Hoarding books

I have told the story of my wife often enough not to repeat it..Now she is in care I am (with the help of family) slowly decluttering the house and making it into a place I can live alone in..Getting rid of some of her stuff (she loved buying shoes she never wore) and some other items was easy enough to goodwill. But no one will take the metric tonne of "historical fiction" she had stashes under beds, in wardrobes, bags, corners , even some on bookshelves. I cant get rid of them to anyone. So I am dumping a couple of bags in my garbage (and sneaking another couple into my neighbours after dark) I should be done by Christmas.. 😷

I only keep three spare book to read, when I’ve read one I replenish it.

In that way I don’t hoard, and keep within my budget.

I used to have about seven waiting to be read, but I never got round to reading them, as my tastes constantly change.

I once owned about a thousand books. Now i own less than a hundred. I don't miss them. Things come and go. Things are not what life is all about. Not even books.

I no longer worry about how many it makes sense to have. I love books and I have a lot of them and if I let one go I always find I want it later. So be it lol

Agreed

I find i often buy a book,then never actually really read it.I just buy it to grace my bookshelves.

You might be able to sell some. But I’d keep any first editions

like a dragon on a trove.

You gonna make the day, of whoever has to deal with all those books after you're dead.