Comments on: The Librarian of the Apocalypse

By: All Women Stalker

All Women Stalker — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:19:58 +0000

You know, I was about to book declutter myself but the boyfriend issued this challenge: I bet my comic books will rival the number of your books soon.

So I will not get rid of my books now just to prove him wrong.

By: Marian

Marian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:03:39 +0000

Librarian of the Apocolypse? That is the perfect description of this particular dysfunction! Hilarious!
Don’t worry. Toss all the books you want. I’ve now taken the LotA mantel and, in case of apocolypse, will have your reading needs covered.

By: cheetah

cheetah — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:47:56 +0000

Mille and I were just talking yesterday about our own library collection. We are going to put labels in ours with our family name. But what is our family name? Does it include first names so that everyone will know it is our Norton family and not someone else’s Norton Family?? Just gets complicated!
I’m not ready to get rid of books yet. I’m saving mine for the rolling staircase room we will have.

By: Nana

Nana — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:14:27 +0000

Bookcrossing.com Send a book out into the world and you may be able to follow it. “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” left in baby department at Target in CA — got a note on it from new mother in Wyoming, who was about to re-gift it similarly.
It’s fun to find the ‘right’ place to leave each book, too!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:33:24 +0000

I love this post, and you should write a book, and the new picture of Wanda made my day… Magoo’s and Laylee’s are close seconds.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:46:23 +0000

I spend thousands of dollars on books every year. The taxpayers of Oklahoma kindly give me the money. The upside is that they all remain in my library and I can check them out any time I want. But I don’t have to store them, but I do share them! One of the reasons I became a professional librarian.

By: Heffalump

Heffalump — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:10:44 +0000

I have thousands of books…close to three thousand the last time I counted them, and that was a few years ago, so who knows now…
I have been thinking I need to purge some of them too, but…
it’s hard. I too, love books. Heck, I even have double copies of some of them! If I find a book I love and it is a good deal, and I already have the book, but the one for sale is in better condition, you can bet I will get a second copy. (Our local library sells used children’s books for ten cents each…including novels and such as long as they are in the children’s section).
Someday, I hope to be as strong as you!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:15:33 +0000

I always think that I’ll get to them later. As in when my children are grown and I have peaked in my career and am retired with nothing to do but read books! Then I will read them!

By: Janel

Janel — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:59:15 +0000

I love paperbackswap.com. I feel no guilt about trading books.

By: Paige

Paige — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:56:02 +0000

It’s HARD to get rid of books, isn’t it? Because they’re BOOKS, and books are good and necessary. But I agree, you should only keep books that you love. That YOU or your kids or your family are going to want to read. Good for you for purging that many books from your library! Don’t you feel just a little bit more free?