Over the years I have become more discerning with the books that just seem to just find their way into my hands. If it’s an author that I am familiar with the book has just earned a spot on my shelf. If it was a book that I saw recommended from a newspaper write-up, a review on a website, or just mentioned in passing from a friend, it to finds a place on my shelf. If it is a book from the list, that I carry with me when I go to a flea market, used bookstore, Goodwill or a second hand shop, the book finds a place on my shelf.

After awhile, usually when my bookshelf has runneth over, I will take a look at what I have and go to my list and see if the books that I have meet what I had originally wanted them for. For example, were the books part of a series that I am collecting? Are they of my favorite author? Are the children’s books, that I am collecting from my childhood to read to my future grandchildren, really from my childhood? Are the single novel books from authors ones that I was really interested in and last, but not least, are the non-fiction books really of subjects or topics that I will have time to really get into? There are some smaller questons to all of this, but if a majority of the answers are “no” then they go into a box for donation or credit at my used bookstore. The one factor that I use when I am packing the boxes is, if the dust on the book is thicker than the eraser on my pencil, then I have made the right decision in finding another home for the book.

When all that is done and I can actually see shelf space then I am satisfied that I can now go out and “Get Some More Books!”