Once youve read the book, what do you do with them? Do you take them to a charity shop? Hoard them like some demented squirrel? Pass them on to your friends or relatives?

FOR GODS SAKE, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM!?!?

Me? Im a hoarder, I have hundreds of books cluttering the place up and it drives my other half mental- she keeps nagging me to take them to the charity shop but THEY`RE MINE! I love those books and I read them again and again!

What about you though? What do you do with your old books...?

TELL ME! Or Ill come round to your place and fold all the corners of the pages down to make `em all nasty and dog eared.

I am a great big hoarder I am afraid. I dont like letting them go just in case I feel the need to read them again. I once let a book go to charity. It was called, 'the last of the untouchables'. It was about the police group that brought down Al Capone. I regret letting that one go with a passion as I have yearned to read it ever since. :)

I'm a hoarder with books too- I've got a complete wall of book cases in one of my bedrooms.

EDIT- and if you folded the page corners of my books down you'd find out how much of a good shot I am with an aluminium rules Jabbers!

I am terrible for folding down the edges. I know its wrong and is just an abuse of good books, but I do it anyway. I just lose bookemarks when I have them. I have a lot of Lee child books and they are all dog eared. lol

i always take mine to the charity shop when iv read them,:)

Books should be read once then burnt.

Books should be read once then burnt.

wont ask what kind of books you read then neeeeeeeeeek:hihi:

Books I didn't enjoy go to the charity shop, books I like stay on the shelves to be re-read or occasionally lent out to trusted mates. (Hate it when people don't give my books back.) If it's something I've really enjoyed and am desperate for my friends to read, I try and pick up extra 'lending out' copies. As for turned down corners, Guilty! And also of all sorts of other book-abuse - annotations, stretched spines and even crinkly pages where they've been dropped in the bath (not borrowed books though - and I always give them back!) Personally, I quite like reading a book that has clearly been much-handled. In fact, I love it when I find the odd annotation or red wine stain in a second hand book - then I can picture my fellow reader, curled up by the fire and enthralled by the story...

I am terrible for folding down the edges. I know its wrong and is just an abuse of good books, but I do it anyway. I just lose bookemarks when I have them. I have a lot of Lee child books and they are all dog eared. lol

My other half takes her books and bends then all the way back as shes reading them, making the covers touch each other and leaving a crack in the spine.
The daft thing is, she uses a book mark to save her place, so shes contradicting herself, she cares for the pages by not folding down the corners yet she breaks their spines.

I read mine once then offer them on another website for book swapsies. Or I swap with my mum

Another hoarder here, though the bookshelves won't take much more, doubled and tripled up as they are. I've even kept books I enjoyed as a child and it's great to see my own children reading them now.

wont ask what kind of books you read then neeeeeeeeeek:hihi:

Flammable ones!

Unfortunatly I can't bring myself to do it, they end up on the shelf or people borrow them and never give them back.

Not only do I keep them ALL, I catalogue them here:

http://www.librarything.com/

I've apparently got over 2,000 books, most of which I've read and re-read. I didn't know I was so prolific.

And MW, is this a help?

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=3&sts=t&tn=the+last+of+the+untouchables&x=71&y=12

I hoard and swap :D Just can't bring myself to give any away books!

Not only do I keep them ALL, I catalogue them here:

http://www.librarything.com/

I've apparently got over 2,000 books, most of which I've read and re-read. I didn't know I was so prolific.

And MW, is this a help?

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sortby=3&sts=t&tn=the+last+of+the+untouchables&x=71&y=12

Peacock Lady, your an angel. Thank you, I think I will order one of those and sip some wine while enjoying the tail.

im a hoarder,, saying that we have just moved and now i realise how many books i have that i just dont read or even forgot i had! they'll be winging their way to a charity shop soon!

Books I didn't enjoy go to the charity shop, books I like stay on the shelves to be re-read or occasionally lent out to trusted mates. (Hate it when people don't give my books back.) If it's something I've really enjoyed and am desperate for my friends to read, I try and pick up extra 'lending out' copies. As for turned down corners, Guilty! And also of all sorts of other book-abuse - annotations, stretched spines and even crinkly pages where they've been dropped in the bath (not borrowed books though - and I always give them back!) Personally, I quite like reading a book that has clearly been much-handled. In fact, I love it when I find the odd annotation or red wine stain in a second hand book - then I can picture my fellow reader, curled up by the fire and enthralled by the story...

Oooh, I agree with practically all of this post!

I have books from my childhood that have the stickers from Granny Smith's apples all over the bottoms of the pages, from where I'd munch three in a row while enjoying some Enid Blyton or Christina Pullein-Thompson.

Some of my books these days are so annotated you can't read the original text - not to mention the aforementioned red wine stains - roaches torn out of the front covers - phone numbers scribbled in the back.

And: I bought a book from the Oxfam in West Street before Christmas and it had Marina Lewycka's name handwritten in the front! Fully made my day, that did.

im a hoarder,, saying that we have just moved and now i realise how many books i have that i just dont read or even forgot i had! they'll be winging their way to a charity shop soon!

No, give them to meeeeeeeee.................

(Marina took her MA at Sheffield Hallam, same as me and Selliot. It's a good course, taught by real, published writers. I loved it.)

Just out of curiostity, how long is the MA course Pl.

(Marina took her MA at Sheffield Hallam, same as me and Selliot. It's a good course, taught by real, published writers. I loved it.)

Me too! Best thing I ever did - I can't recommend it highly enough.

If anyone wants to give anyway then head them in my direction, I like Stephen King, PJ Tracy, Dean Koontz and any good thrillers, crime etc.........

Just out of curiostity, how long is the MA course Pl.

I'm sure peacock lady won't mind me answering on her behalf. The taught course is two semesters if you do it full time and three if you do it part-time - of course, the real work is writing up your novel/script or collection of poetry or short stories. You submit sections of your work, first for Certificate level and then for Diploma, but the full MA is only awarded when you submit the completed full length work "to publishable standard". This is the only MA (I think) that operates this way, and it is what makes it stand head and shoulders above the others. After all, it's one thing to come up with 20, 30 or 40 thousand words of beautiful prose, but to actually structure a whole novel, script or collection is something else entirely. Most other MAs are awarded before the writer has completed a full length work - this often leaves the writer struggling to finish and with little guidance and quality feedback. If you decide to apply, good luck - you won't regret it!

It's also all taught by professional writers, rather than academics. Another important point.

(And yes, I loved it. Took four years over it, and wish I could do another four.)

Thank's for the info,is the course ran through Hallam Uni ?.

Yes, it's the MA in writing at Sheffield Hallam University. Full-time route takes two years, but I did it in four (got a distinction, naturally!).

They have about 20 applications for each place, so it is difficult to get in, and the fees are higher now than when I did it, but it is a great way to accellerate your learning curve, and to meet Real Writers.

sems a good a place than any to post this.
i was wondering if anyone knew where there was a secondhand copy of dantes inferno in stock and doesnt cost the earth. tried everywhere (waterstones, whsmiths) and no joy.
thanks in advance

sems a good a place than any to post this.
i was wondering if anyone knew where there was a secondhand copy of dantes inferno in stock and doesnt cost the earth. tried everywhere (waterstones, whsmiths) and no joy.
thanks in advance

Why secondhand when they are only about a fiver.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dantes+inferno+&Go.x=8&Go.y=8

If you can't get it at Amazon, try www.abebooks.co.uk. Between the two of them, I can usually find a second-hand copy at a good price.