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Almost all my books are gone

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Lisa Joy said: Which books are you keeping, Minimalist FB? Tell me.. TELL ME!

Umm.. none. *sheepish*

I thought about keeping my favourites like the Anne Bishops, Kinsellas, Eddings, so on and on, but in the end, I dug deep into my soul and asked myself if I really wanted to lug all of these heavy books in an already limited suitcase space across the world.

Took me 3 seconds to decide to get rid of all of them. I was a demoness in cleaning out my room!!!

The only books I kept were:

  • Manga I absolutely cannot part with (Usagi Yojimbo & Lone Wolf and Cub) — Back me up on this Revanche….
  • My yearbooks (Call me sentimental…)
  • 3 books I couldn’t find in e-books and were out of print

Everything else that could be found on (.pdf) or in an e-book, went away to live in other people’s homes.

I sorted them into “SELL” and “DONATE” piles, and let me tell you, that donate pile was 8 boxes FULL of books, even BF my Minimalist Partner in Crime was shocked.


BF: That’s a LOT of stuff. FB: Umm.. I like to read. You saw my old pictures. I was fat. How did you think I got fat? By reading. BF: Are you telling me that books made you fat? How is that possible? Reading burns more calories. FB: No. Eating chocolate while reading a lot as an inactive child made me fat. I didn’t read enough to burn off 800 calories every hour. Trust me.


I sold about 30% of the books I owned. Any book that is fairly recent, hard covered mostly, in like-new condition and fun went into my bags and I trudged downtown to sell them all.

Made $180 total, but I think my back is screaming in protest from what I had to lug around.

Note to self: Bring a suitcase on rollies next time.

By the way, a little tip from me to you, used bookstores are surprisingly picky about what they take.

They love books on Philosophy & obscure subjects I never read, so I was SOL there.

I could have definitely sold them on Amazon, but unluckily for me, I live in Canada, and shipping up here is a b*tch on crack. If I was in the States, no problem. Shipping is pretty cheap for y’all, but not up here.

Plus, I’m only there for a short period of time. I don’t have time to be listing and selling suitcases full of books just to make a couple of dollars, when living in a different city.

I just want(ed) the clutter GONE.

In fact, I’m itching to go back and donate more….

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