abecedarian
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Throw away a book....only if the cat pees on it.
Harrump! You know what time it is when the cat pees on my book? Time for Kitty to go on permanent vacation:lol:
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When should you throw a book away?
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Harrump! You know what time it is when the cat pees on my book? Time for Kitty to go on permanent vacation:lol:
Peder
Well-Known Member
Since college, my books stay, whether read or unread.
Only twice have I gotten rid of any. Once, to donate a dozen cartons to a worthy cause when I was moving. Another time when -- for the only time in my life -- I ditched a single book that I was too irritated with to keep in my home, much less to grant shelf space.
Otherwise I have 'em all.
Only twice have I gotten rid of any. Once, to donate a dozen cartons to a worthy cause when I was moving. Another time when -- for the only time in my life -- I ditched a single book that I was too irritated with to keep in my home, much less to grant shelf space.
Otherwise I have 'em all.
I did that with my copy of Learn Ada in 3 Days.
abecedarian
Well-Known Member
There's been a few books we trashed rather than inflict them on someone else. I wish I could remember the title of the last one. That was two years ago, I think.
giraffe
New Member
When you're woken from your sleep by a slow, soft, "sshhh"ing approaching your nightstand and you open one eye to catch its shadowy rectangular outline against the dim glow of a streetlamp outside - and hear the sound of a long, thin blade clearing the binding it had been tucked into
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it's time to throw out your book.
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it's time to throw out your book.
Fantasy Moon
kickbox
I take books to the USB when I can. I rescued the hardcover of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" that the public library put in their waste basket. Even though the first chapter has fallen out of the binding, I could not bear to see a classic treated thus.
SFG75
Well-Known Member
A librarian who can callously throw away a classic like that should not be a librarian. A shame to the profession. If I had a book, I would throw it at her. End of chapter. Time to turn the page.
burnsrunner
New Member
Never
Never, ever.
Please don't throw any books away.
Never, ever.
Please don't throw any books away.
The only book I have ever thrown away was one my Patricia Cornwell - not her Scarpetta series, but something else she had written. It was horrid and I felt it shouldn't be inflicted on anyone else's sensibilities. :lol:
I trade most of my books at a website, or send them off through bookcrossing. I was an accounting major so I held onto the majority of my textbooks. Being a military wife, I sort of got in the habit of purging my books pretty often. I rarely ever read a book twice since there is always something new (or at least new to me) to read.
If a book is in such incredibly poor condition that no one would want it, I'll toss it in the recycling bin.
I trade most of my books at a website, or send them off through bookcrossing. I was an accounting major so I held onto the majority of my textbooks. Being a military wife, I sort of got in the habit of purging my books pretty often. I rarely ever read a book twice since there is always something new (or at least new to me) to read.
If a book is in such incredibly poor condition that no one would want it, I'll toss it in the recycling bin.
pontalba
Well-Known Member
Thing is FM, if it's missing the first chapter it isn't a classic anymore IMO, how can it be when incomplete?
Please. Throwing away an incomplete book is part of a good librarian's job. It's keeping the library's accuracy intact.I partially agree. For example, I have books that were caught in a flood years ago, they dried out, and are boxed at present, but I have gone through them, at least partially, and they are just plain nasty. They should be thrown away, and will be. The only reason they haven't been so far is that they were my my great-grandfather's, and there is a very vague possibility of some slight value, even in their present condition. I've procrastinated finding out partially through my natural inclination to procrastination, and partially out of a misplaced familial loyalty.
Peder
Well-Known Member
I'm trying not to. But, on the other hand, I am not trying to rival the Library of Congress in size either.
How many hundreds, thousands or millions of copies of each book need be kept for posterity? Tree book, or e-book? Where? On-line, my shelf, your shelf, your library, NYPL or Library of Congress? Harlequins and Classics?
I appreciate the sentiment of this thread, believe me, but . . . .
pontalba
Well-Known Member
Peder
Well-Known Member
I have a few I could think of too.
Understand that entirely! That's when mine get culled also -- when I move. Say, once every twenty or thirty years. :lol:
Peder
Well-Known Member
We're not??
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Oh. :sick:
alliterati
New Member
When damaged beyond repair I lovingly take them to the recycling center to begin new lives. If not wanted there are several places I can give them to. Shelters sometimes take them, Goodwill and the like will, the library does, used bookstores take them, or I give them away to friends. Even books I don't like warrant my respect.
alliterati
New Member
I second on doing something other than throwing them away. Someone will take them, if not, recycle. I'd take them and even pay shipping to get them here but my boyfriend would be extremely unhappy about that...especially since I don't currently have a job....
The Butcher
New Member
Well,when the text is dull,and when the pages look like they could fall out any moment when you open it up to read it.
Just because(hardcover)the cover is ripped or gone,doesn't mean you throw it away.I would be so mad if they did this to a book I'm fixing to get which is The Bourne Identity.If they throw it away because of the cover I want to have it.
Just because(hardcover)the cover is ripped or gone,doesn't mean you throw it away.I would be so mad if they did this to a book I'm fixing to get which is The Bourne Identity.If they throw it away because of the cover I want to have it.
abecedarian
Well-Known Member
The last book we trashed was like this. Now I wish I'd kept it for a journal. I wish I could remember the title..it wasn't obviously New Agey, but once we started reading...Bah Humbug!