Leaving is Such Sweet Sorrow..
So, once again I am making room for the books I have. In doing so I have to get rid of books I still like to make room for the newer books… it’s to the point I really am getting rid of books I might read again but since I don’t want to become a Hoarder like I see on television, this is all I can do…
![bkpile[1]](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mJ55GbvUVzg/TvRiUvOfbDI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/9PhRTdeu7m4/s1600-h/bkpile13.jpg "bkpile[1]")
I stand in front of the books and look at them and keep asking myself: will I really get back to reading this book again?.. I ask it several times, inhale a very deep breath, look over the ones I am not “able” to part with yet, and say “no”… and into the pile they go.
In this pile getting ready to leave the house are:
Weis and Hickman’s: Highlord Skies,
Hourglass Mage,
& Dwarven Depths (a trilogy) also Dragons lost star
Then there is:
Bram Stoker: Dracula
Sara Waters: Fingersmith
Carlos Ruiz Safron: Shadow of the Wing & The Angels Game
Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Gyles Brandreth: Oscar Wilde & the Dead Man’s Smile ,
Oscar Wilde and The Ring of Death
Bill Bryson: The Lost Continent
Kate DiCamillo : The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Coy Watson Jr: Keystone Kid: Tales of Early Hollywood
Justine Picardie: Daphne
Jo Walton: Among Others
Laurie R King: The Moor,
Beekeepers Apprentice
Alan Bradley: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie,
Weed That Strings the Hangmans Bag.
I wrote this list yesterday and since then I am happy to say that I have a home for those in purple! My sister-in-law (also named Pat) will take them to read ! As much as I hate “thinning” by books like this all the time, I am glad to know where some of them are going.
*sigh*… I dislike getting rid of books!
posted by DesLily | 6:13 AM
6 Comments:
I'm glad some of these have found a new home!
It must be very comfortinhg to know where some of your books will be---Just In Case---!
LOVE your Header, Pat....And A MERRY CHRISYMAS TO YOU TOO, MY DEAR!!
Glad to know some of your books are going to a good home but I know what you mean about letting them go. What a pity we're not neighbours and can't do a swap as I have a stack to go to and know you would like some of them. Damn the PO for being so expensive.
I'm with Cath, cause I'd trade you some books for some of yours! I'm glad they found a good home, though.
It's hard to let go of books, isn't it? Especially if we might read them one day - good for you to be able to say no. Something I struggle with mightily!
I wish we lived closer. I am jealous of those Dragonlance books in hardcover and would totally find a way to take them off your hands. :)
I always hate to get rid of books too but I try to donate the ones I don't think I will get to or I don't have room for to my library. That makes me feel a little better about getting rid of them, but not much!
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