Is Having Too Many Books a Problem?

You can never have enough books! I find they make my home feel more cosy :)

Great post! We thought about moving and then decided against it because of the amount of books in our apartment. You know how some people decorate their homes in a particular style- modern, classic, country, etc.? Yeah... we tried that and then just had to go with "library."

sassymonkey

I understand your pain. It is frustrating at time. Currently I am into the same problem, may be worse than yours and I can’t still understand why i find it too hard to come out of this habit of buying and accumulating books. Just in 2 days, I purchased 14 books. Among them were academic works, feminist books, autobiographies, biographies, life experiences, motivational novels.

Any time, i have little cash and mistakenly pass by a book shop, i bet you--that money is going to remain in that bookshop.

In my little effort to address this habit, i came up with a new idea and am glad that my fellow alumni accepted my proposal. So, some of the books (which are still new) especially those on feminism, biographies and autobiographies of some vibrant women and motivational novels will be given to Best Innovative Female Students of my secondary school.

I started this year. And it was not easy from what I was told by the school admin…to spot out an Innovative female student. This is because, I emphasized that the students ability must not be evaluated based on her academics but on her ability to take up initiative either during socio-cultural activities or… but not academic

Dear sisters, you can think of a way to give away your books. I love the book for basket that is also good. If one can give a book in exchange for something useful, it is good.

I had a book problem for awhile (I still do, but to a lesser extent than before), but then I discovered a coffee shop a block away from my apartment that has a book trade basket. Now I try to drop off a few books when they're piling up, especially if they're ones I don't think I will re-read.

With a potential move in our future, I keep looking at our bookshelves and sighing. Of course, I'll do the inevitable weed out and part with five whole books. ;)

Oooh but they look so great arranged by color...

Never ever have too many books, and as Kath_Stewart says, you can give them away. Books are windows to a world you would never know or see. I read to my kids almost every night and I wouldn't give that time up for anything. My oldest daughter, 11, reads about a book a week, my middle daughter, 8, just got bit by the reading bug and is reading Judy Moody books, my youngest son, chooses at least 3 books for bedtime story...I love it.

I am moving. Downsizing. We sold our rather large home and are (temporarily) moving into a one bedroom apartment and then a tiny two bedroom home. Both temporary accommodations are furnished and my life is going into storage. In anticipation of this move, I put two tables at the end of the driveway and made some pretty signs that said "FREE BOOKS". Over the course of a weekend, I carried every book I didn't want out to the driveway and as fast as I could carry them out, they were gone. Someone said, "Why free?" I said, "I enjoyed them, I love reading and I want to share them and the best way to share is to give them away." That was about six months ago. We are moving next week, last weekend was my garage sale, I gave away all the other books that I thought I needed to keep. I have one small bookshelf now with my self-help (none about hoarding fortunately) books, my crafting, knitting, cook and writing books. And my Blogher book club books, some fiction I haven't read but will read by January 1 (yes deadlines are on the books).

IT FEELS GREAT .... but as you say, don't ask about the ebooks - they are "air" I can have as many as my ipad will hold ....