Today-Th.2/20/25 is National Clean Out Your Bookcase Day..

[Jace]

Ohh! No-o-o

I my books.

I'll really have to look...to see if there's something
I can 'give up' without regret.

How ' bout you?

 

[Lavinia]

I'm surrounded by books....I can't imagine life without them.

 

[Flarbalard]

According to?

 

[Pinky]

We have 2 bookcases full of favourite books .. we are big users of TPL (Toronto Public Library), and are never without books to read. We donate books, now and then.

 

[ohioboy]

I'm surrounded by books....I can't imagine life without them.

Thomas Jefferson said "I can not live without books".

Despite that, his library of 6,487 volumes was sold to Congress in 1815 for $23,950. This was due to the burning of the Capitol building in 1814 and it's book loss.

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I too could not live without books, and use the library more than anything else in this world. It is the one truly democratic institution remaining that still works!

 

[Ruthanne]

I'll keep what I have as long as possible. I made a mistake of throwing out a bunch years ago when I was stressed out of my head.

 

[Bella]

In the last few weeks I've donated dozens of all sorts of books. It was time to lighten my load. There were more than two hundred books in my cookbook collection alone. I hope others will find them as enjoyable as I have. Though fewer of them are gathering dust, I still have a large collection of books.

 

[Jace]

In the last few weeks I've donated dozens of all sorts of books. It was time to lighten my load. There were more than two hundred books in my cookbook collection alone. I hope others will find them as enjoyable as I have. Though fewer of them are gathering dust, I still have a large collection of books.

I have given my cookbooks to my DD...
She looks up recipes 'on line'
Modern days!

 

[That Lady in PA]

Dh and I just donated more books.
Books are ment to be read, so we put some back out there for others to enjoy!

 

[Jace]

Dh and I just donated more books.
Books are ment to be read, so we put some back out there for others to enjoy!

Yes, but now-a-days there's so many other ways
to read a book.

 

[Twostep]

There is no need for cleaning out here.

 

[January]

My book shelf has only a few books - most of my reading is e-reading now.

 

[Jace]

There is no need for cleaning out here.

@Twostep ?..does mean you don't have hi books?

 

[Twostep]

@Twostep ?..does mean you don't have hi books?

What are you trying to say?

 

[Pendle]

Just one day??? Would take me months.

 

[Kaila]

Gosh, how did I miss this thread, and that particular day?

Well, I'm kinda glad I did, now that I think about it.

It's past, so I don't see any need to do any such thing as that!

 

[Capt Lightning]

We buy from and donate to, a charity called 'Books Abroad'. Schools and colleges donate educational books to the charity. Locally, their shops sell a wide range of donated books, and this pays for the admin, shipping etc of the school books free to developing countries.