tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post5563986845215819327..comments2024-03-28T13:37:53.397-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Saying Good-bye, part 2Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-83802940044176536972018-12-09T07:42:08.402-05:002018-12-09T07:42:08.402-05:00thanks for the kind comments!
I guess love of boo...thanks for the kind comments! <br />I guess love of books and the pain of parting with them are universal among writers!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15827557225122156762018-12-08T22:48:44.052-05:002018-12-08T22:48:44.052-05:00Like Eve, I'm a bookaholic. When moving, I usu...Like Eve, I'm a bookaholic. When moving, I usually donated hundreds of books to small town libraries in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Florida. A few I didn't mind getting rid of, but a few were painful. I donated at least two highly recommended trilogies wherein I couldn't find traction. Maybe it was my ADD, but I bogged down early on in The Gormenghast Trilogy. I read the first 3 novels of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, but I ducked the rest of that trilogy trilogy.<br /><br />Then I discovered libraries will lend me books! Imagine that! The downside is I might want to reference one book or another, but it's long gone and, in a couple of cases, out of print. Nice article, Janice!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89314245230340367652018-12-08T18:14:54.784-05:002018-12-08T18:14:54.784-05:00And Steve, you always will. I'm still looking...And Steve, you always will. I'm still looking for a couple of books that oh, how I wish I'd kept them...Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-42338034819217964862018-12-08T17:35:54.115-05:002018-12-08T17:35:54.115-05:00You can never have too many books. A great post.
...You can never have too many books. A great post.<br /><br />I remember the anguish I went through in the two or three months before I retired from teaching. Which of my own books would I leave in the classroom for someone else? What would I take with me? Which books would I REALLY want to read again? Most of the writing/grammar/usage books stayed behind. So did The Scarlet Letter. But Dickens, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Shakespeare came home with me. So did a couple of newer (read, not disintegrating) anthologies of short stories. I wish I still had my older Norton edition of Huckleberry Finn because the critical essays in the newer one are nowhere near as good. <br /><br />But, years later, I look at my still overflowing book case for "that book" that went to the great library in the sky...Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84683599595111654042018-12-08T09:59:04.570-05:002018-12-08T09:59:04.570-05:00Oh, I have been there and done that. I weeded and...Oh, I have been there and done that. I weeded and culled and compacted and moved. And I have bought more books since. So sue me, I'm a bookaholic. I think most of us are!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63188868620254648862018-12-08T09:37:31.368-05:002018-12-08T09:37:31.368-05:00More books. We always need space for more books. H...More books. We always need space for more books. Houses with built-in bookshelves are enough to make me swoon. Good post, Janice.Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-4011916884620725932018-12-08T08:17:05.374-05:002018-12-08T08:17:05.374-05:00I really enjoyed this piece, Janice. And, as you s...I really enjoyed this piece, Janice. And, as you say, we can always use more room for more books.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com