Lent decluttering: 2 - books
This was a tough one, because I had very recently taken a lot of books to charity shops, so those that were left were probably there for a reason.
The reason was that they were gifts, and even if I had read them and was unlikely to read them again in the next ten years, I could not give them away.
So I entered all of them into my LibraryThing account, and tagged them with 'read', 'gifts' and 'donated'. Because I'd read them, they were gifts, and tomorrow they are going to the Oxfam Books and Records that is very conveniently located just opposite the Central London location where I am working today and tomorrow.
Dr B. joined me and got rid of all his outdated IT reference manuals. We only kept unread books, some reference material, recipe books and recent travel guides.
I have taken a few pictures of the volume of books 'before' and 'after':
- all our books (unsorted) before decluttering;
- all our books (sorted by type) before decluttering;
- all the books after decluttering.
And yes I know, books are not clutter per se, but when you are fighting for space and space does not come cheap, I am sorry but they have to go.
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