Since I have not read any of them for more than 10 years, I took out most of the children's and young adult books from my bookshelf, with the intention of donating them. (Kept the L.M. Montgomery and Madeleine L'Engle books--couldn't bear to give them away). I don't know who to give the books to yet, but I want them to be read again.
sadly we are moving towards a paperless culture... a young bookworm with no internet access would love these.
ReplyDeleteian, i think paperless does not mean we read less. i read a study recently that showed that we are reading more. the kindle and gadgets of its kind give us hope :)
ReplyDeletefair enough. but that study only covered total volume, not the quality of what we read. actually, i meant i'm sad that physical, analog books are becoming a thing of the past.
ReplyDeletetrue. books will be in museums. that's what happens when objects become obsolete. of course, there will be a market for books--collectors of rare items. makes you wonder what the libraries of the future will be like. maybe there will just be replicas of libraries in history museums for schoolkids to gawk at.
ReplyDeletethink of it this way: we read less but we read about more topics, as opposed to more in-depth but about fewer topics (as in previous generations). i suppose that's fine. :)
Just a little suggestion: if you can't find a place to donate your books (and be sure they'll be read, and not just dumped to gather dust) you can maybe sell your books and donate the proceeds to a charity instead. I'd be happy to buy a good children's lit book.
ReplyDeletethanks for the suggestion. prefer to donate them, as it will take a good deal of effort to dispose of these :)
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