Moving... Not

So. You find a house. You agree to rent it. You put the holding deposit down and sign a piece of paper about the holding deposit. The landlord accepts your offer and you agree the rent. You've put down your holding deposit, and the landlord asks you some questions about moving in. You give notice to your current landlord.

Then the agent passes on a sale offer to the new landlord, who accepts.

Leaving you stuck.

Great, isn't it?

Space

Well, I need to move, at the moment, and although I can't move back to where we'd like to be, yet, I need somewhere more appropriate for a family to live.

Now, moving is all very well and good, but the accumulation of stuff is a real problem. Over the last few months, I've said goodbye to many a possession on eBay. Swapping stuff for cash is a good thing (except when you factor in how much the stuff cost you in the first place), but then you reach a point where you get to the stuff that has value but can't be sold (especially when you factor in eBay's idiotic postal charging policy).

Getting rid of things is a good example of catharsis. It certainly makes things easier; the number of boxes you have to carry is decreased, the burden, both physically and spiritually is reduced. You lose something, too, but I'm not sure that that's a bad thing.

I'm currently wondering what to do with the 300-400 books I'd like to give away. Ideally, I'd like them to go to people who'll read and look after them, but my local library doesn't seem to want donations. The charity shop already has more than it seems to need, and I'm not sure I'd like to see them relegated to a back room as people buy more Dan Brown and Jeffrey Archer books.

Any suggestions there would be appreciated.