Have you thrown a book out to the garbage?

I'm a bookworm as well. I've never been able to bring myself to throw a book away. If I have to get rid of it, I'll take it to one of the local thrift stores. Lately though, I've been swapping books at: http://www.bookmooch.com or http://www.paperbackswap.com Another good site that will buy certain types of books back is: http://www.bluerectangle.com/buyback

it didn't cross my mind to throw my books either. In fact, I preserve my old books. Books are very much sacred for me because it contains a lot of information that's why never will I throw a book. I also don't cut pages of my books and I photocopy it every time it is needed. I also don't want to give away my books except the text books which I donate to the ones who need it.

books are to be prserved and read and reread over the years. i recently reread a book i bought 22 years ago. ( i write the date i buy them ) and it was a pleasure.

I throw away books that I consider such garbage they're not even worth passing on. It doesn't happen very often, but once in a while I read a book because of a recommendation or a review and it turns out to be trash. If they're worth being read again, by somebody, I'll give them to the library or one of the local thrift stores. But most of the books I read, I keep.

I have books from when I was a youngester that my children now read. My mom had signed me up for the weekly reader club and every month I received 2 new books for about 10 years. I have so many books that they have filled up my bokcases and I also have about 4 big boxes filled. Some of the books I have I read with a lot of care. To turn a crisp yellow page to fast means missing several words the next time I read them. I try never to throw a book away because I like to take a vacation through them once in a while. I ahve a tendency to "live" in the books I read.

Yes, but only if they couldn't be repaired, basically ruined. If they are books that I just don't want to keep around anymore, I just take them to the library or give them away on freecycle. I have never been forced though and usually it's just my 2 year old's books. Sometimes he rips them beyond repair. It makes me sad to toss books too! I love books!

In my mind the only reason to ever throw out a book is if it is too damaged to be passed on to someone wlse who may want to read it. If I have no use for a book otherwise it goes to a charity shop or a book exchange.

well i have thrown a book. oh, actually i tore it apart and threw it away..i could have burned it, but i didnt becayse i had no match at that time. well i love books and i love novels and i am also a bookworm. but there is one kind of book that i would not hesitate to destory if it came near me.. its the mathematics books or anything with that theme. i would gladly burn it and never feel remorse.. oh well, thats how i hate math.

The only time I might ever throw a book away is if it is in really bad condition and I have another copy. I rarely ever throw books away even if I haven't read them in years. I swear there is a whole bookcase in the hallway outside my bedroom that has all these books that I used to read when I was a little kid. They got passed down to both of my younger sisters. Now both of my sisters are too old to read those children's books. A few times we gave some of the books to relatives that have young children, but there are still a lot left. ~Kythe43 http://lemurianphoenix.blogspot.com

I am the ame. A self confessed bookworm. I love to keep books around in the off chance I can reread them again. However I have small children. Small hands that like torip things. So there have been a few torn up books that had to be tossed, because there wasn't enought ape in the world you tape up a chewed up tore up fifty pages in a book. It breaks my heart.