Book culling

[rachelmanija]

Attempting to cut down on spending and get rid of books I will never read by signing up for Book Mooch and Paperback Swap.

Went through some books the other day that have been on shelves for years, reading first few pages and maybe a few in the middle, and deciding if I was ever likely to read more, ie, were they interesting or amusing at all.

Books which survived: "Love Lies Bleeding" by Edmund Crispin; "Cugel's Saga" by Jack Vance; "Get Lucky" by Suzanne Brockmann; "Seadragons" by Laurence Yep; "Psion" by Joan D. Vinge (reading now-- yes, totally my subject matter, yet resisted all previous attempts to read; this time I decided to skip the prologue, which, like most prologues, turned out to be both dull and totally unnecessary as the first chapter explains everything anyway.)

Did not survive cull: "Cheysuli" books by Jennifer Roberson; "Upright Man" by Michael Marshall; a bunch of mysteries, most of a theoretically lighthearted and amusing nature.

Also posted books which I love but have duplicates of, generally because I loved them so much that I accidentally bought them twice, and books which I read and didn't like:

Books which are now up for grabs:

http://www.paperbackswap.com/members/book_shelf.php

The Book Mooch system has crashed, but I'll post it later when it recovers.

PS. My finger is better but that's still my typing for the day.

Comments

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

I have created an account, but clicking on your link just takes me to my page. Am I doing something wrong?

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

...this time I decided to skip the prologue, which, like most prologues, turned out to be both dull and totally unnecessary as the first chapter explains everything anyway.

One would think that by now editors would just chuck "Prologue" chapters into the shredder and send the rest of the manuscript along to the typesetters.

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Pfui on only offering the mysteries through paperback swap, which the above commenters seem to have been having lots of hassles with.

:-(