Brandee's Bookish Babble #3 ~ To Keep or Not to Keep...

Welcome to Brandee's Bookish Babble. There are many, many similar posts to this one - but basically I wanted a place to discuss bookish and/or blogging stuff and I needed a title. :) So this is my new discussion feature.

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I recently had to undertake a major shift on my library shelves. Bet y'all can guess why... ;) But moving around all these books, in order to make room for new ones, got me to thinking about why I hang on to certain books. And wondering why y'all might keep certain books...

Hello. My name is Brandee and I'm a book-collecting addict. :) I used to keep all my books. But space eventually became an issue - this was before I had my lovely shelves with a room dedicated solely to my reading habit. :) Now I like to think I'm a bit more discerning about which books I keep. So here are a few of the reasons why I hang on to a book:

• It has to be a book I think is fantabulous. A book that I wouldn't re-read (if I had time for such frivolous things as re-reading) is not going to take up valuable space on my shelves. 
• I always keep books from my favorite authors. So Rachel Vincent, Kim Harrison, Jennifer L. Armentrout, JA Huss, etc., are always going to have a spot on my shelf.
• Having a physical copy of a book makes it much easier to *share* my favorite books with my reading friends!
• Is it signed? Yeah, that makes it a keeper!
• Do I have a sentimental attachment to it? It's a keeper. Yep, I have a few books on my shelves that once belonged to my father-in-law - like a really old collection of Poe...and one of Steinbeck, too - those will always have a spot on my shelves as well.

What about y'all? Do you have a ginormous collection of physical books? Or a smallish one? Why do you choose to hang on to certain books?