Just like that

I started looking over the biography section. I know I'll need to move it, and I know I want to get rid of the old useless books while I'm at it. So I decided to jump right in.

I went through the first three shelves of the section. Only looking at the condition of the book and the copyright date I was ready to grab anything that was older than the 1990s. However, upon seeing most of the books coming from the 1950s and 1960s I revised my earlier standard. I kept anything from the 1980s and some things from the 1970s depending on the condition and the content. It was quick, and kind of painful. In no time at all half of each shelve was in my discard pile.

I'm not ready to toss the books out yet. I want to be stealthy about it so nobody tries to give them to charity. These books are fit for no one! So for now they'll get put in my back room as a "consideration" pile. And when I'm ready I'll delete them from the computer and send them to the recycle bin. I fully plan to have half as many biographies by the end of the week. But on the bright side I did find some really great books once they were not hidden behind real losers. Now I'll have half has many books to fit into the already bloated non-fiction section!