From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/2/2025 9:05 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   > Things I Wish I'd Known When Starting a Book Collection   
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   > Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)   
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   > https://reactormag.com/things-i-wish-id-known-when-starting-a-   
   ook-collection/   
      
   I only have 4,000 books at the moment.  Plus 500 books in my SBR   
   (strategic book reserve).  I keep them in seven 6 ft tall by 3 ft wide   
   bookcases, triple stacked, in my bedroom.  Triple stacked is a front   
   row, a back row, and a top stuffing of books on each shelf.   
      
   I have asked my wife if I can install an eighth bookcase in our bedroom.   
     She said no.  And then she said I should get rid of one of the bookcases.   
      
   I am getting rid of the 8,000+ books from my parents.  Half were   
   hardbacks.  It has been difficult.  The local library has taken over a   
   thousand books so far.   
      
   What do you do with a 60+ year old complete set of the Hardy Boy books ?   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)