I'm going to have to seek this one out. Sounds great!
As for culling books, in the last ten years I've gotten rid of 80% of my books in three great purges, donating each batch to the library book sale. The first wave was things I had read and did not intend to revisit, realistically. If I wanted them, I could find them in the library system, or I could buy a digital version. The second wave was things I bought for IDEAL Justin to read, and I had to be honest about never being that person. And the third wave was basically anything I'd held on to the first time that I had second thoughts about, comforting myself with the mantra "You can get it at the library," and things I'd realized I was never going to read again or ever that was left over from the first time.
The "ideal Justin" thing helped the most. It also helped me feel less guilty for not getting to those books. I don't have to look at them anymore and be reminded that my TBR pile is longer than my years left.
What a great idea to tackle it in phases! I think I am stuck in the Ideal phase for sure. I’ve been more realistic but not as much as I could be, and need to be more honest with my current self about what I want my shelves to look like.
I hear you on the book overwhelm issue. I got rid of a couple of hundred books about 7 or 8 years ago but I think I have acquired that many more since. When I did it, I had a goal to take a bag of books each week to the library as donation. I tried selling some to the used book store but I got so little for them it wasn't worth it. It felt really good to do it but it is VERY hard to detach. I already regularly get rid of books that I know I won't read again - there are few fiction books in my library. I have lots of art, craft and cook books that are so special to me and are not easily replaceable. I tell myself I'd rather live with too many books than none at all.
This is the best headline to ever headline.
It sounds like The Birds, but 10x cooler.
Totally that!! The whole time I kept thinking how it was a much more elevated The Birds story!
Oh my god. how did I not know this existed.
I haven't seen it anywhere! At all!! I read it in like 2 days and was totally engrossed!
GURL. Your title this week... 😳
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I've heard great things about Prison Book Program and they accept book donations! https://prisonbookprogram.org/donate-books/guidelines/
I am also v much in a own less stuff phase of life, so I relate to the struggle
I love this program! I will definitely send some of my books their way!
I'm going to have to seek this one out. Sounds great!
As for culling books, in the last ten years I've gotten rid of 80% of my books in three great purges, donating each batch to the library book sale. The first wave was things I had read and did not intend to revisit, realistically. If I wanted them, I could find them in the library system, or I could buy a digital version. The second wave was things I bought for IDEAL Justin to read, and I had to be honest about never being that person. And the third wave was basically anything I'd held on to the first time that I had second thoughts about, comforting myself with the mantra "You can get it at the library," and things I'd realized I was never going to read again or ever that was left over from the first time.
The "ideal Justin" thing helped the most. It also helped me feel less guilty for not getting to those books. I don't have to look at them anymore and be reminded that my TBR pile is longer than my years left.
What a great idea to tackle it in phases! I think I am stuck in the Ideal phase for sure. I’ve been more realistic but not as much as I could be, and need to be more honest with my current self about what I want my shelves to look like.
Thank you for sharing my piece!
I haven’t stopped thinking about it!
This book sounds pretty incredible!
I hear you on the book overwhelm issue. I got rid of a couple of hundred books about 7 or 8 years ago but I think I have acquired that many more since. When I did it, I had a goal to take a bag of books each week to the library as donation. I tried selling some to the used book store but I got so little for them it wasn't worth it. It felt really good to do it but it is VERY hard to detach. I already regularly get rid of books that I know I won't read again - there are few fiction books in my library. I have lots of art, craft and cook books that are so special to me and are not easily replaceable. I tell myself I'd rather live with too many books than none at all.