Whenever I really enjoyed a book I’d always search for someone to give it to so they could enjoy it too but I’m starting to become the opposite way. After I finish a great book I want to keep it to myself forever. It’s just too disappointing to hope someone will read something and then realize they never will… what about you guys? Do you like to give your books away? Why or why not?
by TriangleDreamers
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I give a lot away to people I think will enjoy them
But I keep my favorites!
I don’t give my books away, no. They are the only things I collect. But I lend them freely.
If I’m confident I won’t read it again, I think it should circulate.
If I don’t plan on reading the book again, I donate them to the library.
If I imagine someone might like a book, I gift them the book, but I keep the one I read.
If I like them, I keep them. I’m collecting a shelf of conquests.
I get the majority of my books thrifting, and I’m always on the lookout for hardcovers or early editions of books I already have/love. If I find a nicer copy of a book I already have, I donate the old one.
I give books away often. Either to friends or the local libraries. I only keep the books I really love
I keep my favorites, and give away others, sell them, or donate them. I’m trying to be discerning with what I keep, so even if there are books that I really, really enjoyed, but I know I can easily access them from my library, I will still find a new home for them.
I’m a dragon and my hoard is my collection of books. I didn’t have much growing up so (probably as part of being maladjusted) that I can’t bear to part with them.
Every time I see a used copy of a favorite book I buy it, that way I can always be giving extras to friends.
I actually give away the books I don’t liked, maybe they’ll have a better chance with someone else
I am a book dragon. I hord.
I only give them away if I intend to buy a better copy for myself. Books are precious and I think home libraries need to become a thing again.
I realised like 10% of my books weren’t really my taste (mostly they’d been gifts I’d just had for a long time) so I sorted them out and took them to the tiny library in my neighbourhood. I love collecting books but I want each one to be a book I love
Never give books away. I did throw away some really lame books, one is a weird conspiracy about another book, another one is a gift form my MIL, it’s a book about how to be the perfect wife and mom 🤡
I used to cling to everything I’ve ever owned (still mostly do) but I’ve started to offload books lately. They take up a lot of space and a good portion of them I’ll never read again. I keep the special ones. I even hesitate to buy new books anymore. The library has been serving me well.
In 99% of cases I give then away. Books don’t last well in my climate and books get stinky after a while
I give books away
Books I love and may reread, I keep. Otherwise I bring them to Half Price Books so I can restock my TBR pile!
I have given away hundreds and still have hundreds; physical space to keep them is the issue. I inevitably regret some of my choices later and would love to have them all back if I had somewhere to put them.
I lend books, forget who I lent them to, and they disappear by themselves.
Every now and then I look to go through my books and see which ones I’d like to keep or give away. At my university’s library, there’s a book shelf where you can keep the books and put ones on there to give away. It’s fun. Whenever I put a book or two on the shelf, I like to come back the next day or so to see if someone took them. I hope they enjoy the books more than I did.