Books to keep, Books to get rid of...

[crusoe]

To keep:Stefan Zweig - Fantastic Night and Other Stories: "Fantastic Night";
"Letter from an Unknown Woman"; "The Fowler Snared";
"The Invisible Collection"; "Buchmendel" Kindle-Edition

Review: Fantastic Night and Other Short Stories – Stefan Zweig
on
http://acommonreader.org/fantastic-night-zweig/

Excerpt:
The title story Fantastic Night is in any case more a novella than a short story,
containing several scenes and many characters, and following the development
of the main character over a period of time. It concerns an un-named
Austrian Baron, (well, nearly un-named: “Baron Friedrich Michaels von R. . .”).
He has reached the stage in life where he can have anything he wants, but is
bored by everything he touches.

To go: Telephon Books for Frankfurt 2001, 2002, 2003 up to 2011 (Hardbacks):cryin:

What about you ?

[PeterL]

My general rule is that if I think that I may want to reread it, then J keep it; otherwise, it is trash. Most books are trash by this standard; i.e., I would not want to reread.

[crusoe]

My general rule is that if I think that I may want to reread it, then J keep it; otherwise, it is trash. Most books are trash by this standard; i.e., I would not want to reread.

We donate to the local Library.

[Alexander III]

Holly damn, Stefan Zweig stole my novel !!! Except mine was about an Italian count, but nonetheless damn...

[crusoe]

Holly damn, Stefan Zweig stole my novel !!! Except mine was about an Italian count, but nonetheless damn...

Shame on him :smilielol5:

[Dark Muse]

I used to keep just about everything, but needless to say space becomes an issue and so now I am much more selective about what I keep and what I get rid of (usually to sell back to buy more books of which I have no where to put.) For me to keep a book it has to either really blow me away or be by an author who is a particular favorite. Or in the cases of used/old books if I really enjoyed them and know because of the condition they are in they would not even be worth trying to sell back I will keep them instead of having to throw them out.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

I keep all the actual books I buy since I'm trying to build up a mini library of sorts. I only buy physical books if that book is a "classic" or well respected on temporary book (e.g., Roth, Franzen, Delilo, McCarthy, etc.). For my mindless reading like fantasy and sci-fi, I use my kindle.

[Paulclem]

I won't be re-reading 99% of the books I read and so the kindle is good. I quickly acquired libraries in the past - on available shelves, but several moves meant I had to leave or get rid of them. As we settled, the bookcases quickly filled up, and so keeping books is not an option. My wife can read a book in a long afternoon. I'm much slower, but I still have stacks to take to the charity shop. My wife got me the kindle due to the intrusive nature of my piles. For some one who lives in a small house, there's nothing worse than intrusive piles.:D

[bIGwIRE]

These days I keep everything, even if I didn't enjoy it, as long as the book was well written. I am blessed to have a daughter, my oldest, who reads like a wolf on a fresh kill. I plan on leaving her, and the rest of my children, a well rounded and extensive library. Almost everything I buy is Easton Press or Franklin Library, and I routinely surf E-bay for a deal on genttly used classics. I will literally build a room onto my house if I run out of space.

I hope she always appreciates it.

[crusoe]

To keep:
"Skullduggery Pleasant" - Derek Landy

To go:
"The Boreback of Notre Dame" - V.Hugo

[crusoe]

To keep: "Dickon" - Marjorie Bowen

To go: "Richard III" - Shakespeare

[stlukesguild]

To keep: "Skullduggery Pleasant" - Derek Landy

To go: "The Boreback of Notre Dame" - V.Hugo

To keep: "Dickon" - Marjorie Bowen

To go: "Richard III" - Shakespeare

Good to see LitNet maintaining its reputation for discerning literary judgment.

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Personally I rarely ever dispense with a book once I have bought it... not unless it is absolutely without any artistic redeeming value... or I have purchased a "better" copy (better notes, better binding, etc...). I cannot recall how many times one author or book has led me back to another previously read book with new and intriguing insights. I remember Borges leading back to The Confessions of an English Opium Eater and The Man Who Was Thursday and the Biblical Book of Job (and its commentary by translator Stephen Mitchell) leading back to Kafka's Trial. At the present I have some 3000 books (if not a good number more... I haven't counted in a couple years) and I love living with a personal library... although I must admit storage is a challenge and moving (which I have done a good many times) is a real bi***.

I just wonder about the guy who came over to set up my Wi-Fi last year who claimed to have a library of some 30,000 books!!!?

[Drkshadow03]

I have a pretty big personal library. 6 overflowing bookcases. I usually keep all my books because most of them I theoretically plan to re-read multiple times. Of course, a lot of those books I haven't actually read yet, but I like owning the books and having the option to read them whenever I feel like.

[crusoe]

To keep: "Skullduggery Pleasant" - Derek Landy

To go: "The Boreback of Notre Dame" - V.Hugo

To keep: "Dickon" - Marjorie Bowen

To go: "Richard III" - Shakespeare

Good to see LitNet maintaining its reputation for discerning literary judgment.

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Richard III is a piece of "Bootlickery" towards the Tudors, it's a pack of Lies...so, food for flames.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is mediocre at best. That's the reason so many people like it. I don't, so out it goes. "Skullduggery Pleasant"...well,
I choose it for a bit of a sharp contrast.

[Buckthorn]

I tend to keep most of the books that I buy, some I want to re-read and the rest I keep in case friends/family want to borrow them (my fines for late returns are cheaper than most libraries).
If I don't want a book it goes to a charity shop - the last few I got rid of were computer books and The Witches of Eastwick (the worst book I've ever read)