When you have too many books...

[AE35Unit]

Its not too many books. Its not enough shelves...

 

[Vladd67]

 

[AE35Unit]

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In my case its tiredness. I can't read without wanting to fall asleep

 

[AlekseiVashchenko]

My books are load bearing, so each pile just makes me feel more secure.

 

[Vince W]

My books are load bearing, so each pile just makes me feel more secure.

Well said! And welcome to the Chrons.

 

[chongjasmine]

My mother actually forced me to donate one book for each new book I bought. Space constraint, she said.
So, I am kind of torn between buying new books or keeping the old ones.

 

[AE35Unit]

My mother actually forced me to donate one book for each new book I bought. Space constraint, she said.
So, I am kind of torn between buying new books or keeping the old ones.

I'm in a similar situation. My partner says I can have a new musical instrument only if I sell or donate an existing one in my collection.

 

[Extollager]

No!!!!!!
I knew talking about my kindle was tempting fate. Failed to boot today multiple times and I had to go for a factory reset. This wipes everything you’ve downloaded and now I’m starting again with an empty device to fill. It’s not so much redownloading all the books that’s the pain, it’s everything else. Being a kindle fire HD, I’ve found it the perfect place to keep instruction manuals in PDF form. Now I’ve got to get all those back. At least a book doesn’t fail to open (unless somebody has glued it shut)

Thanks for the implied warning -- much appreciated.

 

[Extollager]

Space problems? Well, one possibility is that one has too much non-book stuff, such as furniture that is never used except to pile books on, etc.

Some books are worthy only of being recycled as waste paper, I'm sure. I won't mention names (probably wouldn't remember in detail, anyway) but I have discarded a few over the years for recycling. Other people have posted good suggestions. I didn't see another possible place for books one doesn't want to keep -- those free book cupboards you see in some neighborhoods.

 

[AE35Unit]

Put em on Bookmooch!

 

[J-Sun]

What do you do when you run out of space?

At our house, when we start to be overwhelmed, we view it as a matter of "too few bookshelves." It is amazing some of the places you can find to build a bookshelf if you think creatively enough.

Exactly. Although I have to confess my creativity is being taxed to its limit at this point. But, to paraphrase Johnson, "when a man knows his book is about to be sacrificed in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."