A lady who helps people de-clutter suggested getting rid of books we do not love (with a concession writers and researchers may be more lax). And book social media is losing its dang mind and calling books magic objects that come into our lives for a reason and and and....
Book culture on social media is like this. It's the performance of books as magic objects, and elevating consuming them into this unique act.
@some_qualia
I'm going through Marie Kondo's Spark Joy process.
Earlier this week, I went through all my books. Novels, non-fiction, academic textbooks, graphic novels and TPBs...
I filled 12 boxes with books I'll be giving to charity. 12 boxes.
And I feel better for it, because the books that I kept are ones I really care about and re-read.
But I dumped all my Harry Potter novels, Dark Materials, Discworld and LoTR, because they did once brig me joy. No longer.
@hit_the_books @[email protected]
At the risk of getting sucked into a thread:
You gave away twelve boxes of books.
Twelve boxes of books to bring a stranger the magic that you once felt.
Twelve boxes. Twelve whole boxes of spells, incantations, and enchantment. Twelve boxes, humming with possibilities, waiting for someone to activate them again. Imagine how much twelve boxes can accomplish.
That's pretty damn magical, if you ask me.
MK β
milli/hit_the_books 
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