I've actually done that too. Most of the books I gave away were ones I wasnt overly sentimental about... ones like "the Puritan Family" by Edmund Morgan (which I'd personally rather gouge out my eyes & pour salt into the open wounds than have to read ever again). I only kept the textbooks I honestly felt I'd use again.
I still need to go back and list the rest of my books. I have 185 leather-bound classics my mom gave me that I havent catalouged yet.
I literally cut my book collection in half because I had to move. I was in school so I moved once a year... I got really sick of having to steal MORE milk crates from the school cafeteria to haul my books around. I started giving them away to my roommates (who were also history majors). So I at least can get them back if I ever need to!
I'm really skeptical. I didn't like the first one. What's different about the sequel?
I've actually done that too. Most of the books I gave away were ones I wasnt overly sentimental about... ones like "the Puritan Family" by Edmund Morgan (which I'd personally rather gouge out my eyes & pour salt into the open wounds than have to read ever again). I only kept the textbooks I honestly felt I'd use again.
I still need to go back and list the rest of my books. I have 185 leather-bound classics my mom gave me that I havent catalouged yet.
I literally cut my book collection in half because I had to move. I was in school so I moved once a year... I got really sick of having to steal MORE milk crates from the school cafeteria to haul my books around. I started giving them away to my roommates (who were also history majors). So I at least can get them back if I ever need to!