What Do You Do With A Book When Your Done Reading it

__QueenPin · Post by **__QueenPin** » 13 Oct 2014, 16:10

I tend to pass my books on to others or give them to the library

cyndiha11 · Post by **cyndiha11** » 14 Oct 2014, 12:58

I tend to get most of my books through my e-reader these days, so they just take up memory...

ALynnPowers · Post by **ALynnPowers** » 24 Nov 2014, 09:39

How many books can a Kindle hold? I have pages and pages of read and unread books, and I have a feeling that I am not even close to filling the thing up? Can my Already Read collection just go on forever?

TammyO · Post by **TammyO** » 24 Nov 2014, 11:35

It just goes on the shelf or remains in the e-reader for me to revisit at my leisure. I do let a few people borrow them If I think they would be interested in the book. However, I want my books returned to me.

pretzelsnow · Post by **pretzelsnow** » 24 Nov 2014, 12:01

I like to reread books.Here is a quote:
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
–C.S. Lewis (I try to make this a rule and standard and I think you should too.)
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
–Oscar Wilde
There’s nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over.
–Gail Carson Levine

MysteryReader95 · Post by **MysteryReader95** » 24 Nov 2014, 13:29

I keep mine and I like to reread them

Stella White 47 · Post by **Stella White 47** » 24 Nov 2014, 13:51

I keep books that I think I will want to re-read at least a portion of in the future. All the Anne books are on my shelf, as are Jane Austen's. A few books I read in college that I like to glance at from time to time. Spoon River Anthology is one I will never throw away because it brings back a nice memory of a night in an old dormitory when most had gone home for the weekend, and another young woman and I sat on a bed for a few hours reading the monologues to each other.

Sweet_Lullaby · Post by **Sweet_Lullaby** » 24 Nov 2014, 14:31

I keep them for the next time I want to read them

tamara_mc41 · Post by **tamara_mc41** » 24 Nov 2014, 18:46

when I finish a book I put it on my shelf, and then if I like it ill reread it later on in life..
I collect books. and one day when I am rich I am going to have a glorious collection of books in my library.

thybeli · Post by **thybeli** » 24 Nov 2014, 23:28

If I liked the book it goes on my shelf (alphabetically) and I wait and see if I have the desire to pick it back up and read it again later. Loved books go on the shelf and definitely get reread later. If a long time passes and I have no desire to reread a book I liked, or if I didn't like it when I first finish it, I take it to Half Price Books and sell it so I can have money to buy more books that I can like and love.

Occasionally I have regretted selling a book back and wanted to reread it later, so lately a book is on my shelf for longer and longer before I end up selling it.

Carla Hurst-Chandler · Post by **Carla Hurst-Chandler** » 25 Nov 2014, 07:15

Back to the pubic library...and a select few write down the ISBN number, and later purchase to add to my shelves.

Hadiqa · Post by **Hadiqa** » 25 Nov 2014, 07:44

I do not re-read a book unless I am starting the second book in a series and I have forgotten a bit about how the previous one ended

knighthkm · Post by **knighthkm** » 25 Nov 2014, 10:36

I keep mine on the book shelf. Its like a trophy

Lazaszeret39 · Post by **Lazaszeret39** » 25 Nov 2014, 10:44

It all depends on which book it is, if it's a favorite author of mine then I'll keep it on the shelf to read later. If it's someone who's not a very popular author in my opinion then I'd either place it in storage or recommend it to another person who might enjoy reading the book.

marilynmay123 · Post by **marilynmay123** » 25 Nov 2014, 13:02

I used to save them. I had to purchase a few extra bookcases and put them in places that I could find like under counters or on a side wall . Then we moved and packing up the books I found more than one copy of the same book and the forty boxes were hard to move. I donated some to the library for resale, brought many boxes to the used book store for store credit and gave the rest away. Now I usually buy on Kindle or Nook. I am not as fond of them as I can't turn back ten or twenty pages to recheck a point for clarity. I can't share my Nook with my friends for them to pass the book on either.