Oh, they're read. And some of them have been read again.
And again.
But paper books--even trade paperbacks--take up space, which is a premium in my tiny house. So I will keep certain valuable or sentimental volumes, and dispose of the rest. Either they are read-once things or I have bought digital copies, which are more easily stored, though not quite so well-displayable (unless I hang a virtual bookshelf of some sort...)
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