Originally Posted by
iris lilies
Yes, our third floor holds the shelving for our library so few books here are visible to visitors. As an exceedingly disciplined buyer of books, I dont stuff every nook and cranny with them.I value their content, not necessarily their physicality. I remember back when I was about 25 I purged a lot of the books I owned then and vowed not to grow my book collection huge since I would be working in libraries. I always have some “reading” books around, but not many. My big collection came in the form of illustrated children’s books which I am now purging.
Funny that the one section of books I was not able to purge until recently were the ones from my childhood. But now they dont hold much meaning to me, I kept 3 and tossed the rest. Only a couple were in good enough shape to send to the local bookstore.