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dolorous_ett) wrote2005-11-20 05:47 pm
dolorous_ett) wrote2005-11-20 05:47 pm
Who can tell me...
... a way to stop buying books?
Books have long since overflowed out of my bookshelves and established colonies on the floor of my flat. While all the piles of books are neat and not particularly unsightly, I have done a quick count, and I currently have 7 piles, all well over a foot in height.
And yet this afternoon, while searching for a birthday present for a friend, I treated myself to two more new books. Despite the fact that I have several very nice books waiting to be read at home, plenty of other books that are well worth a read and two busy weeks of teaching before the end of term...
I can't carry on like this. It's not fair on me, it's not fair on my bank balance and it's not fair on the books - they deserve to be read and cherished, not stored in piles. But how can I stop? New books are nice, and temptation is everywhere. There are at least three second-hand bookshops withing five minutes' walk of my flat.
My F-list seem fantastic at helping answer questions, no matter how abstruse (see last entry). So I thought I'd try my luck again. It's getting crazy in here.
Any advice, up to and including the use of electrodes, gratefully received.
Books have long since overflowed out of my bookshelves and established colonies on the floor of my flat. While all the piles of books are neat and not particularly unsightly, I have done a quick count, and I currently have 7 piles, all well over a foot in height.
And yet this afternoon, while searching for a birthday present for a friend, I treated myself to two more new books. Despite the fact that I have several very nice books waiting to be read at home, plenty of other books that are well worth a read and two busy weeks of teaching before the end of term...
I can't carry on like this. It's not fair on me, it's not fair on my bank balance and it's not fair on the books - they deserve to be read and cherished, not stored in piles. But how can I stop? New books are nice, and temptation is everywhere. There are at least three second-hand bookshops withing five minutes' walk of my flat.
My F-list seem fantastic at helping answer questions, no matter how abstruse (see last entry). So I thought I'd try my luck again. It's getting crazy in here.
Any advice, up to and including the use of electrodes, gratefully received.
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A good point - and there is a bit of scope for that.
Unfortunately, I live in a small flat, and there is also a distinct shortage of WALLS.
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Thanks anyway, though.
And your little hedgehog icon is gorgeous!
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1. Do you have a bokshelf under the window sill?
2. In this narrow space between the window and the corner of the room?
3. What about the are directly above the door?
(Note: all above has been succesfully used, if not by me, than by my friends)
Checklist No. 2
1. Do you have any double copies of books?
2. Take a painfully honest look at randomly chosen shelf: do you see a book there, which you haven't looked into for the last 10/7/5 years?
3. Do you think your local friendly library won't be happier with it?
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I don't in all those places... but as I'm going to have to move before so long anything involving hammer and nails is probably out, my landlord being remarkably humourless about holes in walls...
Checklist 2:
This is more workable. I've had to do this regularly for some time. But perhaps it's been long enough to merit another go.