Comments to Alice in Suburbia:

Kipp - 2004-09-28 18:07:25
In my lifetime I have given away copies of all my favourite books: Slaughterhouse 5, Musings of Marcus Aurileus, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence, Catch 22, and the Fountainhead. All to boys, and all the boys never gave them back. Shame =(
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Inkdragon - 2004-09-28 19:38:57
I have the hardest time parting with books. I've tried to be better by buying paperbacks. Those I can part with a little easier than hardcover. Weird, but true.
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Jim - 2004-09-28 22:36:47
The need to move to Rhode Island led to shedding many books (and decades worth of science fiction magazines) alhough many boxes of books moved with us -- but that was nine years ago (minus just three weeks) and quite a few more books have joined us during those nine years. There are a couple of bookcases in our bedroom (and our daughter has overflowing bookcases in her room -- and even our non-literary son has dozens of books in his room) and I have three small bookcases here in my den but they tend to be filled with technical books (things like Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans) so there are multiple filled-to-overflowing bookcases in our basement.
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radiogurl - 2004-09-29 00:29:21
After being homeless more than a few times, I have lost many, many books - but I view it as an invitation to find new ones and discover new wonders. And if I find an old favorite and can take it home with me again, it is all the more precious for its absence!
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Saikai - 2004-09-29 00:38:42
Hey you're like me keeping lots of books. I like to keep collections going and surprisingly I liked every book I have there so far. Course there are some still unread ones... you should try selling the textbooks to other students or people at ok prices. That's what a lot of college students do because of the poor return rate from the bookstore.
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Summer Gale - 2004-09-29 10:23:48
I lost some vintage science fiction to a move once. My Ex did it on purpose. If you're not a book person they just don't understand.
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Jeanene - 2004-09-30 11:04:46
Pruning the bookshelf is the hardest task ever. Of course, I've got a fourth grade history text book somewhere because... well, I'm not really sure why. It's over thirty years old. It was outdated when my teacher gave it away. I've never, ever read it. Ever. Not even in school.
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Doc - 2004-09-30 15:04:31
I feel your pain. Especially about the low return you get for schoolbooks. And, my little apartment would have so much more space if I could STOP BUYING BOOKS. But I can't. It's a disease. Amazon, hasn't made it any better by offering a used book option on every page. Now, I can justify buying books when I have no money, "Well...It *is* used..."...Anyways...Here's some new Chick Lit for your consideration, "My Old Man" by Amy Sohn. It was written about my former social milieu. I've read a couple of chapters and it's pretty funny. She wrote it in reaction to "Sex and the City."
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Wyndspirit - 2004-10-06 15:47:42
So sad to go through boxes of books that were beloved and much read in years past, only to discover that they are literally disintegrating. (Well, I got most of them as old paperbacks at rummage sales to begin with!) What to do? Even if I find a new copy, they deserve better than to be thrown in the trash! But, new books, now that's a different story. I'm not as attached to new books. If I read one I don't like, I'll happily sell it for a buck. However... NOBODY gets their hands on my Anne McCaffrey or Terry Goodkind books!!! :)
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