I was an avid reader and quite proud of my library which contained some 2000+ books. But Mrs GTP, (before she lost her battle with breast cancer) being very "houseproud," didn't like the constant dusting or smell of old musty books in her nice clean home - so they had to go.
At about the height of her complaining the advent of the internet meant that I no longer needed to keep them as most were available online from sites like Project Gutenberg and others anyway.
I donated them to my local library. The books covered a wide range of subjects from "Australiana" to physics and space sciences.
I did keep several that I couldn't bare to part with, like "Fair Girls and Grey Horses" by Will.H. Ogilvie.
It was written and published in 1913, took me years to find and cost a small fortune to possess.
I also kept two books of poetry from "The Banjo" (A.B. "Banjo" Patterson) and "The Complete Works Of Henry Lawson."
I've also written about 300+ poems and stories, mainly "bush ballads," poems about horses and young love.
I started writing for my Daughter when she was in Pony Club.
I also kept my other most favorite book/s namely "The First Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever," and "The Second Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever."
The aforementioned books are just too precious to get rid of.
I purchased a Kobo ereader quite some years ago and I've got about 2000+ ebooks loaded into it but it hasn't been switched on for years now.
Unfortunately, I dont get much time to read now. There are a plethora of sites like Spotify that have a selection of free or low priced subscription services for Audiobooks and I can always watch a documentary on any subject that interests me on FreeTube..