Comments on: This week on BTT https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/ before I read the middle Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14176 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:41:17 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14176 In reply to Matthew.

I don’t always trust my first instinct with a book, even if I hate it. I usually hang on to it for a little while, and try at least one reread, before deciding to weed it.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14175 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:36:08 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14175 In reply to Eva.

I have four bookcases now. I’m swimming in bookcases. Actually I have more bookshelf space than books right now – recipe for disaster!

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14174 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:34:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14174 In reply to Schatzi.

Hm, fair enough! Very well. Carry on! šŸ˜›

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14173 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14173 In reply to Becca.

Oh I wish it were hardcover. I love those books, and I have a special place in my heart for Betsy & Tacy Go Downtown. I love it how Betsy’s parents make Betsy her own special writing area with Uncle Keith’s old trunk. Wonderful.

]]> By: Matthew https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14172 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:08:46 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14172 I get rid of the ones that I absolutely donā€™t like, the ones that I rate as ā€œTossā€ in reviews. I tend to keep books that are of literary artistry. Books that are just finished accumulate into a pile because they have to gravitate on me to see whether they are keepers.

]]> By: Eva https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14171 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:26:26 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14171 I’m a military brat, so I totally get the catharsis of getting rid of books! I happen to have three bookcases, so I can keep as many books as will fit on that, but no more. So I weed quite a bit!

]]> By: Schatzi https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14170 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:09:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14170 In reply to Jenny.

I just can’t do that, not with very excellent Sixties and Seventies sci-fi pulp covers! Too many are the best!

]]> By: Becca https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14169 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:22:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14169 I actually like getting rid of books myself – as you say, it makes room for more, which is just a good thing.

You own a copy of Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown? Wouldn’t be a hardcover one, would it? I love those books with every fiber of my 10 year old, inner-child-being.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14168 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:13:11 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14168 In reply to Schatzi.

Hahahaha. See, I sometimes buy more than one edition, but I make myself choose which one I’m going to keep. I am very dedicated to having the One Best Edition of everything.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2009/10/15/this-week-on-btt/#comment-14167 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:10:29 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=1839#comment-14167 In reply to Sharry.

I have several books that are coming to pieces but can’t be got rid of because they’re ancient and beloved. And I won’t get rid of them – like my copy of Jane Eyre, the copy I first read Jane Eyre out of. I have a better copy now but I’m keeping the old one. Sentimental value!

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