While fiddling around with book cataloging I remembered old books I used to own but gave away rather than pack them for moving. Those include juveniles like The Hardy Boys, the Rick Brant stories, a few Nancy Drews and Trixie Beldens, and a bunch of mystery and science fiction books. The latter included Doc Savage, Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, “Doc” Smith’s Lensman series, and a fair bit of Agatha Christie.
I’d like to have some of those back.
Who’s given up books they wish they hadn’t, and what were they?
I actually bought a couple of trixie beldens not that long ago. I used to have the entire set. I miss them. *sigh* They have them at the library of course but it’s not the same…
When I thought of them I tried to remember whether they had the same covers that the Brant books had; no dust jackets, but four-color (or more) printed hardcovers (probably paper). I just don’t remember.
I always regretted not having been able to read the entire Trixie Belden series when I was a kid. Hrm.
It’s never too late Chloe 🙂
See what you’ve done, Linc! We have tons of books but I also give books away all the time cause I like to see them go to specific people who’ll use them. Not my nearest and dearest books, of course, but until now I didn’t realize I had any I regretted letting go of!
Today I was shelving after story time (which resembles a prison break, only slightly less orderly. yikes!) and came across the paddington bear books. I almost cried. I sat on the floor and read one immediately after I finished my shift. I really regret not having my old paddington books. Those I gave to little cousins, and they lost everything to hurrican charlie last year so I know they are long, long gone. *sigh*
I wish I could remember who has my book: “At the Elephant’s Graveyard”–loved that book.
“The Collector” was given in love-and lost…