(Or will be after brunch. It's till 6PM in SoHo! Beer and ice cream for sale! Not afraid to be servicey!)
Received 1 book as a gift
Checked out 7 from the library
Got 5 to review
Bought 2
15 in
Gave 1 away
Donated 4
Returned 6 to the library
Deleted 7 books off Kindle
18 out
This month's quandaries in book owning (not to be confused with book OWNAGE)
1. Do I have to count the book propping up my air conditioner as one that I own, because technically I still own it? (What? I didn't have any 2x4s lying around the house.)
2. I just deleted some files off my Kindle -- some stuff for free, and one book I bought (O: A PRESIDENTIAL NOVEL; I paid for it, but you shouldn't). Do these count the same as shedding volumes? Are they less urgent since I wasn't running out of room? Am I desperately searching for a Three-Fifths Compromise joke here? (Maybe, probably, and yes-but-there-is-none.) Edit: I went back and added those books just as I would normal books. Mission Accomplished!
3 days ago
2 comments:
I would say that the electronic books count. I recognize that the purpose of unbookening is to cut down on clutter, and a stocked Kindle takes up just as much space as an empty Kindle, but the bigger idea is that its a good habit to cull your collection for books you don't plan to re-read and/or give to someone else. Its probably good to keep your Kindle collection lean, just so you stay in practice.
Also, firstiest worldest problem ever. : (
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