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Monday, November 8, 2010

Adult Readers

So, I have a lot of books.  Enough that I could open up a small bookstore- okay, I already have an online account where I sell my books.  It's surprising that I didn't major in library and media sciences- I really enjoy books- now that I can actually sit down and read them.  I have surrounded my students in books.  I have a huge collection of Children's books.  When I moved from one school to another I did get rid of some of the books, but held on to the hardback ones.  I also knew my niece would NEED books- so I didn't purge my library.  I even had a stamp made that said "This book belongs Lisa's Library" that I stamped in every book I bought for my students.

In addition to the hoard at my house, I kept my past 2nd grade classroom hoard in a storage unit.  I had over 20 boxes of books that I needed to go through to figure out what to bring into my 5th grade classroom.  The challenge was to keep the books that were already active on my seller account separate from the ones that were not listed, while organizing the books.  The ultimate solution was to delete my inventory and sort the books.  The personal organizer helped me with this, along with her assistant and my "assistant", the little sister.  All of the reading materials were organized, the organizers labeled the boxes and tubs the following: kids books, magazines, and adult books.  Yes, I now had an extensive collection of adult books. I was a bit floored myself. Maybe I'll be able to make some more money selling these newly categorized books.