Well, I finally actually got started on my 'sorting books' policy.

[conuly]

I'd been putting it off because I couldn't work out the logistics of where to put the "keep" pile. I finally decided that there's a simple, if somewhat annoying solution: Just toss them on the floor, I can put them away later!

So walking through my living room is still a hazard. At any moment you might slip on a book, fall, and break your back. But at least you won't pull down all the other books in a twisted reenactment of the Collier brothers. And hey, you'll have something to read!

My keep list so far includes: The Martine books
The few BSC/SVT/Goosebumps books we still have (I gave most of them to the school in the 8th grade, which is how I met Lizziey, actually)
Most of the murder mysteries if I've seen anybody read anything else in the series lately
Any classics that aren't currently in the public domain
The Tortall books (OMG!)
Most of the YA and kidlit, in fact
My concise edition of Norse and Greek/Roman mythology I got for my birthday when I was eight or so (which is why my father is buried with an obol under his tongue, fun fact!)

My toss list?

Three copies of Roget's Thesaurus (and counting!)
2 English-Hebrew dictionaries
1 copy of the 3rd year of Latin for Americans (and no, I didn't steal that from Stuy, we already had a copy, I have no idea why)
Every Gor book (uh....)
Our Bible (I'm not sure I shouldn't actually throw it out, it's in somewhat embarrassing condition)
The Concise OED (somebody ELSE can get a magnifying glass on that thing! It's in like 1 point font!)
Our Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia
4 dictionaries
1 Spanish verb book
2 French verb books
1 Latin-English dictionary
1 Dutch-English dictionary
2 Greek-English dictionaries
1 first year German textbook
1 Cajun French textbook
Half a dozen random cookbooks
Various Star Wars Novels (Jenn, you want, you help!)
Various vintage Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drews and Wonder Boys books

I'm debating the merits of keeping a few of the reference books. Mostly I'm operating on the assumption that if we ever need it, we can buy another copy... but some of these were expensive enough the first time around. Sure, you only need that one Art History textbook once in your life, when you take Art History... but that's a required course, isn't it? Odds are both nieces will need it in just a dozen years or so.

Oh, listen. We have a wide variety of books. If there's something you want, go ahead and comment about it. I'll keep an eye out while I sort.

Comments

[worldmage.livejournal.com]

For me, the Gor books wouldn't be on the "toss" list so much as the "burn ritually and then smudge the house with sage" list.

[conuly]

We don't burn books. We don't even throw them out or recycle them in the normal way. We give them away. (I'm not actually sure I want to give these away at the book swap, so maybe I'll freecycle them or something.)

[worldmage.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean, but then you're inflicting Gor on some poor unsuspecting person. I couldn't deal with the ensuing guilt, personally.

[conuly]

I assume anybody buying Gor already knows what they're getting into.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

On another note, if you actually have a complete set of Gor books, those are worth a fair bit of money on eBay.

[conuly]

Um. How many is a complete set?

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

28 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor).

[bubblesbrnaid]

I'd be interested in taking some of the foreign-language stuff off your hands.

[conuly]

I'll set it aside if you can pay for shipping.

[bubblesbrnaid]

No problem. E-mail me an amount. bubblesbrnaid at gmail dot com.

[conuly]

I'll do so after I sort them out and figure how much they weigh and all :)

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

MY Star Wars books are only in YOUR apartment because YOU borrowed them *without permission* and never returned them. Touch them and die. Painfully.

[conuly]

No, no, no. Your books are in the boxes in the basement. You want them? YOU dig them out. By Saturday.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

The few BSC/SVT/Goosebumps books we still have (I gave most of them to the school in the 8th grade, which is how I met Lizziey, actually)

And a stray Lurlene McDaniel book. Which is the actual book that drew me into that box. :-p

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Also: Kittens.

[conuly]

I don't know why we even have any Lurlene McDaniels, but I found a few more and put them in my toss pile.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Probably because they're MINE. I had the entire Dawn series while I was there (Six months to live, I want to live, So much to live for, no time to cry, To live again) and some others. LOL

[conuly]

Oh. Well, if they're that important you can buy new ones. That's been my mantra throughout this whole experience, it can be yours too.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Not everyone has the money to do that, you know. I mean, you're under no obligation to save them for me (if I was to pick SOMETHING to have been saved, my childhood pictures would have been it), by any means, but not everyone can just go replacing things either. Remember, not everyone has lots of family to live with and money coming in. Some of us have rent and stuffs to pay. :/

[conuly]

http://www.booksalefinder.com/

I think we do still have some of your pics, though. I'm putting any pictures I see aside, and if any of them turn out to be yours I'll poke you.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

*checks*

Yup, my tiny backward ass town isn't on there. :(

And that would be great, thank you. I may be able to swing a trip there this summer, possibly when we go to drop off Michael and Zack back in TX.