The birth of The Pip required converting our spare bedroom into a nursery, which is a small price to pay for such a cute little dude. Other than the fact that we were using that room to store a lot of our paper books. Which means those need to move somewhere else, somewhere that is not inside our house.
The bulk of them will undoubtedly end up being donated to the local library book sale, but we are willing to ship them to good homes, homes that are willing to pay the cost of shipping. Kate has the details, and a list of the books being purged.
If you’d like some cheap books, mostly genre fiction, head over to that link, and check them out.
I don’t suppose you could pack some additional bookshelf space in there too?
I’ve not been able to bring myself to get rid of books as the family has grown.
Currently, child #3 is in the “spare room”, which is also the bookroom (grown-up books – the children have their own room for books & TV).
*My* preferred next step is to re-purpose the “Dining” room – which is a waste of space from my perspective – into a “library” room, complete with all-around bookcases and comfy chairs and beanbags, making use of the picture window looking out to the mountains,.
The Mrs, however, likes having a “Dining” room, so negotiations have not gone past a preliminary stage.
David, we’re keeping the bookcases.
Craig, we turned unused space (our garage) into a library before SteelyKid’s birth. Even with shifting to reading almost all ebooks, it’s still useful to have extra space for the kids to play.
Actually, I looked at your books, and these are almost exactly the books I have already had to get rid of over the years.
In fact, I think all my sci-fi went to the local college when my mum was teaching English courses there many years ago. That taught me not to leave stuff at her place!!!
I’ve never owned such a fine selection of Ellis Peters novels – I’ve been to some of the locations those novels are set in, and I’ve tried to imagine myself in another time and place, for example, walking into Oxford over the Osney Island bridges.
Also, I wouldn’t have the heart to get rid of Douglas Adams or Tolkien, as you are apparently doing. And I wish I still had my Terry Pratchett.
Squee! Nothing makes me happier than the prospect of more books. It’s so awesome of you guys to do this. Luckily I’m nowhere near purging levels, though I’m sure it’ll be exciting when I graduate and move out for real and have to drag everything with me instead of cycling them through my parents’ endless basement space.
One thought about book donations:
Would any of your books be appropriate for classroom libraries… maybe to entice middle schoolers?
I live in NYC. The public schools here and community – social service organizations can always use enrichment, like books. (I’m not suggesting mailing books here… just for your local schools and groups)
And, as practically a hoarder of books… we have bookcases in a hall..
Congratulations on culling!
Wonderful selectionâI am grateful and thrilled. I just sent in my âorder form.â Unlike the last time I benefited from your largesseâin 2008âI now have access to a US address where I can receive the books (and they will eventually make their way across the borders to me), so I permitted myself to ask for more volumes this time. I am thankful for the time and effort you (Kate) devote to finding appreciative homes for your books.