Yes, but that’s not always a good thing. I had a brother who stole basically everything I ever loved during and after my childhood. (This included a handmade clay statue of Bilbo starting off on his journey in plain pale clay with giant cloak and all) So I was dying to find two things, a copy of my mint Woodstock album with the pictures inside on flipping pages, and a copy of the wonderful book of the Disney Haunted Mansion album, with the full color wonderful picture book of the two (incredibly nerdy strong boy and twit girlfriend) kids who explore the mansion. I probably, at very different times of my life, listened to both of these..literally over 40 times each as a child. So I went online. Both Woodstock with the fancy pictures inside, and Disney’s Haunted Manson were insanely expensive. I’m talking several hundred for the Disney, and the super rare Woodstock was the same. No wonder that horrible brother of mine always had money! Even offline at the few (and dusty) record stores I couldn’t find them. So be careful what you throw away! I love big City old bookstores for the weird and wonderful things you come across unexpectedly! But even those have now been combed by ppl who care nothing about memories, fun new penguin authors never heard of, amazing art book collections of painting schools you’d never experienced, sci-fi books never read by one-off authors that were fabulous, or classics you loved. they’ve all been picked clean, valued and put on all the sites; Ebay, Shopify, Facebook Marketplace and hundreds more. No more the fun of finding hundreds of Ellery Queen magazines in fabulous shape. Or the Green Leather bound 1970’s version of The Hobbit I saved by hiding it wrapped up in a plastic bag and old newspapers!

The Lord of the Rings for me too. I was 13 when I got it, but read them cover to cover when I was 15, cut out the maps in the beautiful set my Grandaddy gave me..I have tried to reread it every two years since. The movies made me want to kill the director. So Read The Books!!