I'll be honest I've almost given up on retrieving the spare room from the many boxes of things to be uncluttered - it is not a place for guests!
The theory is that I'm going to try car booting when car boot sales in the area kick back in as the weather improves - I'll maybe give myself a couple of months and if I don't act on it, then I'll force myself to take the donation line with it all.
On the upside, I've added 5 books to the pile this week - the first was a book of short stories that I wasn't overly enjoying and then I reached a particular story and couldn't go any further - I then discovered that story was chapter 2 of the second book that I got rid of this week. I then picked 3 further books by the same author off of the shelf and tried reading a chapter of each and if it didn't grab me straightaway decided that it too could go.
If I get some free time, I'm contemplating taking the same tack with some other books on the shelf - picking them off and giving them three chapters to make a positive reaction and if they don't then it's bye bye time! Even if I did this with one or two a month it would make a difference. I'm certain there are more that I don't really want. Plus I've made a rather awfully large purchase of books on ebay this week which I don't have room for... more incentive to shed a few! I'm supposed to be reducing the to be read pile!
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Date: 2019-01-20 06:54 pm (UTC)The theory is that I'm going to try car booting when car boot sales in the area kick back in as the weather improves - I'll maybe give myself a couple of months and if I don't act on it, then I'll force myself to take the donation line with it all.
On the upside, I've added 5 books to the pile this week - the first was a book of short stories that I wasn't overly enjoying and then I reached a particular story and couldn't go any further - I then discovered that story was chapter 2 of the second book that I got rid of this week. I then picked 3 further books by the same author off of the shelf and tried reading a chapter of each and if it didn't grab me straightaway decided that it too could go.
If I get some free time, I'm contemplating taking the same tack with some other books on the shelf - picking them off and giving them three chapters to make a positive reaction and if they don't then it's bye bye time! Even if I did this with one or two a month it would make a difference. I'm certain there are more that I don't really want. Plus I've made a rather awfully large purchase of books on ebay this week which I don't have room for... more incentive to shed a few! I'm supposed to be reducing the to be read pile!