As we get older and consider moving to a smaller home, we start to Downsize.  This week I've been going through my book collection.

In recent years, I had already pared down my once large collection.  I'm fairly certain that I won't be rereading many of my books. But still--how do I choose which books to keep and which can go?

For now, I'm first trying to choose favorite authors: J.D. Robb, Tamar Myers,  Carolyn G. Hart, Diane Mott Davidson, Nancy Atherton, etc. Some of the books by these authors are hardback and some are paperback. So I can't choose just hardback books to save.  

Plus, there are numerous books by various other authors I also like.  This isn't going to be easy!  

Thank you all for your comments!  I had been donating them for the annual Hospital Book bazzaar; I don't know why I never even thought of our library!  I just now checked & they do still accept donated books--so I'll be taking the hardbacked books there.  

As I mentioned in a private message to one of you, I now have 600+ eBooks in my personal library; so obviously, I've got plenty to read for the forseeable future! And now that I've mastered the 3M online library system, I can always find/borrow books from our public library as well as  getting them from Amazon.  

As for other downsizing: the one thing I really don't want to 'downsize' is my dvd collection of movies and favorite tv shows--many of which are no longer around!  Hmm...I guess I'll have more shelf space for them now, won't I?