Sunday 12 September 2021

Books

I have managed to reduce the number of books I have after some severe weeding out, but they still fill two large bookcases.


This is one of them, full of old friends I cannot bring myself to part with. Gerald Durrell, Georgette Heyer, Paul Theroux, Jodi Picoult, Rosamunde Pilcher, Jane Austen,  a whole shelf of books on Tibet and another on travel amongst many others. I have collected them over many years and although I mostly read on my Kindle nowadays I still re-read some from time to time.

It occurred to me the other day that when I pop my clogs all my books will probably get dumped, a sad end for them. None of my family are really readers and those who do occasionally pick up a book only read in Portuguese. There are no charity shops as such here where they could be donated, either.

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  1. I feel exactly the same about my books. Who will treasure them when I am gone? We have charity shops here for them but I won't be taking them there myself as I want to keep them all for as long as possible. I have a wide variety of subjects, one being books about farmers and their daily lives. They are about farming in the old days and so interesting. I am a bit older than Rachel who comments here and I love her blog posts about her farming family as they remind me of my youth and family farm. I also have history books and Francis Kilvert etc. Also Borley Rectory interested me at one time. There are so many subjects on my bookshelves including steam railways - I could go on!
    Hope that you are recovering from your operation.
    Wendy (Wales)

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    1. Books really are a blessing, aren´t they? Like you I also have a wide selection. I´m recovering well thanks although a bit sore when I bend down or raise my arms...the perfect excuse to avoid housework!

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  2. I was looking at my shelf of travel books only the other evening thinking that they really could go as now if I have a travel query I always turn to the internet. I haven't touched any of the books for a long while, except for Theroux who I would never part with as they are always something to read if I am short of a reading book. I no longer keep any fiction, they go straight to charity, and my only other books are art catalogues purchased at exhibitions I have visited. Keeping possessions to a minimum is something I actively try to control.

    Interesting to see that you read my blog Wendy. I had no idea. Thank you for mentioning it.

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    1. I like reading my travel books in order to see through another person´s eyes, especially older books. I have an 1888 edition of Mungo Park´s Life and Travels in Africa which is fascinating.

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