Treasured possessions

[andrewducker]

I picked up the first Dragonlance book on holiday in Pitlochry. I was twelve. Can I really get rid of a trilogy of books I've been carrying around for nearly two thirds of my life?

Similarly, I have the complete Lensman series - I'm not sure I could ever bear to actually read them again. But get rid of them? After I tracked them down one by one through car boot sales and second-hand bookshops? Are you insane?

Anyone else got books they'll never read again, or films they'll never watch, but they can't bear to let go of? (Oooh - Paperhouse. I'm never watching that again, but I have to own it.)

Comments

[ninox.livejournal.com]

I'm not bad with books. I hoard non fiction more than fiction and use book crossing method of releasing paperbacks back into the wild on occasion. Never remember to track them though. Saying that I'm pretty sure I probably have a Hans Christian Anderson hardback, and a couple of Rupert the Bears (used to be my mum's) in a box in the attic (only 1 box and a small one at that). Books that remind me of childhood I no longer possess - Pear's Junior Encyclopaedia, AA Guide to the British Countryside. Fiction isn't something I really read until Uni.

I like the idea of hoarding books more than anything else, and I'm pretty sure I would love to own books by Charles De Lint, Muriel Grey, Paul Doherty etc but I've read them and wouldn't read them again. Closest I get is probably Sandman, probably in with Rupert and chums.

Films I get given as presents and don't tend to buy. I do have complete Twin Peaks on video that I bought second hand from the last library I worked in. Always meant to re-watch and then dispose. A video I treasure is probably Flight of the Condor but think my Mum nicked it anyway.

Ok I'm a wanna-be-hoarder!

CD's well that's different. I have some REALLY bad cd's I really should dispose off.