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Mar. 14th, 2022 11:04 amI spent all my time at home during the first months of Covid, culling my books in an extremely leisurely fashion. I would check that the roof was still not leaking anywhere near the desk nor any of the bookshelves. Plenty of time! Plenty of space! Still...I knew I would eventually need to move, and it's easier to find an apartment with space for 4 bookcases than space for 6. (I double-shelve paperbacks.) And it's much easier to get rid of books gradually, with time to consider the matter, than in a last-minute panic while the movers are on their way.
Sometimes I would pick up a book and read 4 pages and think "Why did I ever buy this? WHY?" Sometimes I'd read the whole book, hoping it would get better after the first few chapters. (Nope.) Or I'd realize the misogyny fairy had hit it too hard for me to want it on my shelves. (I'm keeping the Mary Renault, though.) It would have gone faster if I could just smile at a book I wanted to keep and leave it on the shelf, but sometimes I thought "Oh, I haven't read this in years!" and just had to pick it up and remind myself how wonderful it was before putting it back. A slow process.
Sometimes I would pick up a book and read 4 pages and think "Why did I ever buy this? WHY?" Sometimes I'd read the whole book, hoping it would get better after the first few chapters. (Nope.) Or I'd realize the misogyny fairy had hit it too hard for me to want it on my shelves. (I'm keeping the Mary Renault, though.) It would have gone faster if I could just smile at a book I wanted to keep and leave it on the shelf, but sometimes I thought "Oh, I haven't read this in years!" and just had to pick it up and remind myself how wonderful it was before putting it back. A slow process.
