Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! Today I’m participating in Let’s Talk Bookish, a weekly meme hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Today’s topic is about unhauling, or getting rid of, books.
I think unhauling books is really important, although I don’t do it super often. Unhauling books can give you more bookshelf space and, more importantly, can allow other readers to read books that you’ve bought. Every time I unhaul books, I donate them to my local library, which sells them for around $1 or $2 each.
I usually get rid of books if I’ve outgrown them and I know I won’t reread them. This means that most of the books I unhaul are middle grade books or YA books that I haven’t read in a while. I often take books off my shelves whenever I need more space to shelf more books, since I am rapidly running out of free space on my bookshelves. I usually wait until I have a large stack of books that I want to unhaul before I donate them to the library, so I don’t actually get rid of books very often.
There are some books that I would never get rid of because of the nostalgia. For example, I will never get rid of my copy of Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume because, not only did I get it at Shakespeare and Company in Paris, it was such an important book to me when I was younger. I also will not get rid of books that I frequently reread. Additionally, I am less likely to unhaul books that I have signed copies of.
What do you think? How do you unhaul books? What do you do with the books that you unhaul? How often do you unhaul books?
Ruby Reads and Reviews 
I donate to my local library too, since I used to work there! It’s great that they can sell them for a couple of books to put back into programs and such. It can be really cathartic to unhaul books too!
Yeah I’m so glad that I have that option at my library. I agree, unhauling books can be a really nice thing to do every once in a while.
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ahhh I LOVE this discussion!! It’s usually hard for me to unhaul books, but if I haven’t read a book in ages I end up donating it!!
Thank you so much! I definitely think that I’m more likely to unhaul books that I haven’t reread in while as well.
It isn’t easy unhauling books- the ones that usually leave are the ones that either were disliked or the ones that are time to get rid of
The books I get rid of either go to an used bookshop or get donated to “Promising Pages” (this allows children who don’t have access to books get the chance- each week at Loaves and Fishes, a food pantry, we donate books due to this program)
Well, some books I keep due to the meaningful nature, or due to being signed