tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post3002160666223179978..comments2023-12-22T09:04:09.898-08:00Comments on Six Boxes of Books: WeedingWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-16623696581040586252009-08-30T06:08:52.854-07:002009-08-30T06:08:52.854-07:00Well, I have no doubt that Little Women will alway...Well, I have no doubt that Little Women will always be in the library, anywhere I go (unless it's somewhere like Abu Dhabi, where I wouldn't have it with me anyway). So I don't need to own it.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-81855079094098535592009-08-29T16:47:56.814-07:002009-08-29T16:47:56.814-07:00HOW ON EARTH COULD YOU GET RID OF LITTLE WOMEN????...HOW ON EARTH COULD YOU GET RID OF LITTLE WOMEN???? Ok, if you must, you must, but really??Beth Hillekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-48761695405411876802009-05-30T23:29:23.778-07:002009-05-30T23:29:23.778-07:00There are re-issues? I didn't know that, and now, ...There are re-issues? I didn't know that, and now, I feel a book buying urge coming on.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13427735836529250082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-57712726556431254852009-05-30T04:25:02.685-07:002009-05-30T04:25:02.685-07:00Yes, I loved Trixie, too! And the wonder is that ...Yes, I loved Trixie, too! And the wonder is that THEY are actually very re-readable. I was actually going to post about the Trixie re-issues sometime soon.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-76574892113058713032009-05-29T22:16:49.263-07:002009-05-29T22:16:49.263-07:00Weeding is so difficult; objectively, we either ne...Weeding is so difficult; objectively, we either need to do ANOTHER weeding pass or buy another bookcase. <br /><br />I just can't get rid of any more books. I loved having a lot of books at home growing up, and I want my daughter to have that too. I read so many things that way that I probably wouldn't have.<br /><br />Also, Nancy Drew was good, but I liked Trixie Belden better.Katharine Bondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-47046065762558746652009-05-27T10:00:48.089-07:002009-05-27T10:00:48.089-07:00Sorry, Becki--the few non-revised Nancy Drews I ha...Sorry, Becki--the few non-revised Nancy Drews I have are my mother's blue tweeds from the 1950s. I love those thirties covers, too, and I can SEE that the text is more interesting, but they just aren't the ones I read when I was a kid.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-10039942112265059932009-05-27T00:43:22.869-07:002009-05-27T00:43:22.869-07:00Dude, I SO relate. Including about needing to own ...Dude, I SO relate. Including about needing to own certain books in the edition in which you read them as a child, even if you now own other editions as well.<br /><br />If you saw the state of my apartment, my empathy would not be a cause of comfort; quite the opposite, actually. But there you are.Elizabethhttp://underagereading.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-84710283928382294402009-05-26T10:49:03.835-07:002009-05-26T10:49:03.835-07:00I own hardly any books, and have no qualms about w...I own hardly any books, and have no qualms about weeding. The only ones I own are the ones that I'll want to read at 3am or need to reference frequently, since it wouldn't be convenient to keep running off to the library. That said, I harbor great love for te 1930s editions of Nancy Drew. I'd be happy to pay you if you happen to have any.Beckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177509504967992457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-85732309958942881342009-05-20T11:38:57.753-07:002009-05-20T11:38:57.753-07:00An update: Powell's took about a third of my caref...An update: Powell's took about a third of my carefully selected "Powell's might want this" grouping, for $23. Well, it's all about Having Less Stuff, right?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690852339559706714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-51454772554916108672009-05-19T21:48:15.231-07:002009-05-19T21:48:15.231-07:00I think I'm pretty good about weeding...my husband...I think I'm pretty good about weeding...my husband disagrees. Although one problem I have is actually getting rid of the stuff I weed. It tends to hang around for a while before I sell it or give it away. <br /><br />I read a lot from the library, but have a flexible rule that if I check something out of the library at least 3 times I have permission to buy it.Kathleen McDadehttp://www.technoearthmama.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704532387089251856.post-48153237935868799562009-05-18T14:58:00.000-07:002009-05-18T14:58:00.000-07:00Hangups? I have no hangups about books! Perish the...Hangups? I have no hangups about books! Perish the thought.<br /><br />I've shared with you before my philosophy for what earns a place on the shelf- I call that my 3 a.m. rule. In practice, though, it is very likely that once something earns a place it is allowed to keep it, even when said place is more of a sinecure than not. <br /><br />Some of the things that slid in under the "Love, love, love this" clause no longer belong- f'rinstance some of the Heinlein which will be available at the library as long as there are libraries. And I'm fairly certain that if I forget what TANSTAAFL means, I can wait til morning to find out.<br /><br />I have a lovely expanse of shelving that I make an earnest effort to confine myself to, but the one book in one book out rule is just starry-eyed idealism and unless I change my ways I'm doomed to be that little old lady who navigates through narrow paths of books stacked floor-to-ceiling whilst bemoaning the state of the world these days.<br /><br />Gee, thanks for bringing up a tender subject like this.Melody Marie Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751943914009310127noreply@blogger.com