Why keep books you hated? My mom had a used bookstore, so I learned that every book, no matter how lame, has someone out there who will love it. It's better to set it free to please someone, rather than have it sit around your house reminding you of an unpleasant experience.
Probably would have been better to say that I never throw out a book. I will take stuff to a used bookstore or a read/return kind of place.
Joe about had a coronary when I told him I had returned it. He NEVER gets rids of books. I'll occasionaly see him reading something I know he said he hated, but he needed something to read and it was there.....
Okay, I'm not that bad. But I love Joe, so I will forgive :)
Interesting. I still wouldn't do it, partly because I am so ruthlessly picky (and downright wrathful over certain types of historical inaccuracy). Though usually once I'm buying a book new rather than getting it used or from the library, that means I trust the author to give good story.
I've never thrown out a book, but I have left big bags of them on the street.
I've got some books that probably should be thrown out because I've read them to tatters. But it just feels evil to toss a book in a recycling bin.
I've never thrown out a book, but I have left big bags of them on the street.
and if I (or many Buffistas, I suspect) had seen them, we would have plopped right down on the sidewalk and gone through them. :)
I donate books I don't want to the local Friends of the SF Library - whose HQ, Aimee, BTW, are right across from the marina Safeway, at Fort Mason.
Heh. If you stand in the parking lot of the safeway and turn your eyes to the left, you get the full Golden Gate Bridge, right there. If you turn your eyes to the right, you get not very much. If you look across the street, there's Fort Mason.
If it does end up in SF, bring a child seat and we'll shove Em in Ripper's back seat and get the Grand Tour. If it's in Seattle, we get equally amazing views of a gorgeous city from the top of Queen Anne Hill.
I'm telling you, it's a can't lose sitch.
I honestly had a hard time choosing between the two in my heart of hearts. In the end, I chose Seattle because I can drive to SF for a weekend. Seattle, NSM.
Results
For San Francisco:
- Can Attend (94%) (51 Votes)
- Can't Attend (6%) (3 Votes)
54 total votes
For Seattle:
- Can Attend (90%) (48 Votes)
- Can't Attend (10%) (5 Votes)
53 total votes
IF you can attend in San Francisco, how do you feel about it as the F2F site?
- Very Enthused (75%) (39 Votes)
- Somewhat Enthused (19%) (10 Votes)
- Not Enthused (6%) (3 Votes)
52 total votes
IF you can attend in Seattle, how do you feel about it as the F2F site?
- Very Enthused (57%) (29 Votes)
- Somewhat Enthused (38%) (19 Votes)
- Not Enthused (5%) (2 Votes)
50 total votes
In your heart of hearts, which would you prefer?
- San Francisco (58%) (32 Votes)
- Seattle (25%) (14 Votes)
- I really, truly, deep down in my soul, cannot generate a preference (17%) (9 Votes)
55 total votes
Looks like San Francisco!
