tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post6680801102856284145..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): Throwaway Pile/Keeper PileDIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-40820951847301138812009-08-12T14:50:57.114-07:002009-08-12T14:50:57.114-07:00Cecile - thank you!
Kytaira - Does your local lib...Cecile - thank you!<br /><br />Kytaira - Does your local library take used books? I know mine does and they sell them for about .25 cents which is very cool. Either that or you may try the suggestions from this post - Operation Paperback or Share the Love.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-88109606334223787802009-08-11T20:45:39.104-07:002009-08-11T20:45:39.104-07:00I would give them away and take them to the UBS. C...I would give them away and take them to the UBS. Can't stand any of the local UBSs where I live now so I rarely go to them. And any book I wanted to buy at them would be a cash only book anyways.<br /><br />I'll find some way to give them away on the net probably. Or maybe try the paperback swap online. Problem is that I want books in really good shape only.<br /><br />I currently have boxes full looking for a new home.<br /><br />I am trying to get rid of more books. Since I'm a horder that's tough. My goal is to only keep books I plan on readling again.Kytairahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576643429768224440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-35327281276953189262009-08-11T20:19:10.402-07:002009-08-11T20:19:10.402-07:00I just wanted to pop in and tell you ladies that I...I just wanted to pop in and tell you ladies that I have an award for you all at my place!!!<br />http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/2009/08/oh-how-loved-i-am-super-hug.html<br />Hope you alll have a great day tomorrow!Cecile Smutty Hussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396832012591524937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-76483953754561301062009-08-11T19:06:45.768-07:002009-08-11T19:06:45.768-07:00I give away or garage sale occassionally. After I...I give away or garage sale occassionally. After I read a book, if I never, ever want to read the book again, I fold ths first page on the inside cover and drop it in my book stack. It's the mark of death. Later when it's time to discard, I mean sell, I can find them easily and off they go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-72468978202139893302009-08-11T10:36:26.110-07:002009-08-11T10:36:26.110-07:00Luckily I have many favorite authors who all have ...Luckily I have many favorite authors who all have their own websites. You can read about books, read excerpts etc. I can pretty well tell if I'm going to love a book (if I feel meh then - I don't buy it)It's rare that I don't buy a keeper. I do share & lend with like-minded readers.Mary Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470057739043473942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-79427207041614614862009-08-11T10:03:49.915-07:002009-08-11T10:03:49.915-07:00Jenre - About the slippage - yes, I've done th...Jenre - About the slippage - yes, I've done that before too and kicked myself quite soundly afterward! The greenmetropolis.com sounds wonderful!<br /><br />Sarah - A hoarder! How do you find all the room. You probably buy a fair amount of ebooks too, right?<br />Isn't that shelf amazing? I showed it to my hubby and he even thought it was pretty cool.<br /><br />Kris - Very nice. Do you get credit for your books at the SHB? <br />We have a UBS in town that I used to give things to but I can never get there when they're open (bad hours). I still have a credit there from a long time ago but can't ever use it!<br /><br />DB - I never throw books away ever either! That's just wrong imho. :) I usually give them to my friend who's father was starting a library in a small town that didn't have one. In fact I take all the So Cal blogger books that they don't want there too. The romance section is probably bitchin! lol<br />Operation Paperback? I'll have to check that out. Thanks.<br /><br />Carrie - Share the Love...another great suggestion, thanks. As I said the ones I don't keep normally go to my friends' dad's library but this is a great option too.<br /><br />Sula - It seems a lot of people use Paperback Swap. Something to look into. Thanks.<br /><br />Lea - I put the books I've read all on the "already read" shelf and then when it's time to figure out which goes where that's when I have the issue with what to do with it. :)<br />And your comment yesterday made perfect sense - silly woman. :)<br /><br />Tam - I like most of the books I read as well. I call myself a forgiving reader - but easy works too! lol<br />And girl..YES you need to get yourself a bookshelf just for you! :)Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-20726415957803047922009-08-11T06:00:27.614-07:002009-08-11T06:00:27.614-07:00D.B. Reynolds: That is a cool idea about sending t...D.B. Reynolds: That is a cool idea about sending them to the military. I don't think we have that here, not sure they'd be into romance. LOL but I do have a fair number of mysteries. I should check if we have something similar in Canada.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-55951998052939159772009-08-11T05:59:19.799-07:002009-08-11T05:59:19.799-07:00I don't buy many paper books, for years I was ...I don't buy many paper books, for years I was a library freak and now I do e-books mostly. I do have a pile in my basement that is someday going to make it to the trunk of my car and to the charity shop. <br /><br />I'd say 90% of my books are give-aways. But like you the ones I keep just give me a feeling. They are likely books that I have read more than once. Just because I'm giving it away doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. I'm an easy reader, I like 99% of the books I read to some degree. Very few are DNF for me, I'm easy to please, but that doesn't mean I LOVED them. If I can't remember the names of the characters a few days later, likely means I didn't "love" it. In one eyeball and out the other? (That phrase doesn't quite work. LOL) I would often buy mysteries on sale for $5 at the bookstore just because it was cheap and sounded interesting. After I'm done, its a thing of the past.<br /><br />I do have a quest to head to Ikea for more bookshelves, but mainly for my daughter although I have a few as well. I have collected a few paper m/m books, usually as prizes (squeee, with my name and the author's inside *fangirl faint*) and I only buy ones that I LOVE LOVE and likely will never open but I want to HAVE it in my hot little hands. And since I only have access to one small shelf on our bookshelf I thought it was time to be a big girl and get my own. :-)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495571402942021799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-39921389208343649362009-08-11T04:53:35.137-07:002009-08-11T04:53:35.137-07:00Hey Tracy:
I have a lot of trouble parting with ...Hey Tracy: <br /><br />I have a lot of trouble parting with books be they keepers or not but it has gotten to the point where I have to part with some. <br /><br />So, what to do? Three designations; one are my DIK and I will never part with those; second are great books but not keepers, those I trade off with friends or give away to a nice used book store down the street; the third is my eh stack or DIF and those go to the used book store or library. <br /><br />Then there is the TBR which is a whole other story... lol<br /><br />Thing is most of the time I don't have the time to organize the "stacks"... lol<br /><br />Sorry I didn't address your question yesterday very well. I'm under the weather right now. I re-read it this morning and realized my answer made no sense whatsoever... ack...<br /><br />Best To You..<br /><br />LLeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521584458356470972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-24474871857916788372009-08-11T04:42:52.599-07:002009-08-11T04:42:52.599-07:00paperbackswap. Any book that I don't absolute...paperbackswap. Any book that I don't absolutely love and know I will want to read again gets posted on my shelf at PBS. Depending on how new and/or popular the title is, it might not get requested right away, but I've found new homes for a lot of books that way. And acquired some of my own of course. hehe.sulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470361085886637371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-76764500335580963232009-08-11T04:39:53.393-07:002009-08-11T04:39:53.393-07:00If you're looking for a place to send your non...If you're looking for a place to send your non-keepers, try <a href="http://www.share-the-love.org/" rel="nofollow">Share the Love</a>. It collects and distributes romance novels and other books for women's shelters. I learned of them through Hope Tarr's Madame X Salon, where they donate all proceeds from their reading nights to that charity. Just sent a big box off to them this past week--had to make room for all the new books I received at Nationals!Carrie Loftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589746700484524652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-21634782283304573452009-08-11T01:46:56.985-07:002009-08-11T01:46:56.985-07:00Oooooh, I never throw books away! I do GIVE them ...Oooooh, I never throw books away! I do GIVE them away, however. I ship them via Operation Paperback to various U.S. military troops. And I trade them away at Paperbackswap.com. The only ones I keep forever are those I know I'll read over and over again. Otherwise, my house would be filled with books!D. B. Reynoldshttp://dbreynolds.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-36449057338662389712009-08-11T00:43:46.041-07:002009-08-11T00:43:46.041-07:00My rule of thumb is anything I liked enough that I...My rule of thumb is anything I liked enough that I know - not think, but KNOW - I'll reread I'll keep. Everything else goes to the secondhand book store.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281267776361355788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-40238483954309480542009-08-11T00:12:41.953-07:002009-08-11T00:12:41.953-07:00I don't tend to get rid of a lot of books, I h...I don't tend to get rid of a lot of books, I hoard. Truly rubbishy ones go to the UBS. That photo of the shelves is so cool. Shelf smut!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735060834697894548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-21443088196172616272009-08-11T00:12:08.320-07:002009-08-11T00:12:08.320-07:00I don't have a throwaway pile cos I have no-on...I don't have a throwaway pile cos I have no-one to throw them away to! I do have a 'sell 'em on' pile of books that I have advertised on a site called greenmetropolis.com. They donate 50p towards planting trees for every book which is sold. It's only in the UK though - sorry.<br /><br />The books on this pile are the meh books that were OK but which I don't necessarily want to read again. I have slipped up on occasion and sold a book I then wished I'd kept!Jenrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492693697232134724noreply@blogger.com