NOT a sappy romance type of girl lol. Even worse she knew that if someone got me a new book id want to start it right away so i'd have to actually sit and read one of the things infront of her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 BUT they were all sappy romance and I am NOT a sappy romance type of girl lol. Even worse she knew that if someone got me a new book id want to start it right away so i'd have to actually sit and read one of the things infront of her Did you find that if you took them back to the charity shop, you'd just get the same ones back from your nana the next year? I keep books too but rarely buy new ones - I use the library mostly. My boys found a Bookcrossing book once. I read it and left it on the ferry to Belgium - never heard of it since . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I'm a real book hoarder, I'm afraid. The only exception is if someone lends me a book to read, but doesn't want it back. I will then pass that on to someone else, as I feel it's not mine if that makes sense. All the books I buy myself, or am given as gifts, are kept for eternity! I have a lot of bookcases! Unfortunately ( ), OH is just the same, so we are awash with them. But as avid readers and re-readers we do feel justified. I do try to use the library and buy books from charity shops rather than get new ones, these days. Edited for typo. Must learn to proof-read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChookieCaz Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 I tried releasing a book once, however, we found it ripped up, possibly by an animal in the night, so very disappointing. We have taken books to the local charity shop, but I think in the future, I would prefer to consider offering books on our local Freecycle Group. You may not get feed-back on how far the book has travelled, but at least you know its going to someone who wants it. The Book-Crossing idea does sound a good idea and the thought of a book travelling the world, being able to track it sounds exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Our local Starbucks has a bookcrosser shelf upstairs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I fell out of love with Book crossing when I was confronted by a stroppy woman in Lush, after another member of staff had said it was fine to place books there. I do Green Met now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
