Rites of Passage

[owlectomy]

It had to happen eventually: I weeded a book I really, really liked (David Levithan's "The Realm of Possibility"). Not because it looked like a dog ate it, and then left it out in the rain; just because we had three copies, and it wasn't circulating well enough to justify having three copies.

Two might be okay. I'll pretend two is okay, at least till next year.

I normally attack weeding with pretty good cheer, because a dated book (or even a dated-looking one) that doesn't look as if it wants to be checked out doesn't reflect well on the shelf as a whole, but sometimes you wish you could justify keeping them.

I am humbled by the short lifespan of even quite good books.

Comments

[dianamcqueen.livejournal.com]

does weeding=throwing away/recycling? like at world market discontinued items had to be thrown out on mandate...but that really didn't stop us from taking our share before they went out...

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Depending on the age and condition of the book, we'll sell it, give it away, or throw it away. Yeah, we do get dibs on weeded items if we want them, and I take advantage of that once in a while, but my shelves are already pretty full.