Books, books, books

I'm a huge reader.  And more than that, I'm a huge collector of books. I read them and I keep them.  Some I reread, but for the most part, they just sit on the shelves gathering dust.  But parting with them isn't easy, since they usually hold so many memories for me.

Well, I'm trying to get over that.  Some time ago, I started buying ebooks on my Kindle.  No clutter, no mess.  Now I'm starting to pare down the collection of books.  Right now, it stands at six large bookshelves completely full of books, even stacked on top.  In addition, I have books squirreled around the apartment.  And I have seven boxes of books, still packed from my last move.

I did try getting rid of my books using Paperbackswap.com.  While I liked it, the books just didn't move that quickly.  I investigated eBay and Amazon, but frankly, the amount of money I might make just didn't justify the work that goes into listing them.

So I'm taking them over to Goodwill.

This week I took over four bags (approximately 60 books).  Those were the last of my Paperbackswap.com books.  I've started filling more bags, and hope to make at least one or two trips to Goodwill each week to drop them off.  If I can do that, and make at least one trip per week to drop off clothes and miscellaneous, I'll be making some real progress.