Do you keep the books you've read or get rid of them?

I am under the impression that I keep all the books that I have finished reading.But I can see only a fraction of them are remaining with me.God knows whatever happened to the others and how they disappeared.Books are on of those things that people never return back after borrowing.

well, i am a book lover and i think i treat them as TREASSURE, i can nevr ever think of getting rid of them cos they have special memories attached to my life. there r some of the books from my teenage ,college n school if i get rid of them it would mean as if i am getting rid of something which was an essential part of my life. I am sorry but i m really emotional for my books. i know you r too! but if ur fian'ce has imposed a ban on the books then probably u can revise ur collection n see to it that u hold back some of the most interesting books n donate those which r not really of ur concern!

I either keep them or trade them with a friend of mine who also loves to read. I always hang on to my favorites, and end up rereading them, some several times if I really love them. I got to the point once where I had to get rid of them, so I had a garage sale and sold some of them. The rest I brought to the library for a book sale. I love book sales and bookstores. My husband is the same. Books are everywhere, and sometimes he gets upset if I go to a book sale, because we have so little space.

No I don't because I never get rid of my books. As a child I got rid of my books, but have regretted it ever since so I never get rid of book, unless I really disliked the book, which is rare. Like you, I absolutely love to read. I'm twenty-five years old and people find it weird that I rather read then do something else. I'm more of a homebody, so reading relaxes and excites me because so much goes on in one book. As of right now I have approxiately 800 books all of different genres and age groups. I would have been devasted if I had to get rid of my books. Right now I'm rooming with my sister and nephew so there is no extra space, but when I get my own house I'm going to have one room that is a "library." Nothing but books and armchairs. I'm not sure if you live in a house or apartment, but couldn't you have stored them in boxes and put them in the garage? That way when you do have room you can just pull them out. I get the majority of my books from the local libraries as they sell alot of good and excellent condition books for cheap. Last week I got about 12 books for 3 dollars. The problem with this is because you can get books for so cheap you tend to buy alot and more often so I have to restrain myself and only go either every few months or when I read all my last batch. As of right now I am overflowing and have to get another bookshelf.

well i dont really like to read books. but i kind of know what you mean, when i was younger i had this one book and i read it ALL the time i would have never got rid that book.l but honestly i think you should just give them up, you know read them onvce and be done with it, besdies you could give them to salvation army or something and do good with them. just if you dont read them alot get rid of them, honestly when theyre in your storage unit are you reading them? nope. and when you get rid of them it probably wont be that much diffeerent. you should pick a limit as to how many books you can keep at a time and stick with that itd be good for you and alot of others including the baby.

I love reading and I do rspect books so I never get rid of the books I have completed reading. I have a big study room where I have many books. I stote all my read and unread books. I do offer many people to read from my collection of books but if incase anyone wants my book for few days I say I will get you a new one as whichever book I am having are my favorite ones and good ones. reading is my childhood habit. There is no such problem of making room and all as I already have a seprate room for my books.

Well, it depends on what kind of books. If they are not my favourite books, I may get rid of it when I've finished reading it. In other cases, I prefer to keep them. I often find out some old books to re-read when I have some leisure time. Each time I re-read it, I get a new feeling.

I keep them all!Much to my husband's frustrations.He keeps telling me that one day, I'll just wake up one day to find my books(romance novels) gone. And to this, I tell him, if he does that, one day he'll wake up one day, and find his old books missing, too! Several years ago, I tried disposing some of them. But it was not easy for me. My books are my babies, too. I reread some of them sometimes, if I have the leisure time. But I definitely don't want to dispose them. So, I made a place for them in the house. I had an extra shelf built just for them.

I keep all of my books as I like to collect them.

Hi, kaylor98275! I usually will keep my books, but when it is time for me to get organized, I will get rid of them. I have actually thrown good books in the trash can. I never donated them. Next time I will. I got rid of about 50 books in 2007. I had so many books that I did not know where to put them at. I got stuck with so many books till my head was spinning! When I read a great book of mines, I will keep it for a while, but later down the line, I will eventually throw it away. I no longer need it nor do I have the space for it anymore.

I usually keep the books. I really enjoy reading, which is why I keep most of the books that I have. I don't keep everyone of them, but quite of them.

I keep all of them. Ever since I was little. Well, the ones I bought. I got hundreds from the library, which of course I had to return, lol. Anyhow, some books I had to leave in Germany when I moved to the US. Most of them of course were childrens books which I didn't mind my nephews to have. The rest were absorbed by my parents into their library... I guess I'll never get those back. Would be expensive to get them all here anyway. Might as well buy new ones then;)

I usually keep the books that I have read. Actually, most of them are hard cover, and that would be such a waste to read them and then throw them away. I have boxes of books in my attic. Usually, whenever we have a garage sale, I will put the books out. If they are not sold, I will leave the box out as free items, and people can come by and take whatever they want.

I have several friends, like myself, that are avid readers. So a few years ago we started a book exchange. Once a year we meet and bring our old books and exchange with each other. It works out great. You don't really feel like you're getting rid of something when you get something in return! We discuss what we have read and have snacks and just socialize while we exchange books. Any left overs go to the church rummage sale.

Where i live the local library accepts donated books and resells them up in front. You can donate whatever you like for the books. That is normally where i like to get my books. At least that way I do not have to go back to the library every two weeks when the books come due to be returned (when I check out books). I like to keep my books, although sometimes I do give one away. When I keep them, I can reread books later on that I especially like. A good book is a good joy in life.

I never throw my books away...they are like old friends. Some have been read so many times that the pages are falling out. I love looking for books when I go to different places like yard sales, flea markets and second hand stores. By all means, send your books to me if you want to find them a new home LOL [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

I usually tried to keep my books. In other situation, similar to yours, like I need room for something else. I might consider get rid of those used books. Since I read them once, there is a remote possibility that I would read them again.

Up until about 4 months ago, I always kept the books I bought and read. I am getting married this year though and moving, so I decided I needed to go through my books at both my parents house and at my apartment and just get rid of those ones I knew I'd never read again. So i went through them and sold the ones I knew I didn't want/need to keep to a Used Book Store. It was nice making some money off of them yet it was hard to sell them! Because I have so many books, my new rule is that if I think I'll never read the book again, I can sell it. Otherwise, I keep it.

if i did read more often, then yes i would keep the books so i could pass them onto freinds or relatives

I keep them for review next time