I‘m trying to make sense of my ridiculous book collection and cull the ones I don‘t really need to make an impending move a little easier. This is an overwhelming task. 😨😨😨
How do you decide what books to keep and which ones go?
HOW DO I MOVE SO MANY BOOKS??
#moving #toomanythings
Tamra I only kept books with significant sentimental value or ones that were so good (5 star) that I might read again. It was amazing what I culled. 5y
SkeletonKey Oof, yeah that would definitely do the trick. 5y
LauraBeth Its tough. My last big move, I left behind hundreds of books. That was 20 years ago and I miss some of those books every single day and have even replaced some of them over the years. 😀 5y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I usually start with boxes, medium or smaller so they aren‘t too heavy, and pack my “I am definitely keeping this” books & series. Those are also ones I unpack first and put prominently on my shelves. Then there‘s tons left that I go through, is it one I still want to read or that I‘m interested in re-reading, did I love it? Could someone else love it more if I donated it to the local library, etc. I try to take them a pile before every sale. 5y
SkeletonKey @LauraBeth - I‘ve rebought books as well! 5y
SkeletonKey @Riveted_Reader_Melissa - I think keeping in mind that someone else could be reading this would help a lot. Thanks! 5y
JMEdwards If you know it's something you will probably never read, let it go. If it's something you read and it was a casual read, you can probably let that go too. You make room to better display those books that actually have meaning to you. 5y
Dan_SpiderCrafts I'm in the same moving situation. I often reorganize one large main bookshelf of my keepers. The rest (put away elsewhere) might have a few good rediscoveries, but most of the untouched storage has to go. 5y
SkeletonKey @AlobelThee - Good luck with your move too! When I read your situation it did sound similar to mine. Hope it goes well. 5y
Avanders I recently culled >500 books from my shelves (mostly unread). I asked myself, first, will this ever be the *next* book you pick? I want to read them all, so "do you want to read it" didn't work for culling.. but "will this ever be *next*" helped...Then I had to make harder choices .. and asked, basically, am I *geeked* about this book? I still have >1000... but it was still hard!! And I reminded myself about wishlists & libraries as I went along. (edited) 5y
SkeletonKey @avanders- the “do I want to read it” never works for me either but keeping the “read it NEXT” in mind might actually do the trick, thanks! I have nearly 3000 books 😓 5y
Avanders @SkeletonKey eep! I was around there in our last house too.. it was a much bigger house w a dedicated library!! 5y
SkeletonKey @Avanders - I have a library here as well but I know I won‘t in my next place 😭 5y
Avanders @SkeletonKey 😢 it's a hard adjustment. But you'll make it work! We just get more creative w book placement 😁 5y
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