If a MASSIVE book declutter was too honest | A book-lover gets real-real.

Hang with me while I massively declutter my books for a move. I share my hot takes and commentary on my favorite books, authors, and decluttering at large, as I decide what to keep and what to donate.
2 WAYS TO SUPPORT A LOCAL/INDIE BOOKSHOP OF YOUR CHOICE:
(1) BOOKSHOP.ORG - I did my best to gather links for the books that I mention in this video, and you can find them at bookshop.org/s... (I earn a 10% affiliate commission when you shop through my storefront, no change in cost to you.) To date, Bookshop.org has raised $35,863,280.39 for local/indie bookstores. FOR A FULL LIST OF WHAT'S IN MY "KEEP" PILE, with links, scroll down.
(2) LIBRO.FM - Libro's catalog has 500,000+ titles, including bestsellers. When you use my link, I earn book credits (your cost doesn't change; plz and thanks): libro.fm/refer...
I discovered the Donalyn Miller quote-"You are not done with a book until you pass it to another reader."-in a video by @calmnordic : Declutter Books Like a Minimalist - • How to Declutter Books...
0:24 Quick channel + life announcement
1:20 When should you declutter?
3:28 My declutter goals: 2024 v. 2025
4:24 Sentimental items
5:31 How to decide what stays?
7:50 Average American book stash v. my stash
10:33 Declutter w/ perhaps too honest(?) commentary
11:14 Audiobooks that support indie shops!
11:41 Back to too-honest declutter
33:18 A message from the Universe
33:34 More decluttering
36:25 Why we buy books (and what might be better)
36:54 More decluttering
40:56 Bedroom books
42:00 Kitchen books
44:29 My keepers
47:35 Your stuff is a wonderful mirror
50:03 Bloops
Keepers
1. Notorious RBG by IrIn Carmon, Shana Knizhnik - bookshop.org/a...
2. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan - bookshop.org/a...
3. Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes - bookshop.org/a...
4. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off! By Gloria Steinem - bookshop.org/a...
5. The Women’s Room by Marilyn French - bookshop.org/a...
6. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten - bookshop.org/a...
7. Diana, Herself by Martha Beck - bookshop.org/a...
8. The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free by Paulina Bren - bookshop.org/a...
9. Buried Treasures by Guru Singh - bookshop.org/a...
10. Carry on, Warrior by Glennon Doyle - bookshop.org/a...
11. Five Flights Up by Toni Schlesinger
12. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar - bookshop.org/a...
13. Nobody Cares About Your Career by Erika Ayers Badan - bookshop.org/a...
14. I Will Teach You to Be Rich: The Journal by Ramit Sethi - bookshop.org/a...
15. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin - bookshop.org/a...
16. I Have Something to Say by John Bowe
17. You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas - bookshop.org/a...
18. The Angel Numbers Book by Mystic Michaela - bookshop.org/a...
19. What Your House Tells About You by Virginia Frankel - www.matthewsbo...
20. Self-Therapy by Jay Earley, PhD - bookshop.org/a...
21. Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Dr. Wayne Dyer - bookshop.org/a...
22. How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo - bookshop.org/a...
23. Healing Back Pain by John E. Sarno, MD - bookshop.org/a...
24. How to Not Be Afraid by Gareth Higgins - bookshop.org/a...
25. Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit - bookshop.org/a...
26. Mutual Aid by Dean Spade - bookshop.org/a...
27. The Measure of Our Success by Marian Wright
28. Poyums by Len Pennie - bookshop.org/a...
29. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson - bookshop.org/a...
30. Julia Hungry by Hannah Louise Poston - www.hannahloui...
31. The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace - bookshop.org/a...
32. Cooking for Jeffrey by Ina Garten - bookshop.org/a...
33. How Easy Is That? By Ina Garten - bookshop.org/a...
34. Go-to Dinners by Ina Garten - bookshop.org/a...
35. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten - bookshop.org/a...
36. Baking Yesteryear by Dylan Hollis - bookshop.org/a...

[@vickipruett]

So my question is, what do I do with the books that I am weeding out? I’d like to sell them and get a little money if I could. I don’t want to just give them to something like Goodwill, but I don’t know that there are bookstores in my area that buy books. Any advice?

[@shannonloveofficial]

​@@vickipruett I’m not sure, I’m sorry, Vicki! 🫣 My priorities for this declutter sound different than yours (which is fine!)-I just REALLY wanted to lighten my load. Like you, I didn't love the idea of my books languishing in a heap at just any secondhand store, and I didn't think my city had an independent bookstore ... but I'm ecstatic to report that a new one (female-owned!) popped up in the last couple of years! I found it online with a quick search, so that's where I donated. I think that I could have received store credit, but that would defeat my purpose. I don’t know much about the secondhand book market.